time’s transformation  

quiets anticipation

as it erodes hope

Tina Stewart Brakebill is a former history professor and (twice) published biographer. Now she spends her days writing for a local magazine and her nights scribbling flash fiction, essays, and haiku, including pieces for The Drabble and Pure Haiku. Find out more by visiting her at www.tinastewartbrakebill.com

Selected by the editor as a featured submission, June 2021

in the stillness, light

pushing against the darkness

a promise laid bare

Tina Stewart Brakebill is a former history professor and (twice) published biographer. Now she spends her days writing for a local magazine and her nights scribbling flash fiction, essays, and haiku, including pieces for The Drabble and Pure Haiku. Find out more by visiting her at www.tinastewartbrakebill.com

The world spins around
Bringing a spark of new hope
As fuel for the flames

Tina Stewart Brakebill is a former history professor and (twice) published biographer. Now she spends her days writing for a local magazine and her nights scribbling flash fiction, essays, and haiku, including pieces for The Drabble and Pure Haiku. Find out more by visiting her at www.tinastewartbrakebill.com

the light beckons me

into the dim passageway

and offers me hope

Tina Stewart Brakebill is a former history professor and (twice) published biographer. Now she spends her days writing for a local magazine and her nights scribbling flash fiction, essays, and haiku, including pieces for The Drabble and Pure Haiku. Find out more by visiting her at www.tinastewartbrakebill.com

hopeful but afraid

she holds our world together

daring to be brave

Tina Stewart Brakebill is a former history professor and (twice) published biographer. Now she spends her days writing for a local magazine and her nights scribbling flash fiction, essays, and haiku, including pieces for The Drabble and Pure Haiku. Find out more by visiting her at www.tinastewartbrakebill.com

Selected by the editor as a featured submission, November 2020