Tag: Arizona
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Palo Verde Trees
Green trunk and tree cracked. Once a mean giant, now felled. Looks like broccoli.
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Mind Open to Being Closed
High Paranoia. Once neighbor, now judge—witness. One by one, doors slam.
G. Pearson
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If I Wanted To, I Would Have: Chapter 1
Chapter 1: My Ex is Voldemort “Daisy never expected me to change.” Maybe I said Daisy’s name like a curse word or like ‘Voldemort’, but I knew it riled her up and I needed to hear her make a fuss about me one more time. It was starting to feel like she really didn’t want…
G. Pearson
anxiety, Arizona, Breakups, cause and effect, creative nonfiction, daily writing, Daisy, depression, distance, drinking, emotional, escapism, exes, forgiveness, grudges, Harry Potter, Hiatus, life lessons, life of a writer, loneliness, long distance, love letter, male perspective, male POV, manipulation, monsoon, mood, pandemic, questions, rainy days, relationship issues, relationships, romance, self-care, self-help, short story, silence, social distance, story, stress, temptation, Voldemort, Writing -
Can I Crash?
Spray and wipe the couch Spread the sheet and then to sleep Warmest place so far
G. Pearson
anxiety, Arizona, California, charity, compassion, couch surfing, covid 19, Daily Poetry, daily writing, depression, desperate, drinking, earthly pleasures, emotional, faith, Fiction, generosity, haiku, homeless problem, homelessness, life and death, loneliness, Micro Poetry, pandemic, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, sloth, stress, Writing -
Water Has Been Found
Ridges cleave open Sun screens burn to smithereens Mars? Arizona!
G. Pearson
Arizona, creative nonfiction, Daily Poetry, daily writing, eden, emotional, global warming, haiku, hell, Hiatus, jungle, life and death, loneliness, mars, metaphor, Micro Poetry, nasa, nature, nature writing, pandemic, poem, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, questions, short story, southwest, space exploration, utopia, wilderness -
Lost Streak
Pond swells after rain Cactus bitter at it all Progress down the drain
G. Pearson
al gore, Arizona, cactus, creative nonfiction, daily haiku, Daily Poetry, death, dessert, dessert life, drinking, drought, faith, global warming, haiku, life and death, metaphor, Micro Poetry, nature, nature haiku, nature poem, nature writing, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, rain, short story, Sonoran desert, southwest, Wild West, wildnerness -
The Few Bushes on Fire
Had I known there would be arguing, I would have stayed indoors. To be fair, it hadn’t quite been sanctioned by the governor for us to be out at all. At least not in our state. All uncovered and in close quarterers, seeking answers. Arizona was still practicing a far from heroic form of social…
Pearson Pivot 