Tuesday, September 30, 2014

THE NIGHT THE PIXIES DANCED (October Poem)

THE NIGHT THE PIXIES DANCED

 
Pixies
dance beneath
golden ring of moon.
Meteoroids
sail through space
gleaming
in autumn starlight.
Misty shrouds
spirit across Ghost Lake.
Witches
frost tips of trees
with broom handles
in the midst of riotous
fog fantasy.


Thursday, September 4, 2014

BUCKETS OF BLUEBERRIES - a poem

 

 
Flannel-jacketed campers
huddle against rough winds
buffeting the lake's edge
filling tin pails
with last of the blueberries

 

Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Garden of Love - acceptance

"The Garden of Love" was accepted to Microfiction Monday Magazine. I loved the double twist at the end and would like to publish it in the July 28th edition. 

Gayle Towell, Editor


Friday, July 11, 2014

BABCOCK LAKE, a poem by Patricia Crandall



There is no need to proclaim
her scintillating presence.
 
The air about her is
delightfully pure.
 
She dresses fashionably
in shades of blue.
 
Her movements are graceful
as she flows down wind
past stately pines
and leaning birch trees,
 
lapping boats
anchor to weathered docks.

Friday, June 6, 2014

NATURE'S WAY (a poem)

NATURE’S WAY
by
Patricia Crandall

Waterfalls cascading
over sharp, jutting rocks.
Angry rivers rising
in a storm.
Oceans
swelling…swirling
in perpetual motion.
Petals
unfolding in a summer breeze.
Bees
droning by angry swarms.
Trees
bearing pale – pink blossoms
and ripening fruit.
Creatures
burrowing tawny noses into earth.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Granddaughter won third place in contest and I received two honorable mentions.

My granddaughter, Nicole St. Onge, tied for 3rd place with her story: No Guts, No Gory. I'm so proud of her. My two honorable mentions are: HM#19 & 21. 

Hello all,

I am proud to announce to you FIRST the winners (5 stories w/ ties) and honorable mentions (21 stories with some ties) of the CWN 2013 Short Story Contest.

Congratulations to ALL who entered. This was a tremendous year as you willsee from the results.

1
Flea Bag
Watkins, Allen
1
The Secret I Kept from My Husband
Robinson, Cathleen C.
2
Live Oak
Russell, Vanessa
3
No Guts, No Gory
St. Onge, Nicole (my granddaughter)
3
Organ Donor
Stark, Jim



HM 4
The Object of Desire
Malinger, Christopher
HM 5
Blood Ties
Watkins, Allen
HM 6
Unforgettable
Corporale, Claudia J.
HM 6
Crazy Girl
Doyle, T. Michael
HM 8
It Always Rains on My Side
Petro, Jack
HM 9
Practice Makes Perfect
Newhouse, Mark H.
HM 9
The Fog Lifted
Maurer, David L.
HM 9
Closing In
Tichenor, Jane V.
HN 12
New Beginnings
Johnson, Millard
HM 13
Adam Won
Pletcher, Charles F.
HM 14
John Dough
Petro, Jack
HM 14
The Reunion
Snively, David A.
HM16
I Someone Crazy?
Ridge, Francis X.
HM 16
Senior Project
Snively, David A.
HM 18
Details
Snively, David A.
HM 19
A Ghostly Heritage
Crandall, Patricia
HM19
Unplanned Layover
Snively, David A.
HM21
Maine Coon Cat
Crandall, Patricia
HM22
Fighting Spirit
McGann, Jim
HM23
Cross World Puzzles
Pletcher, Charles F.

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