I love you enough to grow old with you. I love you to laugh out loud, to enjoy an afternoon of limitless sex, but at the same time, to simply enjoy having you by my side. I love you to walk hand in hand with you and gaze at the starry sky at night. I […]
Fiction
Work in Progress is The Sopris Sun’s platform to highlight the local community’s creativity. Fictional short stories, poems and illustrations can be submitted to fiction@soprissun.com to be published.
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Works in Progress – Aug. 13, 2026
Always Envy The Rich Man By Daniel Spiller Glenwood Springs Always envy the rich man hail the gold on his teeth Rolled his roads stoges and fields and I’m still stuck on my knees Begging at the bottom of his feet like a dog drooling to eat I have to […]
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Works in Progress – Aug. 6, 2026
Between Suns and MoonsBy Daniel TorresTranslated by Freda Barron The inevitable departure of the moonsmakes the older self more present,stained by so many suns.The less archaic self,an apprentice of the moons,yearns for more suns. In the shadow of the years(those past, those future),hazy memories emerge,filled with shadows and nostalgic longings.Always the passing of bitter memoriesof […]
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Until we meet again
My dear Valley, You raised me among mountains and rivers. The Colorado River will forever run through my veins. You were the breeze that reminded me to breathe whenever I felt life slipping away from me. I will return to you like a tourist searching for an escape from reality. And although I never stopped […]
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Go Fish (a summer fantasy)Nancy Bo Flood Four Mile Jump in duck under Mask on Blow bubbles up your snorkel Flutter kick webbed feet Gaze at turtles, sharks — look, there — a whale! Swim! A bathtub can be As big As the deep blue sea
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Short-Term Rental
By Olivia EmeryCarbondale A few years ago, a robin built a nest on our back porch. She was as scattered and ditsy as I felt at the time — starting with a few sticks, changing her mind, tossing them on the ground, starting again. In the end she chose a spot two columns away from […]
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An Independence Day tradition: counting the blooms — red, white and blue Gregory C. StapleMarble Editor’s note: This piece is adapted from the author’s field guide:“Get Out There Crystal River Valley Wildflowers” (2024) Each July 4 — along with attending Redstone’s folksy parade and barbecue — I celebrate our country by doing a bio blitz, […]
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New town, new man By Tom MercerCarbondale-ish Alven Smith was a reclusive, 50-year-old bachelor. Most people who knew Alven regarded him as “painfully shy,” or worse yet “possibly anti-social.” And, over time, Alven had become aware of his unfortunate reputation, but did not know what he could do about it. Then, one day, Alven’s landlord […]
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Forever inked, forever young
At the “Visceral Alchemy: Fine Art + Tattoo” exhibit at Carbondale Arts, I find a temporary tattoo of a human heart, rendered more anatomically faithful than the two humps and sharp point of an emoji. But the aorta, pulmonary artery and venae cavae of this tiny tattoo heart are plants and vines. Planets float inside […]
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Pride in the street and from above When the time arrived, Carbondale stepped out on First Friday, June 5, to celebrate diversity and the LGBTQ community, with a Pride parade and several other peripheral happenings throughout town, a few moments of which are memorialized here thanks to photographer extraordinaire Tommy Sands: