Soloist flying high: pushpin collector
Possibilities that tingle safe in a palm
A window
opportunity
waiting.
Climb Out!
Freely fly far
destination dreams dangle
hanging above
waiting. Grab Hold!
they beckon:
open your arms,
push the pedal
adventure awaits!
Soloist walking lightly: post-it collector
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
New Year’s Eve 2011. Neil and I dined at one of my favorite restaurants in Alexandria: Bilbo Baggins. Yes, that’s right Bilbo Baggins as in
I like to stew on somedays—in the bubbling, gurgling thick starchy liquid of doubt. It’s warm and cozy: a pot of unyielding fears and questions.
It was almost Halloween and the whole school was glowing, lit with the bright orange light. you blasted through my door like dynamite through a