hope

Be Kind, Rewind

/ Liz H-H / 15 Comments

(freeform and prosy
future’s not lookin’ rosy
I struggle to rhyme)

Be Kind, Rewind

We don’t exactly know when the Great Clock stopped,
But we could’ve had a sense of the pendulum’s swing faltering,
Except that everything went digital and we lost ourselves.

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JusJoJan and 1-liner Wednesday: Ragnarok

/ Liz H-H / 2 Comments

One liner Wednesday: “I’ll try.”
I’LL TRY to keep my shit together as I watch the speedy unraveling of an increasingly shaky world, and ready myself to gaze down through the roots of Yggdrasil at the three Norns, muttering at their weaving, while Ratatoskir with his gleaming eyes, trills laughter through his sharp teeth and throws nuts at my head.                      Continue reading →

Why Not?

/ Liz H-H / 11 Comments

Feeling blocked and threatened? It’s right there, in our hands, the answer we used to believe in. Not big things, but small. Let it begin with me…

WHY NOT?

When we gaze ahead
Haze occludes our safe passage
You’re the magic key

Now is the moment
Open our eyes and our hearts
Time waits for no one

© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2025)

Just Jot January Day 19 – Prompt: WHY from Willow. Be sure to visit their blog to read or just say hi!  See what other folks have done with the prompt, or add your own!   https://lindaghill.com/2025/01/19/daily-prompt-jusjojan-the-19th-2025/

It Happened One Morning

/ Liz H-H / 17 Comments
City sewer grate, a woman's brown slide laying on top, abandoned

© Ayr/Gray

Many thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr for their photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (05/31/2024). No more than 250 words in length.

Marjorie awoke, the song in her heart matching those of the birds twittering in the sunrise. Stretching her pale, lithe arms over her tousled head, she rolled out of bed, feet fairly dancing on the wood floor of her new Uptown apartment.

Change was in the air.                                  Continue reading →