A Dog’s Prayer By Margaret Franz Glenwood Springs Every day, my beautiful border collie Jack and I slowly walk up Red Mountain for our morning meditation. He smells the bushes and walks, stride for stride with me, as I recite the beautiful poem from Tich Nhat Hanh’s “Peace Is Every Step.” He knows the drill. […]
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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Work in Progress – Sept. 1, 2022
Another Labor Day By Linda Helmich Charles Hastings hoisted the flag into position on the post of his front porch, same as he’d done hundreds of times before. Just as it unfurled, the wind picked up “Old Glory” and snapped her a few times. First, Lieutenant Charles Thomas Hastings stepped sprightly back and saluted, as […]
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Work in Progress – Aug. 25, 2022
Our town, one table By Just Jim Tucked in the Rockies Beneath Mother Mountain Whimsical beings And, a table to seat them all Prisoner By A.P. Harrison “Diary of a Divorce” I’ve been moved from a gilded cage to a clear Lucite box Both are sanctioned by society… Bearing people’s unknowing “stamp of approval” So, […]
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Work in Progress – Aug. 18, 2022
The Apple Tree By Isabelle Levine, age 9 It is autumn and my apples are ripening. Soon the whole Lee Family will come to my trunk for a grand party. My leaves are shaking with excitement for that day to come. I love all the happy faces and laughter. In fact, that day is tomorrow! […]
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Work in Progress: Aug. 11, 2022
Stormbringer JM Jesse Glenwood Springs Wind chimes clang wildly Sky darkens as gale winds wail Chimes summon thunder The uncommon turn By Jeanne Souldern Carbondale What is it on page seven of the Proust novel that urges you to examine the worlds beyond the confines of these book covers? “A sea swallow tunneling for earth’s […]
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Mountain Fair 2022: New Moon Magic
By Alya Howe Hey, you, and me Say yes to WE For only in Unity Can this be, the “land of the free.” United States of mind Is it illusion, a delusion, freedom with no boundaries? The damless Crystal River runs free! But it has banks, it has support, Banks on support to flow, to […]
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Work in Progress – July 28, 2022
The Man Next Door, Part Two By Tom Mercer My name is Alex and this is my story. It was the last week in May 2075 when Chrono-Corp transported me back in time to the first part of the 21st century. My geographical target was the city of Arlington Heights, Massachusetts. I was not the […]
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Work in Progress – July 21, 2022
The Man Next Door By Tom Mercer I had lived on a dead end street in the suburbs of Boston for about 10 years when the man moved into the house next to me. We introduced ourselves to each other the day he moved in, but we had spoken only a few words to each […]
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Work in Progress – July 14, 2022
Reaching for the barre By Addison Carlson St. Stephen Catholic School Carrying my used pointe shoes over my shoulder, I arrive at my new dance studio wearing a ripped leotard and muddy tights. I see a group of girls who are holding dance bags similar to what movie stars would have, containing pockets that fit […]
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Work in Progress – July 7, 2022
Out the back door By Melissa Sidelinger There are moments in your life that change everything; that send you down a path of no return; that draw a line of black ink down the page of your story clearly delineating the life you lived before, and your life after. A chance meeting, a choice, a […]