jennifer monroe sardi: The Seasonal Workers
- 04/19/11 02:08 PM
Jennifer is writing a collection of short stories - all fiction - and needed a place to post one for review. This is just one that will appear in a collection titled "I Want to See You Again". Enjoy, critique, or slam, as you see fit:
The Seasonal Workers They were only seasonal workers, so the animals didn’t pay much attention when the great scarlet tractor came blazing along the old dirt road. It billowed dust right past the feed stalls and then on toward the vegetable garden. Bright and shiny and brand new as far as Hamby could tell. And the … (10 comments)
jennifer monroe sardi: To Be Loved ...
- 01/12/11 04:06 PM
The tugs came rampant and vibrant and poetic and with that, I give you ... one of the best poems I've ever laid my soul upon: I Will Wait I am an arrowAimed with trust and devotionAdrift in the falling dark,Sailing above white fences State lines and through the Milky Way Seasons change and I disappearBeyond the horizonUnraveling, dissipating into oblivion.Far into my flight there isNo turning back.I watch the light break through the skyMy pilgrimage before me in the blue distance. Flames break free andFrightening spikes of passion becomeWedged between hours and months andRainfalls.And if I don't stop,It will be … (20 comments)
jennifer monroe sardi: That Golden Ticket...
- 12/22/09 01:38 PM
Ahhh, come on. Isn't there a part of you, of yours, who wants to find that majestic freedom and luxury in one package you open, one decision you make, one deed you do? At times, I feel I live a sheltered life. For the first time, I watched (most of it, I was inspired 3/4 the way through and started to write) the 1971 Film, "Willy Wonka & The Chocalate Factory". While I don't eat sweets, what an ethical trip down "what we should be about lane". Charlie Bucket's character bucks the conventional system of born wealth, greed, laziness and sitting around growing … (39 comments)
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