The Week in Review
What I’ve Written
Sunday: World Lupus Day
What is going on with someone who has lupus or another autoimmune disease?
Tuesday: Siren
A museum worker becomes fascinated with a statue.
Tuesday: Assistant
Your friendly local funeral director receives an application for the assistant’s job she doesn’t have available.
Wednesday: People Watching
A poem about the people in a coffee shop.
Thursday: Inheritance
The strange tale of Jane, whose incredible inheritance turned out to not be very good at all.
Friday: Cold
Fanta is cold.
Family Lies Chapter 20: Revelation
Emily discovers something even more disturbing about her parents.
A Blast from the Past
Feb 2022: I Regret
The story of a young man who has a lot of regrets.
What I’ve Read
The Unexpected Chaos of Owning a Bird Feeder by Anthony Robert (Tony’s Bologna) This is … I don’t know what it is. It escalates quickly.
Frankie and Johnny short story by Nancy Richy (The Elephant’s Trunk) A woman inherits an elderly relative’s incredible estate. The only catch is that she has to look after the relative’s two macaws. Taking care of massive birds seems an ominous challenge, leaving the woman and her husband worried about how they will handle the responsibility. There’s a fantastic twist at the end.
Good Things poem by Emma Grigg (E.J. Grigg, Author) Looking back to a time before brain fog and pain. This is a poem I can relate to (and everyone else with a similar chronic illness) can relate to.
No Joke! poem by Nancy Richy (The Elephant’s Trunk) Death isn’t funny at all, but try to read this poem without the occasional little laugh.
The Damn Lonely Night and the Bottle poem by John Castellanas (John Coyote) A poem dripping with regret.
Mislead poem by Grace Y. Estevez-Reddy (Grace of the Sun) A poem about deception and denial.
If I read it and I like it, or find it interesting, it goes in here. I try to only include one item from any single author in a week (even if I loved a number of things they published), because otherwise the list would get over-long.
I don’t do paid reviews, but I do accept recommendations, and even review copies of books, so if you’d particularly like me to review something, tell me about it.
A Look at a Book
Poetic Pets
A collection of cute and simple poems about a collection of cute and simple pets.
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