Self-styled Rhythms will be published February 28, 2014. Coming Soon

Congratulations! Your piece titled Self-styled Rhythms has been accepted into WEIRDYEAR and will be published on our front page on 2/28/14! (It'll still be available in their archives to link to or read after that date.)

E.S. Wynn, Editor in Chief,
http://www.weirdyear.com/

I AM ‘SNOW’ HAPPY! - a poem by Patricia Crandall 2014

 Skiing

in snow;

creating angel wings

in snow;

sleigh riding

in snow.

I am ‘snow’ happy

it is winter!

 

LIGHTING THE CHRISTMAS TREE - a poem

LIGHTING THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Nut-brown fingers are eager to switch on tree lights as a myriad of faces uplift to halos of brightness spinning ritualistically while a family gathers inside the ancestral home. Resounding Grandfather clock ticks away time and memories. Branches gleam anew with old crystals, baubles, and golden beads.  Silver whimsies sparkle like showery Fourth of July glitter on this Merry Christmas Eve.

Maine Coon Cat (acceptance)

Maine Coon Cat has been accepted for publication in Midlife Collage. It will be published in the December issue. 

OUTSIDE THE SNOW - to be published in Toasts: Graces and Blessings

My poem Outside the Snow will be published in Toasts: Graces and Blessings Fall 2014, Viva Editions, http://www.vivaeditions.com/

HONORABLE MENTIONS PUBLISHED IN JOURNEYS VI

 My short stories The Wedding Reception and Not Suitable Viewing For Children have won honorable mentions and are published in Journeys VI, an anthology of award-winning short stories. Court Jester Publications Lady Lake, Florida

NOVEMBER - a poem by Patricia Crandall

 NOVEMBER

The air

is pungent with decay.

Old bones

push out of earth

beneath

curled leaves.

Blackness

descends and hovers,

with it comes

a chill.