Tagged: routine

8th May 2019

Anonymous

On the bus watching the lives Sharing a schedule The cycle of everyday people. Out the window pastel houses blur Wet grey sky White ocean. First the kids Then their parents Starting their eight...

Poem

BY Anna Elise

4th April 2018

Stitches never end Up and down the endless thread Weaving an interrupted string Rushing to quiet a wish to sing Ceaselessly working Progress is gnawing Is the epic promise growing? Almost there, just a...

Poem

BY VK Lynne

14th February 2018

Monster

Poem Even if I’d set out to intentionally create a source of pain, I couldn’t have done better. Because it never really leaves, it only lessens, Becomes distracted by a leg cramp here,...

Favourites / Short Story

BY S. P. Reilly

24th October 2016

Smoking Spectators

Short Story I was with Slick, smoking pot. We were hotboxing my car in the Kroger parking lot. It was dark out, around ten o’clock at night, and we were very high. My...

First Chapters / Short Story

BY Will Hemlepp

3rd October 2016

Cupcakes and Fingernails – Part One

Short Story About the time Jennifer was old enough to leave elementary school, her mother bought a dog; a golden Pomeranian she had named Cosette, or something as equally asinine for an animal....

Favourites / Short Story

BY Lëaf Ednïwinga

24th February 2016

Death of a Karaganda January

Poem The world swims into focus And I pick the burden back up, Smile and wave. Through my special glasses, some days, Is the only way I can bear it. Drudgery has eaten...

Favourites / Short Story

BY S. P. Reilly

27th October 2015

The Janitor

Short Story The janitor was always depressed and cynical. This was nothing new. The monotony of his occupation had left him numb, but he had no complaints. The anxiety he used to experience...

Poem

BY Anna Elise

23rd October 2015

In Between

Poem In between the confines of daily routine Is the magic of human experience Found in every song, book and movie The story of emotion The way it feels underneath the skin The...