Category: Creative Writing
Original creative writing including poetry, fiction, and nonfiction edited and published by the Institute
Sow’s Ear
Margaret Delashmit, Guest Contributor Massive mahogany fireplaces shine in the soft light Oriental rugs accentuate polished oak Old silver gleams on coffee table and chest Ancestors’ portraits adorn the walls […]
The Ascetic
Margaret Delashmit, Guest Contributor (Written after reading Herman Hesse’s The Steppenwolf) I tasted life once Sipped its nectar from golden goblet held by human hand Laughed when bubbles ticked my […]
Sharon
Margaret Delashmit, Guest Contributor Trailing streams of glory you arrived— Captured our hearts with your helpless kitten cry Perfection seldom comes without flaws So with you— Yet like the oyster You […]
Birding from Bed
Rev. Ken Dill No alarm was set so my view slowly adjusted from the inside of my eyelids to my bedroom ceiling. Rain pelting the siding told me that the […]
Lloyd
Marc Ridge, Guest Contributor “When you’ve reached bottom, you hear knocking below.” –Unknown Author It was during the autumn of 1963 that I learned the real difference between being rich […]
Oleander
Michaela Swedberg As soon as she stepped into the garden, the Countess Camille Juliette Bouvier felt the weight of expectation gradually slip off of her erect shoulders. It practically melted […]
Initium Novum
Sadie Wyant “Welcome to GENEsis Incorporated. My name is Darwin Oswald, and I am the lead geneticist here. How can I help you?” The man was tall and lanky, […]