by Think In The Morning | Nov 15, 2020 | Words |
NOTE: Poets Are Always On Time by Peter Lit is available at Matson Mercantile in Elk, Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino, on Amazon/Kindle and directly from the author. Peter and I are old friends. Not close, old. We both ran bars with live music on the Mendocino coast...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 11, 2020 | Words |
Once upon a time on Pops Diddlyops farm there lived a chicken, Mrs. Hen, a rooster, Mr. Cock, and a worm called Oscar. Oscar liked to squiggle around in the soft loamy soil outside the chicken pen. One day, Oscar poked his head out of the soil to see what he could...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 10, 2020 | Words |
When Marcus’s mother took him with her to town to buy groceries, Marcus was disgusted by an old man outside the store. The man’s face was all twisted, his nose was scrunched up like a giant raisin, his pants were rumpled and torn, his socks were mismatched and his...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 10, 2020 | Words |
Though you hurry away, it’s a brief delay:three scattered handfuls of earth will free you. Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) * Horace Cucumber rolled down the steep garden path of John Winthrop’s hillside garden ripping off pieces of his green skin on the sharp...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 10, 2020 | Words |
“Good Gracious!” said Millicent. It was what she always said when she was surprised or shocked. “Look at that blue pig.”Her little brother Franco stood beside their mother dressed in his blue shorts and green shirt. He had on his brown shoes. It was a good thing...
by Think In The Morning | Aug 9, 2020 | Words |
Bebop and Beezie lived in a tree. They were red apples that grew up together from the time they were tiny buds. You might think it would be fun to grow up in a tree, or maybe you think it would not be fun at all. Whatever you think, Bebop and Beezie had no choice....
