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Fun with Haiku and Hibiscus

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Ashley Memory

hibiscus

Ashley sees:

Hibiscus flower
Carousel for hummingbirds
Upturned parasol.

Johnpaul sees:

Hibiscus flower
More like a satellite dish
Or lethal ray gun.

What do you see?

 

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Articles & Interviews

  • Courier Tribune – New Poetry Collection by Asheboro Resident Released, Aug. 20, 2019
  • Interview, The Gyroscope Review, April 4, 2020
  • Southern Neighbor, March 27, 2018
  • WOW Interview, July 15, 2018

Books

  • Naked and Hungry
  • Waiting for the Wood Thrush

Essays & Stories

  • A Tale of Two Tumbles, 1st Place, Carolina Woman 2020
  • All-Inclusive Vacation for Pessimists, Brilliant Flash Fiction, 2015
  • Amateur, Main Street Rag, Winner of the Doris Betts Fiction Prize, 2001
  • Dear Derinda, 1st Place, Women on Writing, Summer 2018
  • Golden Delicious, County Lines Literary Magazine, 2019
  • How to Chop An Onion Without Crying, Women on Writing, 1st Place, Quarterly Nonfiction Contest
  • I Know What She's Thinking, Runner-Up, WOW Quarterly Nonfiction Contest, 2018
  • Lunar Eclipse, July 5-6, 1982, Mental Papercuts
  • Marry Me, Cairn, 2003
  • Missing the Dixie Superette, Raleigh News and Observer, 2001
  • Once in a Blue Moon, Thomas Wolfe Review, 2014
  • Running with the Bulls, Hardball Times, 2018
  • Saturday Night, The Ginger Collect, 2018
  • Tamarisk, Eureka Literary Magazine, Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 1999
  • The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory (3 stories), 2018
  • To-Do List of a First-Time Teleworker, First Place, Carolina Woman Writing Contest, 2017
  • Watercolor Memories, Romantic Homes, 1999

Poetry

  • A Widow on Chester Street, Pinesong, 2016
  • How To See A Ghost, Indy Week, 2014
  • Interview, The Gyroscope Review, April 4, 2020
  • Orchard #9, Coffin Bell, Vol. 2, Issue 1, January 2019
  • Pulling up the Wild Blackberry Bushes, O. Henry Magazine, July 2019

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