A small poem related to the week of wildfire outside, and equally applicable to the fires we feel inside, at times. And this week's Project Create. The Fire This Time Containment comes first. When it is too much to get your own arms around, Try joining with someone else.
life
At the right time
Has a book ever come into your life at just the right time? That was the topic of my post this month on The Writers Vineyard, the blog for Champagne Book Group authors. I'm conscripting it into double-duty as this week's Project Create. Here's the link and an excerpt: At the Right Time In last … Continue reading At the right time
Clouds of mystery pouring
After a scorcher of a day, nearing 100 F, an enormous cloud settled over the town of Ellensburg in the heart of this hot and windy valley. It turned the late day sunlight into something out of a science fiction novel. The photos I took from the little wooden park bench in front of my … Continue reading Clouds of mystery pouring
I Want
Inspired by the toast from the groom to all the guests at a wedding I attended over the weekend, this piece is called “I Want.” The groom is one of the most genuinely kind and generous people you’ll ever meet, and when he said friends and family are everything to the newly-wed couple, he meant … Continue reading I Want
The gods remind us
A poem inspired by a full day of celebrating a life, listening to music, meeting new people, and watching a magnificently furious electrical storm at midnight: this week's Project Create. One Indian flute, played in honor of the dead; A second, played to light a doorway. Lightning without thunder, rain blown through the open window … Continue reading The gods remind us
Gremlins 0, Music 1
The Fourth of July in the United States is “Independence Day.” So it’s a nice ironic joke to find oneself attacked by the gremlins of loneliness on that day. (They taunt us, convince us we are doomed to be alone, forgotten, left out, unwanted, now and forever, amen. (There are also Gremlins who whisper and … Continue reading Gremlins 0, Music 1
But your dog can fly you like a kite
These signs communicate the rules for Iron Horse State Park, which contains our little section of the John Wayne Trail. The haiku is this week's Project Create. No cars are allowed But your dog can fly you like A kite, if it sits.
Storm Takes the Valley
There was a gorgeous thunder and lightning storm that swept across the Kittitas valley this afternoon. I was out walking the John Wayne Trail, and got soaked, and happy. This poem is this week's Project Create. The light turns funny from the impending storm You know, how it can be dark and heavy and bright … Continue reading Storm Takes the Valley
A moment of creation
Taken with the funky camera in my phone. Seems to speak for itself, as to why it's this week's Project Create.
Invitation to the dance
I am thrilled to say that an independent publisher has expressed interest in reading the whole manuscript of Completely Absurd and Nearly Impossible... which not only prompted me to spend most of my weekend editing the thing, but also to finally post Part Two here. And it is tempting to say that is Project Create … Continue reading Invitation to the dance
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 