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Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 years, 5 months ago
The Importance Of Interior Design In Writing by Erika Raskin
The way someone curates their personal space conveys who they are. For a writer, that’s hugely important. “Show, don’t tell” is a guiding […] -
Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
God by Mel Kenne
God must be, I dare now to say, like a cat, with His / Her / Its impertinence and delays in ordering our lives, loves and ways of being […] -
Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
Why I Loved the 8-Track by Karen Weyant
Today, we stream any song we can find, google obscure one-hit wonders, and watch anyone make their own music videos on TikTok, but back before they […] -
Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
The Bus Was Late: a Stamford Memory by Jeffrey Coughter
Jeffrey Coughter has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest On a sunny, breezy late October morning in 1959, I […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
Waterfall by Jo Riglar
Jo Riglar is the 3rd place winner of Streetlight’s Flash Fiction Contest I reached the waterfall as the rain started. Little vicious drops. A […] -
Trudy wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
Call of the Wild by Trudy Hale
I wanted to write about hunting season here in the rural countryside, the howling packs of dogs, the men and women who sit in muddy trucks on the side […] -
Roselyn Elliott commented on the post, 17 Year Cicada by David B. Prather 2 years, 6 months ago
Wow, such a good poem, the way it carries seamlessly, literally and figuratively all the way through! Thank you.
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Spriggan Radfae commented on the post, Cats by Christine Tucker 2 years, 6 months ago
I’m surprised this hasn’t happened to me… thank goodness we have a generator! And the oxygen tanks? They won’t pick up extras (“No sir, we were told to pick up 5 and drop off 5.”) But in one year, I had to bury […]
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Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
17 Year Cicada by David B. Prather
—Magicicada septendecim I never thought I could love you, arguing with leaves under midday sun, your body a prune with polymer wi […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
Sinking by Deborah Prum
I attended a state university that required you to pass a swim test to graduate. I will not mention the name of the institution because I’m a […] -
Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
The Bridge of Sighs by Martha Wiseman
Martha Wiseman has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest My mother sighed. Frequently, variously, […] -
Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
In the Nature of Chickens, There is Little Room for Gentleness by Emma Fenton
On Thursday, there are three chickens in the backyard pecking at each other, plucked feathers scattered on the ground like a gruesome crime […] -
Emily Littlewood wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
The Thrill of the Sale by Emily Littlewood
Recently I was able to convince my husband to let go of a small part of his hoard/collectibles (vocab depending on who you ask). This was accomplished […] -
Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
grown girl: she thinks of the dead by Liz Femi
it surely is the same wrinkled sky from years ago when i lived in dense forest towns when cold winds chafed Iroko bark like prayers chafe […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 years, 6 months ago
Unzipped by Sheri Reynolds
Sheri Reynolds is the 2nd place winner of Streetlight’s Flash Fiction Contest The garbage disposal made a horrible racket, a gritty, g […] -
Erika Raskin wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago
The Big Tent Of Dangerous by Erika Raskin
Here’s what the Left—of which I am a dyed in the wool member—needs to understand: many adherents of ‘conspiracy’ theories aren’t crazy. I mean a lot […] -
Fred Wilbur wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago
Belleville Reformed Church by Josh Humphrey
And if you were that old collection of smudged walls and dusty glass, you would be embarrassed to be caught by the mo […] -
Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago
The Drowned Place by Miles Fowler
Red-wing blackbirds flew overhead, their red shoulders gleaming in the afternoon sun. The air was thick with the chirping and buzzing of wild fauna. […] -
Susan Shafarzek wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago
My Brother's Heart by Phyllis Brotherton
Phyllis Brotherton has earned an Honorable Mention in Streetlight’s 2023 Essay/Memoir Contest I carry my brother’s heart all the way to Salina, Ka […] -
Sharon Ackerman wrote a new post 2 years, 7 months ago
Writing the Family Secret by Sharon Ackerman
Who doesn’t love mysteries and secrets? I can recall sitting under a shade tree as a child with stacks of Nancy Drew, Alice in Wonderland, Tom’s Mid […] - Load More
