Courtney

Debut book of poetry, “Bolton Strid,” available on Amazon. Link below!

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Courtney

Debut book of poetry, “Bolton Strid,” available on Amazon. Link below!

https://a.co/d/6T8NPoc

382

Writings

Followers

Following

Bare

Courtney

1 min read

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt—

wanting to be content in a frustrated world.

Force feeding a dream as bare as bones...

Poetry

Drama

Marry

Courtney

1 min read

The clamoring started to fade until you could hear every throat cleared in the ballroom.

Vince tapped his fork against his bottle of whiskey so hard, I thought it was going to shatter.

“Shut the fuck up!” He yelled into the crowd, “except for you,” he said, pointing to a woman with wavy, espresso hair framing dangerous cheekbones and fire engine red lipstick.

“Will you marry me?”...

Drama

John Wayne

Courtney

1 min read

“If that dog was a person, you know who he’d be?”

Joe didn’t take his eyes off the picture of Cesar, my brindle pit bull who had passed recently, displayed on my phone.

“Who do you think?” I asked with a half smile.

“He’d be John Wayne.”...

Drama

Cherrywood

Courtney

1 min read

The clothes I’ve worn all day fall off me like water and I sigh heavily—I feel immense relief knowing there are minimal steps left between now and the moment I fall into bed. I carefully pick you up, three pounds in your cherrywood box, and place you on the pillow next to me....

Drama

Cat

Courtney

1 min read

Gum and spit hit the floor,

millions of voices turn into one

and become barely recognizable

as words, but the cats lap up the spoiled milk...

Poetry

Drama

Mashed Potatoes

Courtney

1 min read

“Nothing and no one here is sacred, safe or sane,” I thought, poking at the pile of mashed potatoes on my plate like it was a corpse and my fork was a stick....

Drama

Infancy

Courtney

1 min read

I have watched eight generations come and go from this farmhouse. I tower over it now, but there was a time when we were both in our infancy....

Drama

Normal

Courtney

1 min read

I just wanted to go for a normal walk. I wanted to put on my bulky headphones, and listen to music that was only for me. I wanted to feel the cool whisper of autumn on my face and occasionally stop to snap a picture of the foliage with my smartphone....

Adventure

Permission

Courtney

1 min read

Beneath the willow, you will find permission

to cry—to drop your tightly wound defenses

that have caused knots in your back since you were twelve....

Poetry

Drama

Cartoons

Courtney

1 min read

I used every bit of energy I had to try to remain calm. I could feel nervous sweat building an army at the perimeter of my forehead as I reached out and took the detective’s business card.

“Thank you for your time, Mr. Harmon. Let us know if you can think of anything else.”

The detective nodded at me as she was turning to leave, and I smiled and swallowed at the same time, quickly closing the do...

Thriller