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SNAIL MAIL

...SNAIL MAIL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Young Stu, with his shell brown and bold,
From the forest post office, he slowly strolled.
     With letters packed on his back galore,
...

A Story You'll Surely Adore

...

      ~ A Story You'll Surely Adore ~ 
              ('Suicide's a Pain')

     As I was about to enter the store
       I was smacked by a malfunctioning door
     Without so much as the sl...

The Tutu and the Gown: A Fairy's Dilemma

...Roaming in the corridor,
The fairy chuckled,
Mesmerized by the beauty of her own dress,
She grew self-assured in her little fairy school.

The multi-colored tutu,
inlaid with wild flowers;
Riv...

Zero Hour

...
    A decision had to be made
       Would he be in on the mission or not
    Weighing the risks versus the possible rewards
       Peril at every twist and turn, the path was fraught

     Ze...

First Steps Funerals and Nanas Hands

...First Steps Funerals and Nana's Hands 

By Evelyn Aimarie

2 days after my Nana's funeral
My oldest son took his first steps. 
She was my grandmother on my father's side, but more like a mother...

Desire and aversion

...“This will be my last life”, the monk exclaimed,
“I’ll not be coming back to earth again.”
Such words but speak of tempests not yet tamed,
defeated by life, bound to ego’s chain,
viewing God’s gi...

The Child Won't Paint

..."He won’t paint", cried out the Father
suspecting a flame of genius
in the toddler’s eyes.

The painterly parent bought paper, acrylics,
oils, brushes, chalks, and crayons,
not even a finger pa...

Modern Sea Creatures

...Creatures of the sea, all beautiful and fair. 
A thought comes to mind, what if they swam in the air? 
Would we swat fish away as we do with bugs  
Or tentacle arms always giving hugs? 
Whales wo...

Chance Meeting

...(“Before the Door”, 2023, original encaustic)

Chance Meeting

Where were you when we met just now
In something of a hub,
Airport terminal or hotel lobby,
As you walked right by 
And o...

Her Perfect Mountain

...A lady I knew travelled the world
looking for the perfect mountain,
the most pleasing shape that
would attract her uplifted eyes.

She was an atheist, perhaps
in her own way she was looking for...

somebody new

...
~

She looked in the mirror, a frown on her face,
her mind filled with worry and fear

The sorrow she wears, she just can't erase,
her cheek finds the loneliest tear

For beauty...

Hansel and gretel

...They asked "Can you come and help us please"

"You are to far, to far to see"

They said " We are lost, starving. We need something to eat."

"The apples don't fall far from the trees. You must...

Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy

...Impossible mission for systematization to be wrung out of entropy

Which lame excuse I exclaimed,
when my dear old mom asked
rather told me in her scolding voice
to tidy up my bedroom,
cuz this...

Limericks Written In A Country Churchyard

...There once was a sensitive vicar,
who said, "I'm not one to bicker,
but the peal of that bell,
makes me feel quite unwell,
and plays merry hell with my ticker."

An incensed old soul by the spi...

The Green Door

...
The Green Door

Those dappled wings, of forget-me-nots, folded around Akutaq,
though the Denali warmth brightened her whimsy. She sat
for a long, long while, contemplating the green ...

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