The leash suddenly went taut as Louis spotted the dead squirrel and took it in his mouth.
All tagged walk
The leash suddenly went taut as Louis spotted the dead squirrel and took it in his mouth.
I think the world must have stopped hurtling recklessly through space.
She wandered the pathway into a clearing, startled wide awake by a tangle of brightness — lilies, zinnias, and daisies.
I haven’t written a single poem in months.
I want to age like this river. Let the clay that surrounds me erode without judgement. Become so beautiful that no one will feel a need to ask about my origins.
Not far from Edgcumbe Road, where pines offer their shade and scent, I meet a craggy snowbank that a homeowner failed to shovel early, when it was soft and new.
I have been watching them for years. They are so familiar to me, yet I know nothing about them. Not where they live, not even their names. Today I see them and I wonder what brought them to this point in their lives together.
Ah, I thought, graduation in the stadium. I smiled, remembering when my daughters graduated from Humphrey Middle School. I soon discovered I was wrong.
An eerie whirring rises from the lake, drawing us closer. Woolly tuques pulled low over our foreheads, my husband and I shuffle down the snow-covered path toward the shore.