Suzette Benjamin

Chapters – Haiku 2022 – Eugi’s Weekly Prompt

throwing hats aloft a graduating class chapters moments in common **** Written for Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Chapter – January 6, 2022

The Haiku Mystery – Finale – A Sunday Short Story

**A fictional mystery – Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Tapping his dark patent leather boots on the brake pedal, Phoenix waited anxiously for Marlee to join him on their mission of mercy.” Then, he dialed his cell phone, “It’s me.” “Why are you calling me onContinue reading “The Haiku Mystery – Finale – A Sunday Short Story”

Change – A Haiga

shedding currency woods full of spare change fill autumn’s pockets **** Written for Rebecca Cunningham-Fake Flamenco’s – January 2022 –Poetry Challenge

Orion’s Belt – Haiku 2022

lassoing January three kings rule the galaxy buckling Orion’s belt **** Remarks: Orion’s belt: The three brightest stars in January’s night sky (Alnilam, Alnitak, and Mintaka), dubbed “The Three Kings” or “The Three Sisters,” together form a straight line looking like a belt around the hunter-shaped constellation, Orion.

Generosity – Haiku 2022

gratitude’s past generosity’s presents —lend to the future **** Inspired by C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters: Letter XVI

The Red Dragon – A Short Story

In a far country on the dark side of Coombe, Queen Optera rose before dawn in her lavishly appointed chamber. She could smell the fresh air as her kingdom’s flag —a red dragon flying home to Valhalla fluttered in the breeze atop her hill. “Are you awake my Queen?” whispered her armor-bearer, and closest ally,Continue reading “The Red Dragon – A Short Story”

Time – Haiku 2022

time —a kingdom not to be bartered away for coins in a cup

Quote + Haiku (010422)

“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe **** Haiku inspired by the above quote: winter’s reminder how great a sacrifice ’tis to keep on living

Lioness – A Short Story -WDYS #115

I am an ancient lioness before the world was new, hunting and gathering in the shadows of elephants in the Maasai Mara, clawing out a living to keep my children alive. Living day-to-day in a cobblestone-like land, its bricks baked into an oven by an unrelenting sun that remembers the songs of dinosaurs— I dream.Continue reading “Lioness – A Short Story -WDYS #115”