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Micro Poetry by David A. Goodrum
Micro / Poetry

Micro Poetry by David A. Goodrum

February 10, 2025April 7, 20250

Micro Poetry by David A. Goodrum #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday

“Tangled” by Gary Carr
Fiction

“Tangled” by Gary Carr

October 14, 2022March 22, 20240

When I think about it, none of this would have happened if Roger weren’t such a slob.  After Roger left for the gym, I decided …

“To an Armoire” by Goddfrey Sue Hammit
Poetry

“To an Armoire” by Goddfrey Sue Hammit

October 1, 2021September 27, 20210

The armoire tips from out the truckbed withThe same uncertain, blind leap of a fishFlopping from a boat sole, hoping only to landSomewhere wet, to …

“Fanfare” by DS Maolalai
Poetry

“Fanfare” by DS Maolalai

September 27, 2021September 26, 20210

I piss. it feels okand then after I walkthrough the house going backto the kitchen.and you are not herein any of the house,or at least …

“Antidote” by Kate Copeland
Poetry

“Antidote” by Kate Copeland

May 7, 2021June 30, 20210

A fire sunset facing her, thunder didn’t show, how much she even wished for this sky to hurt, to rive in two, boiling the river …

“On Being Home” by Isaiah R. Hicks
Poetry

“On Being Home” by Isaiah R. Hicks

April 9, 2021June 30, 20210

1.And you wish it were easier to writeAbout how you’ve been feeling lately,The thought of being back homeFor the first time in a while placating,Quite …

“We Built a Fine Madness House” by Lorna D. Keach
Fiction

“We Built a Fine Madness House” by Lorna D. Keach

March 19, 2021March 23, 20240

Before their house was built, Jan and Stan spent hours staring at the blueprints, hunting for a 90-degree angle. Their architect told them the construction …

“A Very Full Closet” by Anonymous
Fiction

“A Very Full Closet” by Anonymous

March 8, 2021November 3, 20210

Thijs walks to the hallway closet. Alma calls out from their kitchen. “We need to vacuum before they get here.” Behind the closed door, the …

“More” by Tom Barlow
Poetry

“More” by Tom Barlow

March 1, 2021March 1, 20210

Boxes everywhere, boxes overflowing, traffic conesstacked in the parlor, a brown Christmas tree in thedining room peeks out from behind a tower ofnested plastic chairs. …

“Sold Sign” by Kate Koch
Poetry

“Sold Sign” by Kate Koch

February 19, 2021February 19, 20210

The sunlight that crawls between hydrangea leaveswhile moss roses stretch and mouse through cracks in the stairs Neighbors who share their sweet ouzowith stories about …

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo
Poetry

“Dinnertime” by Ulyses Razo

January 18, 2021September 9, 20240

Waiting for a chicken leg to broilI near the end of a chapter of Eco’s bookThe Name of the Rose.In my pocket is a timer …

“Bamboo” by Mary Donaldson-Evans
Fiction

“Bamboo” by Mary Donaldson-Evans

January 4, 2021January 3, 20210

Privacy.  Who doesn’t want privacy?  Even if you’ve sold off half your property to a persistent developer intending to put up twenty “McMansions” on it, …

“Gardens” by Andrew DeBella
Poetry

“Gardens” by Andrew DeBella

December 21, 2020December 21, 20200

I I plunged my shovel into bare ground One foot stomping its edge,  Tearing dirt like paper   with needle-like precision My garden was full; I …

“The Magi” by Cameron Morse
Poetry

“The Magi” by Cameron Morse

October 19, 2020October 18, 20201

Wisteria drapes green  bean-knuckled  fingers over my forehead,  the anointing oil of rain  dripping. Robin  poised upon the weathered,  mossy timber spine  of the swing …

“Pledge” by Sheikha A.
Poetry

“Pledge” by Sheikha A.

July 2, 2018August 30, 20200

Some lands are royalty in just existence: the dragging of the boat from sand to sea, the thick of the tongue on the roof of …

“Coming Home” by Ray Cicetti
Fiction

“Coming Home” by Ray Cicetti

October 23, 2017March 15, 20220

Once there was a man who found a forest in his pocket. When he came home after a day’s work he would take it out. …

“Six Wheat Stories” by Emily Ruth Taylor
Micro / Non-Fiction

“Six Wheat Stories” by Emily Ruth Taylor

November 21, 2016January 15, 20220

1 My grandfather lived next to two wheat farmers. I secretly wished my grandfather was a wheat farmer. I would bicycle along the edge of …

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