Tag: pandemic

• The A****** Ones

  the ab***** ones know how to hold a woman i should stop talking

  G. Pearson

  December 20, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, art, cause and effect, Christian writing, creative nonfiction, daily haiku, Daily Poetry, daily writing, death, dreams, drinking, earthly pleasures, emotional, escapism, faith, Fiction, haiku, Hiatus, inspiration, life and death, life lessons, life of a writer, loneliness, love letter, memories, metaphor, Micro Poetry, mood, nature, pandemic, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, questions, romance, secret love, self-help, self-improvement, short story, social distance, stress, temptation, Writing

• Apples to Apples/Seven Hills

  (An ode to the latex coating on apples, rending them allergenic) … His nail scratches away the thin, waxy surface layer of the apple. On a scale of mites Where things begin to separate Damage unseen until it expands Under the microscope In that land of many hills, The sky is only as wide as…

  G. Pearson

  November 14, 2022

  Writing

  apple, cause and effect, Christian writing, Christianity, creative nonfiction, Daily Poetry, dreams, earthly pleasures, end-times, faith, hell, life and death, life lessons, nature, nature writing, pandemic, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, questions, short story, Writing, writing prompt

• Haiku On Vacation I

  Poolside I’ll beam, wave Even lift my shades, say, ‘hi’ Turn shallow to deep

  G. Pearson

  September 17, 2022

  Writing

  creative nonfiction, Daily Poetry, drinking, escapism, haiku, Hiatus, holiday, Micro Poetry, mood, pandemic, pearsonpivot, Poem Of The Day, pool, poolside, shase, short story, social distance, summer, sunglasses, vacation, Writing

• Team Building!

  Drinks. Not with friends though. More so with strangers now so… I’ll drink whatever

  G. Pearson

  September 3, 2022

  Writing

  art, daily haiku, escapism, faith, gpoy, haiku, inspiration, life lessons, life of a writer, loneliness, mood, pandemic, Poetry, romance, self-care, self-help, short story, stress

• 9 to 5

  Back in the true trap The panopticon kills slow “Karen brought bagels!”

  G. Pearson

  September 2, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, company man, creative nonfiction, cubicle, Daily Poetry, daily writing, destress, escapism, faith, haiku, hell, life and death, life lessons, life of a writer, Micro Poetry, mood, office, pandemic, panopticon, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, return to work, short story, social distance, stress, voyeurism, Writing

• 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

• Farther Away

  Late nights in Europe From my bedroom I smell rain And hash on counters

  G. Pearson

  August 11, 2022

  Writing

  Amsterdam, anxiety, brittney griner, Daily Poetry, daily writing, emotional, escapism, Europe, haiku, hash, hasheesh, Hiatus, holiday, inspiration, lebron, lebron James, legalized, life of a writer, loneliness, medication, Micro Poetry, mood, pandemic, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, rain, self-help, smoke, stress, vacation, 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

• Can I Crash?

  Spray and wipe the couch Spread the sheet and then to sleep Warmest place so far

  G. Pearson

  July 25, 2022

  Writing

  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

• 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