July 2019 – Shelley J. Reece

A Summer Storm

11 Jul 20199 Jul 2019

The skies opened in the early evening. I was folding my laundry, neatly; domestically. You should never put a window in the laundry room. Unexpectedly you will have to choose:…

Scarlet Stars

9 Jul 201922 Jun 2019

There are two kinds of Knowing. Here is the first: When the marine layer is low, the amber streetlights refract in such a way that the white froth upon the…

Ocean Soul

4 Jul 201922 Jun 2019

It was a half-moon last night, waxing. A friend and I went to the beach, to watch the white-tipped waves wash upon the sand. My friend pointed out the stone…

Restless

2 Jul 201922 Jun 2019

The winds were wild today. They got inside me, whispering songs of darkness and undergrowth, thorny branches scraping starry skies. Like a fool, I thought of you, and wondered if…