Accidents of Chance by Grace Lynn
“The wind unspools a thousand birds taking flight. / A fierce frigate broadens her wings across the sky” – excerpt from Accidents of Chance, poetry by Grace Lynn #TheMetaworker
Tag: memories
260 Miles, as the Crow Flies, Between Greenfield, Massachusetts and Rochester, New York by Laura Sackton
“So we’re talking first loves and the stories / they told us about the places that made them” – excerpt from 260 Miles, as the Crow Flies, poetry by Laura Sackton #TheMetaworker
Whisper of Lightning by Jonathan Michael Saucedo
“A Fourth of July reflection on friendship, memory, and what stays with us.” – Whisper of Lightning, nonfiction by Jonathan Michael Saucedo #TheMetaworker
Farewell to Beach Town in Asturias by Dolo Diaz
“Bridal veils of surf unfurl / with the cadence / of weddings in June” – excerpt from Farewell to Beach Town in Asturias, poetry by Dolo Diaz
Someone I love has vanished & that is why I’m in the detergent aisle of the corner store by Rowan Tate
“as if scent could summon presence, as if blue plastic jugs / might carry memory like vessels across a quiet Styx.” – excerpt from Someone I love has vanished & that is why I’m in the detergent aisle of the corner store, poetry by Rowan Tate
On the Train from Charlotte by M. C. Tuggle
“I find the station where the long tracks meet. / It’s burrowed beside an old steel mill…” excerpt from On the Train to Charlotte, poetry by M. C. Tuggle #TheMetaworker
The Finding Momo Birthday by Madlynn Haber
“My mother’s ninety-fifth birthday was in late June. I couldn’t let the occasion pass unnoticed, regardless of her condition.” – excerpt from The Finding Momo Birthday, creative nonfiction by Madlynn Haber #TheMetaworker
Swerve (you’re hit) by Charles Sutphin
“For a dog or a squirrel you might hit the brakes, but for something so small, you lift your foot and hope for the best.” – excerpt from Swerve (you’re hit), Flash Fiction by Charles Sutphin #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday
Fragments of Life by Sonnet Mondal
“The musical instruments
in the wooden cabinet are still alive.” – excerpt from “Fragments of Life”, poetry by Sonnet Mondal #TheMetaworker
You Forget How Wet A Fire Is by Mitch Kampf
“Your neighbors hose down windows and doors. They spray you by accident. Not that you care.” – excerpt from You Forget How Wet A Fire Is, non-fiction by Mitch Kampf
Three Micros by Jacqueline Goyette
Three micro fiction pieces by Jacqueline Goyette #TheMetaworker
Sierra Leone, 1982 by Freddi Gralle
“my parents still the effortless rulers of our simple cement house / in the West-African village my brother – the gentle historian” – excerpt from Sierra Leone, 1982 by Freddi Gralle #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday
The Memory House by Maddison Scott
“I sit beside [my mother], pull out a bag of chips and open a word puzzle on my phone. She reaches over and places her hand atop mine. I freeze. It’s been years since she’s initiated a touch.” – excerpt from The Memory House, fiction by Maddison Scott #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday
Your Scent by Erin Jamieson
“I trace your name in morning shadows.” – excerpt from “Your Scent”, micro fiction by Erin Jamieson @erin_simmer #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker
Closer to the Sky by Carolyn R. Russell
“You want the memory to serve you somehow, to mean something that you can make sense of…” excerpt from Closer to the Sky by Carolyn R. Russell #TheMetaworker #ForgeFriday
“Skate Country” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
“…she finds her balance again, inside her head, atop the roller skates.” excerpt from Skate Country by Robin Wyatt Dunn #MetaworkerMonday #TheMetaworker
“What Did I Know” by Adam Conner
“The bottom drawer in my father’s room contains his trash. Crumpled Budweiser cans and Marlboro ash, frayed photos from his childhood.” #TheMetaworker #MetaworkerMonday
