out – catsignal

haiku 615

Posted on January 1, 2025 by bryon

grandfather clocks
run out of time
no new year’s chimes

honking –
geese fly west
out of the rain

putting the cat out –
overhead, a butterfly
makes its escape

Part of being a writer is getting yourself quiet enough and out of the way enough that the character can just speak.
– Callie Khouri

Something about a situation will bother me, so I will write a piece to find out what it is.
– Joan Didion

New Year’s Eve –
2020 going out
with loud bangs

I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others.
– Sherwood Anderson