A Five-Minute Reflection -- World Travels and the Inner World24일 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155A Five-Minute Reflection -- World Travels and the Inner WorldEvening on the bay in Hoquiam, Wash. This spot is less than a half hour walk from my apartment. I used to fancy…
Five-Minute Poetry -- The Rain I Didn't Know (plus a bonus poem)27일 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155Five-Minute Poetry -- The Rain I Didn't Know (plus a bonus poem)The Rain I Didn't Know In the vast desert the conscious and unconscious reaches of my mind, I walked alone. In…
Hoquiam's Iconic Riverside Bridge지난달 by cliffagreen61 in hive-127238Hoquiam's Iconic Riverside BridgeRiverside Bridge Hoquiam, Wash. Yesterday in Hoquiam, Wash., was cloudy and rainy, so I didn't take the…
A Five-Minute Fiction: The Cave You Fear to Enter지난달 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155A Five-Minute Fiction: The Cave You Fear to Enter“I just feel so listless, doc, I can't get over it.” “When did this feeling begin,” the doctor said, uncapping his…
The Fishin' Hole지난달 by cliffagreen61 in hive-127238The Fishin' HoleOn the Hoquiam River Hoquiam, Wash. The Hoquiam River runs through the middle of my hometown of Hoquiam…
Evening Walk to Dog Marsh (48 pics!)지난달 by cliffagreen61 in hive-185836Evening Walk to Dog Marsh (48 pics!)Last month, on one of the first springlike days to hit Hoquiam, Wash., I took an evening walk down to my favorite spot…
A 5-Minute Book Review: Empire of the Summer Moon지난달 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155A 5-Minute Book Review: Empire of the Summer MoonComancheria: Truly Dangerous Territory This weekend I picked up a fascinating new read from the Hoquiam…
Listen to Your Heart – A Five Minute Freewrite2개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155Listen to Your Heart – A Five Minute FreewriteMy heart tells me she's just using me for beer, which, as an alcoholic, she needs every day. She also sometimes…
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Fiction2개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: FictionNo Blood in the Cut The brutality. The glass cuts clean and the fingers get slippery. Inside the house. Looking…
A Flash Story with Naughty Words and Pornographic Subject Matter2개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in writingA Flash Story with Naughty Words and Pornographic Subject MatterThe Cowboy and Mother Teresa For Katt, who spins me right round The man screwed the cigarette into…
Blast from the past – Fiction from 19983개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-185836Blast from the past – Fiction from 1998The long, brown cardboard box rested in the corner of the cluttered office. The schematic printed in crisp black ink…
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words3개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155A Picture Is Worth A Thousand WordsONE Who knew that our souls looked like emojis? On the day of the Rapture, which came upon us as the Bible…
Aliens, Wound Wood, and Wonder3개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-185836Aliens, Wound Wood, and WonderAlien World No, we aren't looking at the top of a volcano on some alien world. It's the trunk of a birch tree…
The Determined and Happy Badger -- A Five-Minute Fiction6개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155The Determined and Happy Badger -- A Five-Minute FictionA badger walked along Broadway. He wore a fine coat, with tails, and a top hat, and as he walked he marked every other…
Revised Fiction for Writing & Reviews6개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-111825Revised Fiction for Writing & ReviewsThe Spider Man They called him the spider man. He had a long, dirty-white beard, and long, dirty and tangled…
New Poetry for Writing & Reviews6개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-111825New Poetry for Writing & Reviewstonight is the silence the dreams deferred a gold at the end of that country mile I've known from my youth I…
The Spider Man7개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-111825The Spider ManThey called him the spider man. He had a long, dirty white beard, and long, dirty white hair, which grew in a fringe…
Millie – The Weekend Freewrite7개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155Millie – The Weekend Freewrite"Millie," the bag lady said, "I stink to high heaven." Millie didn't respond, which the bag lady thought was…
Get it, Grrrl – A 5 Minute Fiction7개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155Get it, Grrrl – A 5 Minute FictionThe morning sun burned the hairs on his chest to translucent gold. Through the balcony doors, she could hear the waves…
Great-Grandfather's Funeral – A Five Minute Fiction7개월 전 by cliffagreen61 in hive-161155Great-Grandfather's Funeral – A Five Minute FictionEverybody freaked out when it happened. It's like someone came back from the dead, which I guess is what everyone…