Fandango’s Flashback Friday

  • Ol’ Dolly

    Ol’ Dolly

    This haiku was originally written for Haiku Horizons in 2018. Now it’s being recycled for Fandango’s Flashback Friday.   A strange, old dolly made of clay, sticks, moss, and straw. Hat pins make her go              

    Read more →

  • The Daredevil

    The Daredevil

    It’s Fandango’s Flashback Friday again! I crafted the piece below for the terrible poetry contest, and now it’s being recycled for #FFF. It’s that time again: The Weekly Terrible Poetry Contest hosted my Chelsea Ann Owens! Our mission is to create a senryu about a small, innocuous animal of our choice. Armadillo lies in the

    Read more →

  • Ode to Spring (in Alabama)

    This post is being recycled for Fandango’s Flashback Friday, aka #FFF. Once again, it’s time for Chelsea Ann Owens’ Weekly Terrible Poetry Contest. Our writing prompt is Springtime, and my terrible poem is below. Springtime in the Dirty South don’t last fer long Well, hush my mouth!   Magnolia trees are the best part smell

    Read more →

  • Got Guts?

    Got Guts?

    It’s #FFF — Fandango’s Flashback Friday! This piece was written five years ago and is being recycled today. It’s the Lucky Dip Saturday Mix over at MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie. Today we are to write a Somonka: The somonka is a Japanese form. In fact, it’s basically two tankas written as two love letters to each other (one tanka

    Read more →

  • Pandora’s Sewing Box

    Pandora’s Sewing Box

    This was written in 2017 originally and is now being recycled for Fandango’s Flashback Friday! Prior to Wilhelmina Williams’ passing, she’d given her daughter, Pandora, an heirloom sewing box. She cautioned her never to open it, for according to legend, doing so would unleash a global, butt-ugly fashion trend. Pandora gave a rat’s ass for

    Read more →