Always learning teacher/writer/mama/wife/sister/daughter — Hi! My name is Samantha Rae Lazar. Thank you for taking the time to read my little auto-bio. I began writing on Medium in June 2019, and I am in love with this platform, even with all of its challenges and changes. It has become the writing community I have…

Prose poem — Is this comfort? A dunkin’ firehouse subs, noodles and co, strip mall, here’s a standard, here’s america, here’s the food chain, an ecosystem of the species who pulls off the highway, who waits for their loved one’s diagnosis, while they apply gel to the top to make the hot pink…

Poetry Prompt: Let the Image Lead You — cross-sectioned life — seeing myself from a higher vantage — there is my son, it’s me, in utero, my mother in utero, my grandmother, her mother — my namesake — a slice for the scope — we come from a long line of sorcery — a seed and soil inception …

and so is this teacher — Dear IE writers, The time has come to reestablish my priorities and balance my life. My editorial role at Scrittura and my end-of-school-year checklist take up most of my administrative energy. Therefore, I am closing up shop on Inspired Education for the time being. I will focus my work on…

No new submissions for now — Sky Collection is now closed to new submissions. It’s time to focus on the end of this school year, editing Scrittura, other writing projects, research, summer teaching, travel, gardening, personal and professional growth, and family. Thank you for your contributions and readership! Dennett Anna Rozwadowska Thomas Plummer Thomas Gaudex D…

Ode to Fungi — You are mother nature’s secret society of health and wealth interconnected microcosm the network within the network You are mysterious intelligence working your subterranean magic among us Your beautiful names fall off the tongue like spells: cordyceps and lion’s mane tremella and portobella chaga, reishi, maitaki oyster and shitake You…

Welcome writers! — Write With Us If you would like to become a writer here, please email any editor with a link to your Medium profile and two links to samples of your published work. Zay — zay.pareltheon@zenyet.org Viraji — viraji@gmail.com Marilyn — mwolfen25@gmail.com Samantha — samanthalazarwriter@gmail.com Notes on Content We do publish pieces about hard topics. We do…

A poem in response to Wry’s prompt: Gifts — It’s “Teacher Appreciation Week,” and today a student gave me this well-developed lavender, which I will promptly put in the ground when I get home today. She will fit perfectly among the other lavenders, sages, rosemaries, echinacea, and wildflowers in my front yard garden. My classroom smells wonderful today. Here’s…

Sky Collection Quote Prompts — Dear Sky Collection Writers, As a reminder, I am only publishing pieces that respond to any of the prompts for now. Please read the guidelines when responding to the prompt and remember to link the original post in your work. Thank you so much, and I look forward to reading…