Browsing Category: Short Story

OLD WAY

               He smiled on Anna across in room, in sit and rest beside lampstand in thread of needle’s eye; her wetting of the stand, fine ended for thread and draw and set for sew and mend of broken button back to blouse’s front.                She loved the blouse, five petaled button sign.  So did he: […]

REVERENCE

               They spoke of books and stories read, stories known by one and some by both, and of the second they gave greater time, better beginning points of mind.                Then from the books and stories read of library finds, dreams and histories of others, they turned to works and words of one another.                […]

GROUNDING

        Boat taking into further speed, mind whirled in the blow and dizzy, as she imagined further detail—moved and spread and opened for touch, strong force of kiss in match to low; sharp-bright and brilliance of the broken light through hiding canopy and shade; warm-blow of the wind through cover of trees, wind-blown […]