Nature… Haiku for each Season 29 May 202025 May 2020 Winter Dazzled by glitter I pause to take in A field of frozen diamonds Spring Pregnant with spring thaw Swelling over its banks Life giving river Summer Out of the…
Chapbook Contest 2020… Alchemy 28 May 202013 May 2020 I watch my mother’s ashes catch the air, scatter and dust the bark of the sugar maple she and my father planted the year before he died. Come spring I…
Nature… Robbing the Pillars 27 May 202025 May 2020 Michael Garrigan, a Tiny Seed Journal contributor, recently published his first full-length poetry collection, Robbing the Pillars. Description: The headwaters of Robbing the Pillars begin deep in the anthracite country…
Achene… Brown-headed Parrot 26 May 202018 May 2020 Photograph by Owen Robertson I am a 12-year-old birder/photographer who has been on a trip around the world with my family of 4. Our travels have included southern Africa, Indonesia,…
Achene… Tree Reflections 25 May 202018 May 2020 Photograph by Elspeth Moore Elspeth Moore lives in Bristol, Avon. She loves photography and art, and primarily experimenting with light and shadows. In nature she especially likes photographing flora, but…
Achene… Mossy Grove 24 May 202018 May 2020 Photograph by Holden Flosi Holden is twelve years old. He lives in Seattle where he loves to take hikes and photographs, and write about what he sees.
Nature… WINTER SPARROWS 23 May 202011 May 2020 Today they’re on my old oak tree a swarm of sparrows suspended on brittle branches. Feathers fluffed into round balls they resemble Christmas baubles, some stare down at a smorgasbord…
Nature Poetry The Immortal Sunflower 22 May 20208 May 2020 In this semi-autobiographical compilation, Sophia Falco not only offers a bold new poetic voice, but also a glimpse into a stigmatized consciousness. On a journey to explore her own experiences…
Nature Nature’s Front Row Seats 21 May 20208 May 2020 As the moon shivers, awaiting dawn’s morning smile Stars dance in the northern sky A silky cloak of moonlight teases starward gazers. Northern lights weave their beauty, A Picasso from…
Flash Fiction… When the Longest Route is the Fastest 20 May 202014 May 2020 Perched silent and spellbound on the sofa by the window, I watch you deconstruct your idea of the bird, characteristic by characteristic. Once separated, you place these details around the…
Nature… Spring is Mud 19 May 20208 May 2020 Spring is mud and the wind is just colder than the sun looked from inside the house and I need to give you those cables back, thanks for the jump,…
Nature… Forest Portrait 18 May 20207 May 2020 I. the forest In the forest’s design, mistakes are kings of art. A tree bends, a bow to unintention; a rock dies, fallen plan without cause. II. night storm The…
Nature… Introducing Tabitha van der Lee – winner of the 2020 Tiny Seed Chapbook Contest 17 May 202020 May 2020 This Beauty Has No Language I do not know why she stood there so still and tranquil and full of tenderness. I do not know what it is that she…
Nature… Hindsight 16 May 202019 Mar 2020 As a kid I yearned for hurricanes, tornadoes; even earthquakes, envied countries that had them – they seemed more in touch with the elements than our miserly temperate rainy winters,…
Flash Fiction… High Lights 15 May 20207 May 2020 We swam into the Caribbean, escaping the noise. Azraq’s panicked nails drew blood on my chest. Lest some creature’s bloodlust be ignited, I pivoted, following the flashing lighthouse. Inside celestial…
