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Brownie Points by Jennifer Peaslee
Fiction

Brownie Points by Jennifer Peaslee

April 21, 2025April 12, 20250

“I wish I knew why I didn’t bake Kat those brownies. I only made them once … and she would ask me at least once a year to make them again.” – excerpt from Brownie Points by Jennifer Peaslee #TheMetaworker

Shapeshifting by Leda Muscatello
Poetry

Shapeshifting by Leda Muscatello

March 31, 2025March 31, 20250

[223 words] I gave you this, she says,hands too full of tension to gesture.She might have attempted to pirouette,but her joints remain fixed.This leaves room …

7th Grade Sleepover by Caitlin O’Halloran
Poetry

7th Grade Sleepover by Caitlin O’Halloran

November 25, 2024November 25, 20240

7th Grade Sleepover, a poem by Caitlin O’Halloran @selfcaremaven #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

Giant Steps by Neil Jefferies
Fiction

Giant Steps by Neil Jefferies

September 6, 2024September 8, 20240

“I met him at a gas station. He was pumping air into the tires on his Pontiac Sunfire and I was vacuuming the inside of my old Ford van.” – excerpt from Giant Steps, fiction by Neil Jefferies #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday

Not Done Yet by Nancy Noelke
Poetry

Not Done Yet by Nancy Noelke

May 27, 2024December 10, 20240

“Not Done Yet”, a poem by Nancy Noelke #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Folding Laundry” by Wendy Freborg
Poetry

“Folding Laundry” by Wendy Freborg

October 2, 2023October 2, 20230

“It is raining in Boston. / My friend is in an ambulance on those wet roads” #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker

“On Visiting My Dear Friend” by Martina Reisz Newberry
Poetry

“On Visiting My Dear Friend” by Martina Reisz Newberry

October 10, 2022October 9, 20220

You and I will read our ways into the eternal whatever—questioning, wondering,  wandering under skies grown gray with concern or maybe apathy. We’ll play outside  until the streetlights …

“Ctrl+Z” by Deborah-Zenha Adams
Poetry

“Ctrl+Z” by Deborah-Zenha Adams

September 23, 2022September 25, 20220

(+_+)? A decade lost your last message sprang back to life today :O unwittingly resuscitated by a software upgrade. : – ) Happy Thursday! Such a great….xD …laughed so …

“Locked Together” by C.D. Panell
Poetry

“Locked Together” by C.D. Panell

April 27, 2020August 29, 20200

A pair of purple-throated pigeons entwine atop a post as our train passes by.  Their beaks lock beneath unblinking black eyes.  Breeze passes over the …

“Presence” by Matt Dennison
Poetry

“Presence” by Matt Dennison

October 28, 2019September 3, 20200

The summer after my first year of college the KKK had a presence on Main Street in my hometown for a few hours.  Don’t know …

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