December 2021 – Short Prose

FromOneLine Vol.2 Anthology

My Dear Readers,

I am thrilled to be included in the most recent anthology published by Kobayaashi Studios: FromOneLine Vol.2.

From the publisher:

The SECOND FromOneLine Anthology is another stunning edition : published as an A5 sized book, featuring 41 prompt lines, 113 authors, and 457 poems and flash fiction.

Stemming from a Twitter-based prompt, the participants of FromOneLine write poetry or very short prose based around a single offered line prompt – and the results have been incredible. A selection of these writings have been gathered into this second volume to be enjoyed at your leisure. Comes with a bookmark.

Paperback : 234 pages
Edited by Meghan Dargue
Published by Kobayaashi Studios

You can get the anthology here or on the publisher’s site here.

You can also visit FromOneLine on Twitter here.

Excerpt from one of my poems:

Don’t turn your back.
I am the glue that holds together the baked sands stuck on
your skin during endless torrid summers.
Sometimes I look like a four-leaf clover sitting on the lapel
of your black coat on the 15th of every month.
Other times when it is dark, you call me Selena, and you
make my twelve fingers knead your ecstasies and plant
them in whispering tombs.
…
Remain.

Claude Monet, Sunset-on-the-seine-at-lavacourt-winter-effect, considered in the Public Domain in the United States

A Twitter Poem

Winter sunsets. Scarcity of orange. Pale blues.
Concentrated scents of saffron & roses.
I crave sweetness.
In one of the upstairs bedrooms the child’s toys #shift places.
When I do not cry myself to death, I pretend you are here.
Love.
My love. #vss365 #poem #twitterpoem pic.twitter.com/XGNYx9B8hf
— Gabriela Marie Milton (@shortprose1) December 5, 2021

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