Carol Lipshultz

Joined January 2022

6 stories

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I'm a chemist who loves to be an artist/writer for enjoyment.

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Exchange Rate
Pay for my love, or I can offer you a loan with no interest. I'll give you my time - hours, years of it. . That must be worth something
By Carol Lipshultz4 years ago in Poets
Endo-Exoskeleton
So within I become without. . Leaning on myself, one foot catches another and both end up tripping. . Wind rips at my skin,
By Carol Lipshultz4 years ago in Poets
Hallmark Moment
9-5 Damnation
By Carol Lipshultz4 years ago in Families
Intrusive. Runner-Up in After the Parade Challenge.
Binding, my breath is caught in restrictive fabrics. Mirrored back, and I think I look good. Green is my color, heathered.
By Carol Lipshultz4 years ago in Poets
Catch and Release
Water cascaded off of the paddle onto cobalt plastic. Each plunge into the river caused sporadic splashes in a futile struggle to match the pace of my mom’s rapidly vanishing kayak. Mottled gray and white clouds billowed across the sky, but only a light breeze whispered across the water’s surface. Tree branches shook amicably. Their bright leaves in a full June flush brushed the top of my baseball cap. Murky shading of the river below was ideal for pickerel to inconspicuously weave their way amidst the shifting weeds.
By Carol Lipshultz4 years ago in Confessions
The Winter Has Been Cold. Runner-Up in Return of the Night Owl Challenge.
Gasping for air and slipping on uncertain footing, I fervently chipped away at the inches of snow and ice that coated my Rav4. Forest green under white sheets, it mimicked the firs and pines shrouding our quiet college campus. I had forgotten my mittens again. Blushed fingers stiffly grappled against the old brush with each stab and huff of frustration. It was a long semester. Nor'easters piled snow as fast as professors buried us in assignments.
By Carol Lipshultz4 years ago in Fiction