I’m so excited to celebrate the fact that this is my 200th post! For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been posting on this website twice a week since October 14th, 2020. It’s been an incredible ride and I plan on keeping it going. All the poems, animal facts, stories, victories and defeats. There’sContinue reading “200!!!”
Author Archives: Nikki
What Color Are You?
Have you ever done any of those Facebook surveys where it’s like: “Answer these questions and we’ll tell you what color you are!” Or “Answer these questions and find out what Hogwarts you belong in!” Which celebrity would be your sweety or what tattoo you should get. Some of them are probably spam, but othersContinue reading “What Color Are You?”
Beat You Up
One word or slip up Or forgot something to do You don’t beat up Because you did it too Still learning the routine All ins, outs, and true Grace is the new mean When learning something new Yet, a mistake weighs the heart A wrong word, something unsaid A missed spot or observation It leavesContinue reading “Beat You Up”
A Day in the Life: Chimp Zookeeper
Temperature: High of 85. Low of 71. Chimps can be locked out on exhibit all day. Two keepers are required to work the building and check locks for shifting. Today’s keepers: Vicky and Nikki Morning team meeting provided the following updates for chimp building: chimpanzee Bao is still on antibiotics to help heal a woundContinue reading “A Day in the Life: Chimp Zookeeper”
The True Ending: Nuray Solana
It all came to down to this. All the bandits and necromancers, politics and pirates, leviathans and abominations. It led us here. My feathers are quaking. My heart is racing. A field of burning sand stretches out before us and at the end of it is the elemental. The primordial being of fire itself standsContinue reading “The True Ending: Nuray Solana”
Society’s Rebel
Here I am in my space. Going at my own pace.I don’t have a big, old house. I don’t have a loving spouse. I don’t have kids running amuck. Or schooling that doesn’t suck. I’m nowhere near gaining a profit. With my career and empty pockets. Take a look at the facts and I’m sureContinue reading “Society’s Rebel”
16 Things About You
I was scrolling through some of my old files the other day and I ended up finding a PowerPoint presentation titled: “16 Things about Me.” I did this PowerPoint in High School, probably junior or senior year. It was just an introductory PowerPoint for my English Class so everyone could get a chance to knowContinue reading “16 Things About You”
Anxiety of the Budding Novel
Another full readthroughAnother chance of possibilitiesCould it be good enough?Or receive all hostilities? More confident than everWord count relatively stableAn ambitious endeavor This long coming fable Your heart’s in the wordsHope baits on your breathThe thought riles your nervesThat you might have something yet The thought of a futureFor your beloved creationGet it off theContinue reading “Anxiety of the Budding Novel”
Don’t Mind Me
Maybe it’s just me and the way my weird mind thinks, but at work the other day, I was getting my lunch out of the fridge, and my coworker was sitting at the computer right next to the fridge. She was waiting for it to load and she just happened to look over at me.Continue reading “Don’t Mind Me”
Tell the Author
When you read a story,What parts do you remember?Is it the characters? The plot?The setting along the way? Is it the details? The morals?What makes you want to stay?In the worlds of an author.So precious. So unique.Do you hope for cliches? Something funny a character will say?Is it the writing that pulls you in?Or theContinue reading “Tell the Author”
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