by Mary E. Lowd
When snow comes for the sun
Cooling the warm heart in our sky
Every sparkling flake
As it falls
Waits to be undone Continue reading “Snow on the Sun”
City on the Sun
by Mary E. Lowd
As ephemeral as a bubble
As temporally sudden—
A blip, a slip, a city Continue reading “City on the Sun”
The Windswept Rose
by Mary E. Lowd
Cool, pale, sunlight-yellow
A cheerful veneer
Hiding the anger Continue reading “The Windswept Rose”
The Invitation
by Mary E. Lowd
A telepathic invitation beams
Straight into your brain
Straightaway letting you know
It’s time to go Continue reading “The Invitation”
Magic Poems Book Release
Drove two hours today to a little TV station to read a couple of my poems — “Freedom is a Cat” & “The Robot Unicorn Solution” — for the release of a book I made the cover art for!
I’d never seen a green screen in person before, let alone been filmed in front of one. Pretty cool!
Chrysalis Can Wait
by Mary E. Lowd
Originally published in Paw Prints Beyond the Moon, July 2024
Warm air, sun-dappled pink tea roses, and the drowsy hum of bees melted away the cold from outer space that chilled the Time Tortoise. He had hidden inside his shell, wrapped in his silken robe, and watched the spiral galaxy, Galapagofrey, twist and crush down into a pinpoint black hole. Supermassive. His home galaxy was gone.
He needed something new. Continue reading “Chrysalis Can Wait”
Standing at the Edge of Forever
by Mary E. Lowd
Feet frozen from the ice cold water
So numb, I can’t feel the sand
The sun keeps dropping lower
This is where I’ve chosen to stand Continue reading “Standing at the Edge of Forever”
The Endless Sea
by Mary E. Lowd
Lacy wavelets chase
Away from a diminishing horizon Continue reading “The Endless Sea”
Tiny Rainbow Kraken
by Mary E. Lowd
Scuttling, scurrying
Tentacles wrangling
Rainbow shell glistening Continue reading “Tiny Rainbow Kraken”
The Seashell Monster
by Mary E. Lowd
Roaring with the waves
Rising from the deep
Chasing what it craves Continue reading “The Seashell Monster”