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Continue reading →: Self CareRead time: 2 mins. Brushing the thin marker across Lexi’s upper eyelid, using her laugh lines as my template for drawing the Amy Winehouse wings she liked, felt the same as painting ceramic figurines as a child. The beauty created itself as the brush fell into the figure’s corners and…
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Continue reading →: The Game of the NameRead time: 5 mins. “What syllables should I combine to get your attention?” Surely that’s all a name is for some people. It’s certainly all most of 21st century western society appears to expect from names, apart from a few administrative processes that use our names as labels for tracking…
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Continue reading →: FlowDoes the flow know I’m going with it? Asking probably implies I’m not going with the flow at all. Going with the flow would mean not caring whether it knew or not. But can one really avoid going with the flow? It depends what the flow is, right? One would…
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Continue reading →: Stillness of the EveningSometimes the sky and the water are all that remain. Sometimes even that’s a little much.
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Continue reading →: Fire and Rain
Read time: 3 min. An excerpt from my work-in-progress novel The Song and the Tempest. Whisps of blue vapor still coming off Nasrin coalesce behind Jonah, forming Julrane’s outline. The outline places her hands on Jonah’s shoulders. Julrane’s voice whispers, “Time for my part.” The rain turns into sapphire again.…
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Continue reading →: Literary Revelations’ Haiku for Soulmates
It gives me great pleasure to say Haiku for Soulmates, edited by Gabriela Marie Milton and presented by Literary Revelations Publishing House, is now live on Amazon. I’m honored that my work was accepted into this anthology, and hope you’ll honor this beautiful anthology with your readership. Congratulations to the…
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Continue reading →: Growing Bright SpotsSometimes you don’t realize how much you need encouragement until you see a flower growing through the sidewalk by your office. If this cute little weed can flourish in concrete, then I can pursue artistic expression while negotiating the increasing demands of an office job. In a spreadsheet world,no windows…
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Continue reading →: Novel Excerpt: Hello, SailorRead time: 2 min. An excerpt from my work-in-progress novel The Song and the Tempest. Julrane listened to Nasrin breathing beside her. She couldn’t remember the last time she had slept in darkness. In the safety of their rooms, Nasrin could take the glamour off and let her veins pour…
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Continue reading →: My work published in Literary Revelations’ Haiku for Soulmates!
Read time: 1 min. their faces ain’t yours(no time to judge their voices)but they fill the void I have to perform(with you I can improvise)but I love to act non-alcoholic wine(basically grape juice)but just so it works If you enjoyed the above haiku, there’s more to love in Literary Revelations’…
Hello,
I’m Judith
Or rather the pseudonym I’m currently using here is Judith. That name also belongs to one of my characters, who I gave it to as a test of sorts. My poetry, which centers on translating minor moments into obscure observations, has appeared in various collections under different names. My psyche resides along the Singing River.
Semi-Random Reflections 