http://slow.writerscafe.org/AstroAnnie The original writings of author Astro Annie en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776343693 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 The challenge was to write something in the style of Poe's "The Raven" but of course I had to add baseball. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/464252/ This is a tanka, a 5-7-5-7-7 form of Japanese poetry. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/463724/ This is a sestina about what it might be like to be the allstar, the guy who can do everything well. Nowadays you have to pick one or the other....for the most part. Both Ruth and Ankiel (pronouned ANN-keel) made the transition--generally if you do both http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/461065/ I wonder what it's like to be a full-time DH. This is sorta how I think it might be. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/461050/ What our clouds look like today. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/458679/ I really have heard the music of the fey and it is not something I can live comfortably with. It doesn't inspire me to create music, it is just there being beautiful and distracting. I don't hear it now. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/458087/ I have a friend who plays second base but the shortstop is like a mirror twin so I generalized it. If you've ever played 2B or SS, I'd like to know if I nail this. Or if I'm leaving anything out. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/458085/ Someone came into a chat room and said the first line and it had such beautiful rhythm that I said I'd use it as an opening line. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457873/ What do you do if you're a major league pitcher in love with a pitcher in your farm system? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457863/ More baseball, this has a dual meaning that shouldn't offend younger readers but those who "get it" should enjoy it. It's a triolet, btw, which is some Medieval French form. I discovered the form as A.Word.A.Day many years ago. I've written two. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457860/ This is my first sestina. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457752/ This is actually a tanka rather than a haiku http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457678/ This is about someone using the word "rape" to describe a business deal. That just *got* to me. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457677/ Another "Momo" piece. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457676/ It's like that. Sometimes people are so hurt that love pains them just as much as anything. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457478/ What it feels like to be suicidal. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457443/ What do you do when your own true love goes off and leaves you? You write about it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457420/ This is the result of the lyric-writing workshop I attended at FenCon. The topic was do-it-yourself. This is dedicated to my daughter. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457171/ This is actually a song that can be sung to the tune of Tom Lehrer's Hunting Song. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/457037/ "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's take on the Black Sox of 1919. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AstroAnnie/456943/