http://slow.writerscafe.org/btowns3 The original writings of author Barbara en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775996164 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 another short, short story...very rough http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/253843/ a short, short story. Needs some filling in. All suggestions appreciated. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/253839/  Three o’clock in the morning and Anne was awake.  Her eyes soon adjusted, and all she needed was the sliver of moonlight to find her way to the bathroom.  She peeled off her nightgown and stood in the mirror.  She looked old, older than she felt.  It was funny how t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/252280/ Could you tell me something?Something realOr made up;I'm easy to please.Let me just close my eyesAnd fall asleep to your voice.I'll listen, for awhile. I love to hear you speak.Let me in on your secrets.Tell me of the times when you were younger.When you hid behind the stu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/252259/ I tried to put you in my coffee shopIn that iron chair across from mineAnd for a while you fit nicelyOn my bookshelf between Marquez and Neruda. But you got bored, so, at your request,I mounted you on my wall with my speakersAnd you filled my house with your staticGuitar and hum.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/252254/ A starch lavender dress posesLike a rare rose in a forest green field,And she its yellow centerPlays a game with an imaginary friendUnder a velour skyPierced by a pyrite sun.And we watch her through a kitchen windowLike we watch the porcelain ballerina in her glittering globe,In awe .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/252248/ an attempt at iambic blank verse http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/252243/ a poem inspired by a photo taken in 1914 by Nancy Ford Cones http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/btowns3/252231/