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Continue reading →: Classical ElementsRead time: 1 Min. Fire perched on a matchstick: a lightning bug in the desert at night. Fire dropped in a forest: Vesuvius defeating Pompeii. Water skydiving out of a cloud: a wrecking ball or a first-aid kit. Water consumed by a squirrel: electricity conducted by a paperclip. Earth dug…
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Continue reading →: Momentary ChainRead time: 1 Min. The dancing bulbs perched atop the candelabra soothe the midwinter pangs and erode the snowflake lace adorning the window frame, thus providing water for the blue jays who pluck wild seeds before they sprout and drop them somewhere better for growing into columns that can uphold…
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Continue reading →: Your Life to LiveRead time: 1 Min. I open the door to Granddad’s darkened room. The clock clicks counterclockwise. It’s your name he incants. The skid marks from your getaway car retreat from the tarmac; the crack I filled in the floor tile re-cracks where you once dropped a toolbox. I open my…
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Continue reading →: The Lost Engine of Frost’s WoodsRead time: 1 Min. Alone, the wanderer snaps Through the rampant woods without a map Till he finds a place where kudzu vines have grown Around the lifeless locomotive caught in their trap. The engine rests there as its own tombstone, Its mummified remains preserved by vines alone. Its railless…
Hello,
I’m David
I’m a full time Instructional Systems Designer and a free time Creative Writer. I hold a PhD in instructional design and development, an MA in writing, and a BA in writing and theology. My current creative focus is on honoring nature and our connection to our environment. My pronouns are he/they.
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