Writers, are you your own troll? A poem for us by S.V. Farnsworth

Writers, are you your own troll? A poem for us by S.V. Farnsworth

by | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog

Photo by Marcelo Novais at Unsplash
Bits of Nothing
by S.V. Farnsworth

I write upon the dead trunks of trees, paper dry and ink wet.
Want to be.
Press me softly lest I fail to tell the tale of a rising sea and a windy gale.
Trite.
Preferring failure, I digress, becoming loathe to put forth a single word.
Quitter.
I write nothingness, hiding in the branches of my mind.
Never was.
I am surrounded by leaves, the litter of trees, my words reduced to shreds.
Waste.
Forests hewn and ground to bits, I consume them by my hand.
Drain.
Forcefully tattooing my grief and love upon nature’s page, I mar myself.
Fool.
My will is not still. My hope flickers in the breeze.
Failure.
Undisciplined.
The volumes of my mind’s fruit are consumed leaving nothing.

Guest Poet Katelynn Burnett’s “Puzzle Piece” Autism Awareness

Guest Poet Katelynn Burnett’s “Puzzle Piece” Autism Awareness

by | Sep 17, 2017 | Blog














Puzzle Piece
by Katelynn Burnett
I have a younger brother
Who is different than the rest.
He doesn’t really talk much
Because it puts him in much stress.
He doesn’t like new people,
Or new schools, rules, or noise.
And when we try communicating,
He keeps focus on his toys.
Sometimes he tells stories
We don’t quite understand.
We try and try to make it out,
But most times it’s too hard to land.
Every day is a struggle for him
And a new adventure the same.
Autism is no joke you see,
Nor is it a game.
But even with his struggles
And his tough days with no ease
He still knows that we love him
Our little puzzle piece.


“I would like to say how much I love my brother and how I am proud of him for getting through his daily struggles.” Katelynn Burnett