Mary Grace Writing

Author: marygracewriting

Reservoir of Tears

Reservoir of tears aqueduct of word release an angry flood meaning becomes blurred
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Candy’s Dream

Candy screamed as a torrent of pink sugary syrup soaked her from head to toe. It coated the rocks she was climbing over, making them treacherously wet, yet sticky.
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Six Word Story (57)

When holding on comes with a cost, our human minds do one of two things.
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What an Artist Gives

She started with the whitest sheet, Epitome of incomplete.
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Red Lollypop

I think I want a red one. Wrapped in plastic. Sticky sugar treat.
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Six Word Stories (56)

It usually surprises people when I tell them, “I do not care for the Christmas season.”“Arn’t Christians supposed to love Christmas?” I guess most of them do, but I can’t help but feel an emptiness behind the brightly covered packages and glitz this world throws around during the holiday season. Expectations are high, but things…
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Blue

Blue is like the rising tide. A constant, holding certain pride.
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Six Word Story (55)

Ordinary. It’s a word we dismiss, and a state of being we overlook.
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Cold Toes

Toes, dressed againstcold. Still chilled and damp, remindmovement is a must. ©2022 Mary Grace van der Kroef
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Winter’s Harvest/Paddler Press

“Paddler Press is a new poetry and art mag based in Peterborough/Nogojiwanong, Ontario.” – From Paddler Press Home Page It excited me when the editor of Paddler Press tweeted he was expanding the call for Issue Three to include Creative None Fiction. I had a piece I felt would be a great fit and jumped…
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