Epitaph For A Father

Mark KodamaSeptember 4, 2020

Epitaph For A Father written by: Mark Kodama   One day, my eight-year-old son Nathan and I were fixing the mail box in our front lawn. It was a h...

EnglishLiterature6 min read

How Love Tastes

Henry BladonAugust 20, 2020

How Love Tastes written by: Henry Bladon   He once asked me how love tastes. I said it can be like the tang on your tongue when you lick a...

EnglishPoetry1 min read

Sugar Plum Dreams

Christina CiufoDecember 21, 2019

Sugar Plum Dreams written by: Christina Ciufo @ChristinaCiufo   Sugar Plums sparkle winter dreams and yule magic, like diamonds on a necklace, with...

ChristmasEnglishPoetry1 min read

Weekend #3

Robyn MacKinnonDecember 8, 2019

Weekend #3 written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat   FIREWORKS ARE STILL candy hiding in my purse… Weekend #3 ...

EnglishPoetryRobyn Finds PoetryRobyn MacKinnon0 min read

The Candy Store On Queens Boulevard

Anita G. GormanNovember 8, 2019

The Candy Store On Queens Boulevard written by: Anita G. Gorman @aggorman   In the 1940s on Queens Boulevard near my house in Elmhurst, Queens, there s...

EnglishLiterature3 min read

Post-Halloween

Billy AntonioNovember 1, 2019

Post-Halloween written by: Billy Antonio   post-Halloween... among the candy wrappers a discarded fang...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry0 min read

Caramel Creams, Make Me Scream!

Alisa GuttadauroOctober 29, 2019

Caramel Creams, Make Me Scream! written by: Alisa Guttadauro @AlisaGuttadauro   Superstitions Trick or Treat, My heart is racing, At a quick...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry2 min read

Candy With A Complex

Kari HollowayOctober 22, 2019

Candy With A Complex written by: Kari Holloway   Squished between Snickers and Skittles, they jostled for space in the dark, crowded box, as they tipp...

EnglishHalloweenLiterature3 min read

Down Through The Ages

Susi BocksOctober 20, 2019

Down Through The Ages written by: Susi Bocks @susibocks   from the ancient Celtic ritual the festival of Samhain replete with bonfires and costume...

EnglishHalloweenPoetry0 min read

Marshmallows

Adam NelsonSeptember 11, 2019

Marshmallows written by: Adam Nelson @AppleParkFilms   Ever since she was a little girl Amelia had wanted to be a marshmallow. She didn’t know why sh...

EnglishLiterature1 min read

Craving

Joseph K. WellsFebruary 14, 2018

Craving written by: Joseph K. Wells @joewellsotd   Valentines exchange lingering taste on the lips- colorful sweet hearts...

EnglishPoetry0 min read

Sidonglobophobia

Rania M M WattsAugust 16, 2016

sidonglobophobia written by: Rania M M Watts @CCInkQuills   i don't know if it's the texture of cotton candy that frightens me -- i seem to forget all ...

English1 min read

Deep Fried Mars

Rania M M WattsAugust 9, 2016

Deep Fried Mars written by: Rania M M Watts @CCInkQuills   “and you -- not the you from now -- the you from when you were only a vague vision through m...

English1 min read