0 (0) “Yeee-OUCH!” My Tusken Raider voice ululates, and my hands flit to my neck to wrest any ponytail I have left from Abby’s grasp. “What are you doing back there?”   With a huff, she releases her hold on the brush she’s wrapped my curls around. “Trying to tame this rat’s nest.”    “Well, brute force isn’t the answer,” I assure her, carefully unwinding single strands from the cylindrical ...

5 (1) The back porch learned a new quiet. Birds chirped, trees swayed, and insects whirred—a late spring chorus for a gentle afternoon. Yet the quiet felt vacant, as if something vital ...

0 (0) Petals flutter as the wind rushes through the trees with a quiet rustle, creating a shower of pastel pink. The slight chill, tempered by the midday sun, becomes a backdrop ...

0 (0) Spring Fresh daffodils rise as the earth drinks up the rain with Spring’s arrival. Summer The sun’s rays beat down. Humidity sticks to skin. Summer’s in full swing. Fall The ...

0 (0) A Haiku Poem- Harmonizing with nature For a brief moment We should learn to pause, Like a bird on a tree branch Watching the sunset And collect our thoughts- Those ...

5 (1) Shooting stars burn bright Setting fire to the night Glowing galaxy Sturgeon Moon on high Leonid-magic gilt sky Quick now—make your wish! Editor: Rockebah Charles-Stewart 

0 (0) The earth awakenswith an explosion of hues-the daffodils smile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, Mister Red Bud,your purple blooms sing sweetlyAs the birds return Editor: Erynn Crittenden

0 (0) If you’ve ever been to Europe, you might have heard of a remote village called Oestravale. In this place, renowned for being “The Eternal Spring,” flowers bloom brighter than anywhere ...

5 (1) Beneath the cool, moonlit Texas sky, Aiden’s skin was slick with sweat. Spring nights were fresh and calm, but he couldn’t enjoy them tonight. He had other things on his ...

5 (3) Xi-3’s twelve moons flung strings of effervescent light into the basalt canyons below. The largest, lost in a perpetual eclipse, dominated the northern sky as a black void surrounded by ...

5 (5) A shaggy dogSo full of furIs bound to causeA massive stirAs they trotWithin the ringWith a shaggyMop-like swingTaunting allThe other dogsWho got featuredOn the blogsAnd never knewHow it feltTo win ...

5 (2) Her father’s attention part of love’s spell, A small girl pulsed with inspiration’s burst. “Listen, Dad, I’ve got a story to tell!” And began her tale through lips tautly pursed. ...

5 (3) Footsteps echoed in the darkened temple as golden sunlight broke through slits in the vast curtains covering the wide windows. Crown Princess Rhiannon knelt in the quiet with her fiery ...

0 (0) Opening the windows on a warm dayAnd watching the curtains flutterWith each breath of fresh airAs your house slowly revives Listening to the early-morning birdsAs they chit and chatter with ...

0 (0) The sun is out more often these days with the promise of warmer weather. Rain and thunderstorms become the norm. Mountain fields abound with color, but chaos is just around ...

0 (0) One May morning, on the damp ground of a distant woodland, nine cream-colored blossoms bloomed from an emerald, green plant with fresh dew sprinkled over as if someone had cried ...