Author Archives: Mary Beth Frezon

NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16

along the driveway, in the woods
yellow daffodils here and there
a few are gifts left by the folks
who lived here before, and who died Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 15

wrinkled with sleep I am waiting,
listening to the crescendo —
water coming to a quick boil… Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 14

Today i set up a text replacement shortcut that replaces the letters “h a ha h a” (no spaces, just three ha’s strung together – couldn’t type them without spaces or it would trigger the shortcut ha ha ha) with a long string of ha ha ha’s. Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 13

…a stream of hungry mouths, hungry
for green, for sweetness, for that first
delicious bite of soon-summer… Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 12

As I got down my dinner plate
As I grabbed a jar of gherkins
I realized that my kitchen had
an overwhelming memory… Continue reading →

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