“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby There was a little garden in the middle of the woods. With no homes around, Sarah didn't know how it got there, but wanted to take care of it. Every …
Author: Kali Paszkiewicz
I'm just a lizard person trying not to waste my degree in English.
What Will you Notice?
“Love has earth to which she clingsWith hills and circling arms aboutWall within wall to shut fear out.But Thought has need of no such things,For Thought has a pair of dauntless wings."― Robert Frost, Mountain Interval Today's writing prompt is to pay attention to the things around you. As you go about your day today, write down …
The With and her Jars of Light
“Some people reflect light, some deflect it, you by some miracle, seem to collect it.”― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves She had never gone to see the with before. Word around town was she was an old hag, and she would do anything... for a price. Kay wouldn't have gone if she hadn't been so desperate, …
The New Kid
“After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust her for the very same reason.”― Albert Camus, The Stranger No one else seemed to notice the transfer student except for Jackie. Jackie had always been friendly and wanted to greet the …
Strange Eyes
“Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.”― Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jamie is always thinking about something. His mind has never been "quiet" for as long as he can remember. He …
The Uncaring God
“More bloodshed followed, as brother fought brother and religion battled religion in the age-old nonsense of settling whose method of worship was the holiest to our Creator, who, for all our murderous efforts, most likely despises the lot of us.”― Steve Alten, The Loch A man begins a religion as a joke. Bored with his life, his …
Dandelion
“Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”― Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia Write from the perspective of a dandelion being blown into a wish. What does the dandelion see before it is picked and after it is blown away? …
The Highwayman
And still on a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,When the road is a gypsy's ribbon looping the purple moor,The highwayman comes riding--Riding--riding--The highwayman comes riding, up to the old inn-door.― Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman It's a stormy night and well past …
The Book in the Hollow
I want the scissors to be sharpand the table perfectly levelwhen you cut me out of my lifeand paste me in that book you always carry.― Billy Collins, Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems Abby found the book stuffed into the hollow of a tree. At first it just seemed like someone's old notebook …
Beyond Sight
“A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.”― Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame He was born with one working eye, or so they thought. For most of his life up until now, his left eye only saw darkness. Recently, however, he thought he was getting …
