Tag: creative writing

  • Current Affairs

    Everything was out of style  But had been for quite a while  There were too many shades  Reminiscent of the Everglades  With the trial of the crocodile 

  • What You Know

    Imagination  Told you to write what you know  Don’t panic, just write 

  • Here to Slay

    “I’m only here to win.” I practiced my speech before going on stage.  I knew this was an important competition and needed to win to get in the vicinity of where I wanted to go.   “I’m here to slay.”  The lines swept through my mind and I wondered what Kristi was doing now.  Would…

  • Neglected

    I knew my life was going downhill when I saw the flowers in the front garden had started to wilt. The petunias were my grandmother’s pride and joy and when the flowers went downhill, I knew her health was declining.  The problem being that just last week, she had been her perfectly normal and healthy…

  • Short End of the Stick

    I always knew I had the short end of the stick being that I had two older brothers.  I wanted to be with them for every hour of every day.  I wanted to do everything they did and sometimes they let me and sometimes they didn’t.  My parents obliged my fantasies of playing flag football,…

  • Rich and Famous

    All I ever wanted to be was famous. For people to know who I was. I went through most of my school life feeling like I was invisible. Even though she would never admit it, I was sure my mother had never wanted to have kids. My father disappeared when I was three and never…