• A Beauty’s Change

    Veronica Barrowcliff Chapter 1 April 17-20, 2020 The salty mist cooled my skin, which had been warmed by the beaming sun. The sun’s yellow rays disappeared from view as I refocused on my book. Palm fronds cast disfigured shadows across the crisp pages as the… Read more

  • Connected Gusts

    Veronica Barrowcliff “Well, we’ll see you later, yeah?” The wide open surroundings and the fresh air aren’t the only things that distract me. This isn’t some lyric from the music that should have taken up my attention better than this question does. It’s a quiet… Read more

  • The Flow of Life

    Veronica Barrowcliff “… Repeated        evidence has proved that it can live        on what can not revive               its youth. The sea grows old in it.” ~ Marianne Moore, “The Fish” My feet stomp the ground harder than I imagined they would, sound at uneven intervals bouncing… Read more

  • Flash Fiction (100 Words)

    Veronica Barrowcliff Standing still, silently, giving myself a new perspective on the yard I grew up in. My grandma’s house. Then my mother’s. Now ours, my two sisters and I, caring for the precious building. I followed my sisters further as we headed to our… Read more

  • Controlled Chaos: What I’m Doing

    Veronica Barrowcliff Breathe. Walk: Step one, … … six, step seven Pivot one; Think Walking steps one through seven. Repeat, repeat. Fourteen footsteps back and forth, Screeching blaring in my head. Fourteen steps for Fourteen story thoughts Think thoughts you know; The thoughts you’re accustomed… Read more