It’s the first of the month, so there’s a new Hot Flash (micro-mini story) on my Hot Flashes page. I usually post a sample from something I’m writing or something I’ve written on Sample Sunday, but occasionally I post an entire thing. Today, I give…

A Year in Haiku Spikes of bronze grass lie beneath the snow, concealed to pierce the heart of Spring. Hummingbirds duel fiercely over the feeder – dual Cyranos. Full moon in the trees, why do you diminish when you rise above Earth? On a snow-lapped…

When I lose someone I love, I remember this poem, adding the new name in my heart. This piece appeared in the Southern Indiana Writers’ 2006 anthology, BEASTLY TALES. He Tells Me I Cannot Love the Raven by Marian Allen It’s ugly — ill-disposed —…