Browsing Category: Short Story

               “Do you want to go out on the water?” he asked.                Air was cool.  Sky was gray, and depth of western sky showed no likeliness of change.                Resting in porch sit, looking out over water’s channel, Anna covered her chest in crossing of arms to warm and cover the sharp of tight-drawn […]

               Near to June and morning met with crisp, cool dew feeling near to frost.  It was a cool year.  Everything grew slower, but also, all grew richer.  All grew richer in the time it took, the roots that went down before green and growth grew high, resources and means to sustain when heat and […]

        Upward in sitting rest, hands and arms in brace behind, Anna’s tongue sped in fast and lightness of flicker to end and tip of his, his body leaning over; fast, swift jostle of her open breasts as he touched her in her spread.   Speeding, speeding, speeding, lighter and faster in flicker until deep […]

               From kitchen view, they looked on the lawn—small piece of cultured wild; rise of the bluestem in fine, tall stems, pale and near of blue from leaves dark in green; open of the wildflowers bowed in absorb of morning dew, petals and open faces bowed as if contemplative morning prayer, sight rising when sun […]

               They sat on patio and spoke of songs and music as evening ceded place to night, bright of the sun giving way to porchlight bulbs in stranded hang and stars in the cosmic depths.                Song played that they knew, and of it he spoke, “I love sometimes how a whole song builds and […]

        In hide of home amongst the trees, they stayed in their naked free and loved when want of intimate’s passion returned.  Again in kitchen—over counter and open floor; upon velour of lounge beside the hearth; and in porch sit under blanket-wrap—she in straddle of his lap; interlock of hands in hold and resting […]

               Weekend arrived.  Again, they went in leave of city for farm and hidden home within the trees.                 Late of spring showed sign in give to summer-change.  Full leaf of the trees in stands as they passed, in roll of hills, river bottoms, and patterned lines of fence rowed fields.                Pastures showed green; […]

        In yellow-eve and room of walls in romance-hue, she mixed spirit-spell of Alchemy and bitters hidden and masked in spice of cloves and sweet of fruits.  Last act of cast, she drew straw from place of table rest in stir of potion and completing of the spell: distinct and separate of darkness and […]

               They brought the boat to bank on island in the stream where the current divided into two separate runs on island’s sides ever-shifting and moved, season on season, by wash and pushing of the water.                One side was broad and shallow, riffles that lit in length over water’s spread.  On second side, channel […]

               Beyond the lawn, river ran.                 Light danced upon its face.                In its run held rainbow dreams they knew to be real for they had caught and held them in their hands before releasing back into the river’s run.                 From the river, ridge rose steep, its sides a deep of shadowed green—summer’s […]