by Mary E. Lowd
March 31, 2021

With the round face of an owl
Tiny hands & tiny tail
The pygmy marmoset
Is all set
To dig in
One green grape is the size
Of a watermelon Continue reading “Pygmy Marmoset”
An e-zine about spaceships, aliens, science, memory, motherhood, magic, and cats.
by Mary E. Lowd
March 31, 2021

With the round face of an owl
Tiny hands & tiny tail
The pygmy marmoset
Is all set
To dig in
One green grape is the size
Of a watermelon Continue reading “Pygmy Marmoset”
by Mary E. Lowd
March 11, 2021

Seek and you may find
A blaze of red
Quick and bright
Darting o’er the grass
A fox, dancing
Your heart, singing Continue reading “Fox in Motion”
by Mary E. Lowd
March 3, 2021

Foxes in parables
Are always clever fools
Tricking and taunting
Winning their way
But sometimes a fox
Gets just what they want Continue reading “Fox in Stillness”
by Mary E. Lowd
May 5, 2021

Oh, hippo!
Lo and behold, hippo!
Thou art so small
No taller art thou
Than a Wellington boot Continue reading “Hippo”
by Mary E. Lowd
March 12, 2021

Green fire
Expressing ire
And perhaps
A latent desire
If gazing could invoke
The viewer to gently stroke
Behind this feline’s ears Continue reading “Green Eyes”
by Mary E. Lowd
March 13, 2021

Sunken eyes
Carved in a face
Soft and grey
Is it wise
To stare in those eyes Continue reading “Those Eyes”
by Mary E. Lowd
March 12, 2021

The gold burns brightly
Taking time nightly
To stare through your heart
Pierce you suddenly, with a start Continue reading “Golden Eyes”
by Mary E. Lowd
March 7, 2021

Sleeping in a tree,
Cozy as can be,
Squished between branches,
This red panda dances,
Through dreams, Continue reading “Red Panda”
by Mary E. Lowd
March 9, 2021

The sun in the sky,
Cannot shine more brightly,
Than an orange cat’s glow,
When she knows,
She’s the most glorious fellow, Continue reading “The Orange Cat”
by Mary E. Lowd
An excerpt from Otters In Space 2: Jupiter, Deadly. If you’d prefer, you can start with Chapter 1, return to the previous chapter, or skip ahead.

While Kipper contemplated the opening moves of the interplanetary war facing them all, Trudith was hard at work trying to affect the war’s mid-game by laying the groundwork for putting another Brighton at the forefront of the action.
So far, she had called a meeting of her scramball team and spent the morning scurrying around, gathering supplies for hosting the team properly at her apartment. Pork rind curls, Munchy-Crunchy peanut butter balls, and beef sticks sufficed for snacks. A good spread of snacks could put any group of dogs into an agreeable mood. Well, almost any group of dogs — all those Shelties at their big Sheltie meeting hadn’t seemed too agreeable, and their food had been super fancy. Continue reading “Otters In Space 2 – Chapter 26: Earth”