by YeahWrite Editor | Jun 3, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Editor’s Note As I write this, thousands of people are in the streets in cities nationwide. Worldwide. The US President is calling for the use of military force against citizens. As writers, readers, and editors we know how a story is told matters....
by YeahWrite Editor | May 30, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Carpe Liam I’ve been thinking a lot about this year’s high school senior class. A friend’s son, Liam, graduated with honors last week. He won’t get a ceremony or the chance to toss that frisbee hat into the air, but none of that will matter as...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 27, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Return of the Vermin Everywhere I look, at least if I’m looking out of a window in my house, I see chipmunks. They’ve been digging vast tunnel-networks underneath my lawn, apparently. And I have SO many rabbits, I’m just waiting to discover some...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 23, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
I’m Sure I’m Not the Only One I think it’s fair to say that most of us get envious of others from time to time. What I think happens often though, and we don’t talk about it, is that feeling of envy for things othes have achieved when we are...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 20, 2020 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Still Brain Dead Look, I know I was brain dead last week but here I am again, forgetting the day of the week. I just don’t know when I am going to be able to process this very basic information again. I think it doesn’t help that my days are totally...
by YeahWrite Editor | May 16, 2020 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
The unbridled beauty of words I’ve been reading a lot of poetry recently. I find that when the world is unfathomable, when people confound me, poetry contains joy, beauty, and sometimes answers for me. I’ve also been trying my hand at writing poetry...