Tag: cause and effect

• 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

  August 27, 2022

  Writing

  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

• Suburban High

  It takes a village So Mr. Stenson agrees Three touchdowns = no test

  G. Pearson

  August 26, 2022

  Writing

  all-American, cause and effect, cheating, Christian writing, city kids, college athlete, college sports, community, Daily Poetry, daily writing, faith, favoritism, haiku, high school, high school sports, life lessons, Micro Poetry, news, poem, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, school, sports, standardized tests, suburban, suburbia, temptation, testing, tests, Writing

• Atlantis

  Captain Jame-o balked An island undiscovered? More like ‘siren call’!

  G. Pearson

  August 23, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, Atlantis, captain, cause and effect, Daily Poetry, daily writing, danger, haiku, life and death, Micro Poetry, mood, mystery, nautical, navigation, ocean, pirate, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, romance, seafarer, seamen, ship, shipwreck, siren, temptation, undiscovered, Writing

• Dangerous Game of Handball

  Back to back it smacks Left bloody and gnarled last time Handball is for men

  G. Pearson

  August 14, 2022

  Writing

  art, blood, bruises, cause and effect, Daily Poetry, daily writing, danger, dangerous sports, death, drinking, haiku, handball, men, Micro Poetry, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, sports, sweat, testosterone, Writing

• Staying In My Lane Next Time

  ‘Explain these texts now!’ ‘Keep a smile on his face then!’ Then she slapped me hard

  G. Pearson

  August 12, 2022

  Writing

  adultury, anxiety, cause and effect, cheating, Daily Poetry, daily writing, drinking, emotional, haiku, infidelity, it wasn’t me, Micro Poetry, other woman, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, punishment, questions, romance, rumors, secret love, self-care, shaggy, slap, stress, temptation, texts, Writing

• Our Dirty Laundry

  Water greys, obscured Purpley blue fog drifts by Our dirty laundry

  G. Pearson

  August 10, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, business, cause and effect, clean, Daily Poetry, daily writing, dirty laundry, haiku, Hiatus, laundry, metaphor, Micro Poetry, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, secrets, social distance, stress, Writing

• Bound Feet & Giuseppe Zanotti Dreams

  My feet went stark numb Finally my lids could close Fast asleep with pain.

  G. Pearson

  July 28, 2022

  Writing

  art, beauty, beauty is pain, cause and effect, daily haiku, Daily Poetry, daily writing, earthly pleasures, fashion, Giuseppe, gpoy, guiseppe zanotti, haiku, heels, high fashion, high heels, life lessons, love, Micro Poetry, numb, pain, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, self-care, shoes, short story, Writing

• X Days California Sober

  “Whiskey soda please” He wakes up sweating, frightened. Feels for his chip…sighs…

  G. Pearson

  July 27, 2022

  Writing

  12 steps, aa, alcohol, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism, anxiety, cause and effect, Daily Poetry, daily writing, drinking, escapism, group, haiku, inspiration, life and death, life lessons, life of a writer, Micro Poetry, mood, pandemic, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, self-help, short story, sobriety, temptation, twelve steps, whiskey, Writing

• Joint Credit Card

  ‘I had a good reason!’ ‘A sale is not a reason.’ ‘Define a sale, then!’

  G. Pearson

  July 24, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, cause and effect, creative nonfiction, Daily Poetry, daily writing, distress, earthly pleasures, escapism, haiku, life lessons, love language, metaphor, Micro Poetry, pandemic, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, retail therapy, self-care, self-help, shopping, short story, social distance, stress, stress shopping, window shopping

• Stolen Morning Love

  You’re only all mine. And now time is warped by us. You are 5 AM.

  G. Pearson

  July 23, 2022

  Writing

  5am, cause and effect, creative nonfiction, Daily Poetry, daily routine, daily writing, dawn, early riser, earthly pleasures, haiku, life lessons, life of a writer, love letter, Micro Poetry, morning, morning person, morning routine, nature, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, rocky horror, romance, secret love, self-help, self-improvement, short story, temptation, time, time warp, Writing