Work in Progress

  • Locations: Fiction, Opinion Published

    Work in Progress - April 5, 2023

    Disrespectful Daffs 
    By Deborah Holt Williams

    I follow my temperature charts to a “T,”
    but my daffodils think they know better than me.

    “Wait!” I implore them. “The weather’s too cold!”
    They rudely ignore me. So reckless. So bold.

    They rise in… read more →

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    Work in Progress - March 30, 2023

    Singing ‘La Loba’ to life 
    By Melina Laroza

    Imagine a gypsy caravan traveling through the Rockies, popping out a puppet theater and handmade wares to tell a magical story, old as time. Bonnie Barker, Sami Akert, Jacquie Hill and Heather Jameson make upread more →

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    Work in Progress - March 16, 2023

    Makeup and hair, makeup and hair, spanning time backstage at Green is the New Black (GITNB)…


    Backstage at GITNB, 2010. Sopris Sun archived photo


    Backstage, 2023. Photo by Jane Bachrach… read more →

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    Work in Progress - March 9, 2023

    Rambler
    Sheila Markowitz
    Glenwood Springs
    November 1980 

    I first thought about selling him when July came and I hadn’t ridden Rambler even once the previous month. I felt uneasy. He was an important part of my life. It seemed the need to be with… read more →

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    Work in Progress - March 2, 2023

    HOME
    By Melissa Sidelinger

    When I first met you, love,
    It was like being reacquainted
    With a very dear friend
    As if in another lifetime
    We had promised to find each other
    Here in this one

    Before I met you
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    Work in Progress - Feb. 23, 2023

    The Crows
    By Nancy McAtavey
    Carbondale

    The last January rays, too weak to reach the forest floor, set the treetops on fire. Since early morning, this murder of crows has circled my house…first toread more →

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    Works in Progress - Feb. 16, 2023

    Song for the Times
    By Kitty Riley

    When you hear the news 
    How more people have died 
    And you think there are clues 
    To what could have been tried 
    To stop the handread more →

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    Work in Progress - Jan. 26, 2023

    Year(s) of the Hare

    1903
    1915
    1927
    1939
    1951
    1963
    1975
    1987
    1999
    2011
    2023

     

    Wasting Away
    By Deborah Williams
    Glenwood Springs

    I thought there’d be a pearly gate,
    and…

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    Work in Progress - Jan. 12, 2023

    Light at night
    By Just Jim
    Glenwood Springs

    Carbondale is lit 
    Just take a stroll
    But, first let the moon sit
    Then imbibe Main Street’s soul

    Chandeliers gleam 
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  • Locations: Fiction, Opinion Published

    Work in Progres - Jan. 5, 2022

    Share your works in progress with readers by emailing illustrations, creative writings and poetry to fiction@soprissun.com

     

    The Resourceful Elf: Part Two
    By Tom Mercer
    Former Carbondalian

    Continued from Dec. 22, 2022 Work in Progress page 

    Snuffles the

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