flash in does it have pockets? and SoFLOPOJO

My flash "The Chair" is out in South Florida Poetry Journal (known as SOFLOPOJO). (Scroll down. The flash are in alphabetical order, and there are lots of friends and stars in this lineup.) A big thank you to Francine Witte (resident of Manhattan, not Florida). I was startled to see that a late-marriage breakup and the husband's chair figured prominently in another flash I wrote. There's nothing autobiographical about the flash, or the wing chair. BUT my father's wing chair figured in an essay I wrote (and rewrote, and rewrote) for DO IT YOURSELF NIGHT, the essay collection I'll turn back to when I get THE LUNATICS' BALL launched.

The voice and the runons and the defiance of grammar was fun in "Teachers' Pets," published in DOES IT HAVE POCKETS? A big thank you to Camille Griep, who gave me a chef's kiss for the ending.

My first time in both magazines. Love both of them.

Advice from two K-12 teachers that I've somehow never forgotten. A high school teacher, Mr. H, told me I'd be an excellent student when I learned how to apply myself to tasks I didn't want to do. As I procrastinate about building my 6-week flash class and learning the online platform, I realize that I never did learn that. I put Mrs. W.'s advice (sixth grade, I think) into the "Teachers' Pets" flash. I needed to learn how to take a compliment, she said. As the two flash rack up praise on Facebook, I immediately discount it. Steve says I always do that. Another lesson I haven't learned.

DOES IT HAVE POCKETS? did a nice graphic for the flash:

​A spacious airbnb this weekend in a woodsy area 15-20 minutes from Auburn. Unfortunately it's been raining buckets and the hot tub is outside so I haven't even tried it. Getting lots of work done, though.