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Category: Featured Writing

May 23, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Grief is… by Duane L. Herrmann

That darkness that clouds the mind, that numbness that renders activity pointless, that blackness that negates all joy, that grayness that makes movement difficult, that dullness that saps emotion, that emptiness that leads to a deep void, that bleakness that obliterates the future, that pain that takes away words. The earth has lost its balance, … Continue reading Grief is… by Duane L. Herrmann

May 16, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

What’s Going On Here? by Duane L. Herrmann

The car drove down the road. Another heavy thing rolled across my surface, though not as heavy as some of the others. And that, my child, was the killing place of millions. Before that flat, hardness was there, we had villages and colonies all over in this place. Then monstrous things came and killed and … Continue reading What’s Going On Here? by Duane L. Herrmann

May 3, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Haiku by Natasha W. Birmingham

The water bottle,Best for a refillableThen a single use.

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Diary Pile by Kathleen Rehl

My journals tell truths.Years yearn to show me patterns.If only I’d learn.

May 2, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Chainsaw by Duane L. Herrmann

Chainsaw cutslimbs, now...I'm one foot less.

April 25, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Foo Young by Edward Pontacoloni

They tried to sell us egg foo youngFoo young with shrimp and oyster sauce.Though we were not hungry yet,We agreed to try their omelet. Foo young was just a word.And omelet was all we heard.So someday we may not recallThat we ate foo young at all.

April 25, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

I Got For by Duane L. Herrmann

"I got for," my little four-year old brother announced one day as we were going somewhere in the car. "What?" Our distracted mother asked. "I got for," he repeated. "You have four of what?" Mom asked again, paying some slight attention now. "I got for a peanut butter samwich," my brother seriously stated. "Oh!" Mom … Continue reading I Got For by Duane L. Herrmann

April 18, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Feathered Conversation by Duane L. Herrmann

When birds return after winters absence, the trees become alive with joyful sounds. After the silence of winter, broken only by the course cawing of a crow or two, the trilling lilt of songbirds lifts my heart. I know they are claiming territory, and it is serious business on their part, yet that knowledge doesn't … Continue reading Feathered Conversation by Duane L. Herrmann

April 18, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Birds by Edward Pontacoloni

     There are a lot of birds in the Adirondacks that you can talk with, if you know their language.       Some Adirondack bird-speak is commonly known, such as the language of the Mallard duck. Mallards pretty much have only one word, “quack.” Mallardese is quick and easy to learn for any novice bird linguist. You can … Continue reading The Birds by Edward Pontacoloni

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THIS WEEK’S WRITING PROMPT

“Nanny called the black walnut tree El Capitan,” writes Kelsey Francis in her essay “To Grow in Spite of Poison” (HAD Magazine, 2022)

After attending the Paul Smith’s VIC “Big Tree Festival” this weekend, we’ve got trees on the brain. Try writing a piece about a favorite or memorable tree. Describe not only the tree itself but what it meant to the people who knew it.

Submit your response by Sunday, May 29, 2022. All creative writing responses will be shared on @adkctr4writing and adirondackcenterforwriting.org. Note: You are expected to edit your own submission before sending it.

Note: You are expected to edit your own submission before sending it.

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Some favorite photos from our kids and teens comics classes this past weekend. Thanks to @basictelepathy for teaching!
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