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 defiance! Each bright yellow bloom Seems to sneer, “We’ll be dancing one day […]
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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 up the Paonia-based Singing Bone Medicine Show that presented at True Nature on […]
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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
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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 him had suddenly diminished. It reminded me of the end of […]
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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 I was afraid to grow old I wished for life to be fleeting To burn […]
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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 to the back yard, then to the bare maples that line the street. They sit silently, still. Then one caw, another and […]
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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 hand of anger Cool the fire of hate That puts us all in danger And can’t separate Politics from humanity. And all the […]
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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 angels to welcome me in. But lying here bored in this wooden box, I wish I’d enjoyed more sin!
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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 Bringing saloons to life As conversations stream A moment to set aside strife For many, the long drive From Aspen to home Lights scream by as sight […]
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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 Elf was at a loss. He was no longer one of Santa’s helpers due to an error he […]