Emma Sue (United States) reviewed:
PROMPT: [Insert Age]
Her life sounds really hard and painful. For one thing, I hope the author knows she is not alone. I hope she knows that she can be street smart and still make it into Princeton. The only person who controls...
about 2 years ago
Emma Sue (United States) published:
PROMPT: 1 Photo, 20 Words
Like a white sheet of paper
pressed upon shaving cream dousedÂ
in food dye, by a child,
marbled skies impress.
over 2 years ago
Emma Sue (United States) published:
PROMPT: 7 Cubed
Managed* in the past tense implies that one was able to get through something.
I have never managed.
He asked for my hand in marriage after my years of begging for it and I said no.
He offered to console me five years later when I broke down seeing his children on the playground.
He stood by me when those two pink lines revealed the man who left me a week before, who I thought I loved, left something behind.
...
over 2 years ago
Emma Sue (United States) published:
PROMPT: Letter Writing Competition 2016
Dear Albert,
Where have the years gone? I don't want to sound like some crabby old lady, but really, that is exactly what I am. I miss the days we wrote letters back and forth. When I was in college and you were at war, I missed you almost as much as I do now. At least then I had our letters to console me. Our children have grown up now and even their children are beginning to be beyond...
over 2 years ago
Emma Sue (United States) reviewed:
PROMPT: Letter Writing Competition 2016
I really enjoy that you signed off with "love." It goes to show that your letter is not meant to be hostile or negative but filled with encouragement and hope that someone will understand what the character (or you) is...
over 2 years ago
Emma Sue (United States) published:
PROMPT: Twenty-Six Sentences
Any time now, she thought. Buzzing with excitement, five-year-old Alice waited by the door. Carrying around her small dog, Jax, Alice anticipated something magical, at least she was hoping. During her yearly doctor's appointment, her mother had told her that if she was a good girl she would get a surprise. Even before 6am Alice was up sitting by the door. Fairies, she thought, it must be a box of fairies. Gaining excitement by the minute her mind began to explore...
over 2 years ago