This poem is in response to a writing prompt from Britta’s Blog, written for the Skeptic’s Kaddish Blog, so please visit each of them. I saw the picture for this prompt, so I’d like to contribute: My boyfriend’s favorite animal was the elephant. I don’t think I ever asked him why; it may be thatContinue reading “Elephant”
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The Hand of Death
The first time I saw the Hand of Death, it was reaching for my sister. We had taken our father’s fishing boat out into the middle of the lake. My sister hopped out for a swim while I remained in the boat. She was wearing her lifejacket, at my mother’s insistence, and hadn’t waded farContinue reading “The Hand of Death”
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Warnings
This is a short work of fiction with a lesson about the dangers of discrimination and homophobia.
If These Walls Could Talk…
A man was sitting in his garden against an old brick wall. Thinking aloud, he said, “This wall has been here for so long. If this wall could talk, I wonder what it would say. I wish I could hear its stories. “I can talk,” came an unfamiliar voice behind him. The man jumped up,Continue reading “If These Walls Could Talk…”
Brandon Ellrich, Writer/Author/Poet 