Looking for a couple of missing muses

I came to hear — the last train leaving Berlin escaping to the West, the only sane noise left in a young girls ears, blocking out the bombs, wiping them clean from her memory. I came to hear– the growl of empty stomachs churning, from too many days of gobbling raw potatoes, stolen from the…

At twelve my biggest problem was negotiating a weekly allowance. I earned money babysitting and dusting furniture for fifty cents an hour but that didn’t cut it especially when it came time to get my first training bra. Next to getting my “friend” the thing that terrorized me most was beefy Braun’s gym class. Man,…

Warm up for ten minutes to lubricate joints and stretch cold muscles. Today’s workout will stress barbell exercises Shrugs, upright rows and curls. Curls- I only have an hour I don’t have time to get my hair done.

Six words,that’s it!

This subject took on special meaning to me when a friend of a friend was charged with Child Molestation and is now serving ten years in prison. This man is 70 years old and also a hoarder.

It persisted throughout the day the drip, drip, drip, ping, ping, ping clap, clap clap, until I stopped hearing it. The sounds retreating into the background as a distant roar of a thousand hands clapping encouraging minds to delve deeper to pursue with a vengeance that which needed to be drawn out. As a bucket…

Five diverse mornings…

A poem about doubt and faith

Use the following VERBS to write a poem or story-
Racket, Snug, Green, Spoon, Boggle, Snake