Moon DogBy Larry Day Bark once,Bark twice,Three times, four.Bark until that big bright ballIs a ball no more.
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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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Snowmass Falls RanchBy Charlotte PerryGlenwood Springs It was the year 1918That Robert Perry Burst on scene . Oh he started out a city kid from DenverYou all might remember With his gun , horse , rope, hat and boots He knew the city would not be his rootsHis family lived not far from a girl so pretty, […]
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Odd ConnectionBy Deborah Holt WilliamsGlenwood Springs This poem is based on an actual event. One fine day in Monterey Baythe aquarium workers said “Whoa!”The giant Pacific octopusate lunch and then needed to go. Now animals vary in how they excrete.Wombat poop is a cube!But octopi roll with a tiny hole in their siphon, their mantle’s short […]
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Roller Derby QueensBy Nancy Bo Flood Cousins, we were the champion roller-derby skaters of Grandma’s basement. The floor was cement. Dusty spider webs hung in the corners of the wooden overhead beams. A monstrous octopus furnace sat hunched over and frowning in the very center of the basement. Giant metal arms reached out across the […]
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Tree PoemBy Frosty MerriottArkansas Have you heard them singing in the spring with the breeze? Have you seen them resting providing all with shade? Have you marveled in their splendor as they welcome us to our home? Have you seen them standing dormant dreaming yet of spring? Have you heard them screaming in the night […]
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Here, Now and AfterBy Rick DavisGlenwood Springs Editor’s note: Rick is a chaplain for a local hospice. Spending time with someone as they are dying is such a sacred-humbling experience, walking with them to the gate, standing there with them as they prepare to leave all they know and embrace something new. It was obvious […]
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Work in Progress – Jan. 4, 2024
Keep All Four!By Susie Hoeppli The Canine comes at her with vicious intentAnd a wide open jaw Then, swiftly, clamps down ferociously On her hind leg and paw Her Mom comes to the rescueWith a scream and a hollerAnd grabs the monster by the collar The limb is severed,Badly broken at the knee —“We should amputate […]
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The Gregorian calendar tips into 2024 this week with all the typical fanfare, meanwhile Lunar New Year falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice (Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024). In Chinese astrology, we will be moving into the Year of the Dragon, fifth animal to cross the finish line in the Jade Emperor’s […]
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Works in Progress – Dec. 21, 2023
Winter SolsticeBy Kitty Riley As dark shadows dayAnd sun yields and waitsWe gather by candles And behold the flames. We sing and we talkAnd savor the mealsWith spices and drinksOur best foods displayed. We join in laughterCry tears for those lostShout winter wishesOf holiday cheer. And we watch for dayTo grow longer soonAnd strengthen its glowAnd […]
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One Night Before ChristmasBy Tom MercerForever Carbondalian It was “that time of year again.” To Santa and Mrs. Claus, it seemed only weeks had passed since the previous Christmas, but both knew that as the days grew shorter it meant that Christmas was just around the corner (although there were no actual street corners in […]