Audrey Stimson

Looking up at tree canopy black and white.

THE NUMBERS (written for Borderline Grill Massacre)

A voice I heard said a number this morning.A tragic laundry list of inevitability,of injured,of dead,of statistical truths.A cup ofblack bitter numbers at my breakfast table. Numbers tell stories.The numbers of lies,of words of hate,of speeches that divide and of weapons that kill. Numbers, like digits on our country’s trembling hands,broken, maimed, shattered hands covered …

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Why I Put Down My Newspaper?

The small perfect moments that I witness daily, down here on earth, have a big impact on my well-being, and many of them are free. Do I really have to fly into space when I can see a flower growing through the crack on the concrete sidewalk?

MIND the GAP!

Why writers need to MIND THE GAP and keep writing. I am a writer. I wrote a book. I know I did. I printed it out. My book is sitting on my writing desk next to me. It is big and heavy. It weighs a few pounds. It weighs on me. I carry it with …

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