John R. Godwin

Joined August 2025

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Sifting daily through the clutter of my mind trying to create something beautiful.

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Lavender Orphan Love Spell
Bertie The children at Chandler Home Orphanage were not allowed to talk to the gypsies. It had been over a year since the last time they set up their caravan at Anson's Rock in the woods south of the Chandler Home campus. That was the spring of 1922.
By John R. Godwin2 days ago in Fiction
The Rules Of Engagement. Content Warning.
Please show honor in your slaughter Dishonorable slaughter is gross and gauche. Please exhibit fairness in your carnage,
By John R. Godwin5 days ago in Poets
Going To The School Nurse In 1977
"Yes, we're having TV dinners tonight Frank." "I want Turkey Dinner, but I don't want the cranberry compote. Are you having the Salisbury Steak, Alice?"
By John R. Godwin9 days ago in Fiction
Pssst....Hey You! Wanna Look Really Smart?
Do you ever find yourself snickering when you hear the words "masticate," or "penal?" If I asked you the question "What type of celestial body is Pluto?" Did the word "dog" pop into your mind?
By John R. Godwin16 days ago in Fiction
Betrayal of Palms. Honorable Mention in Small Heat Challenge.
We lace our cold hands palms grow sweaty, we release Now moist, cold, apart.
By John R. Godwin24 days ago in Poets
The Tempting Flame
I touched your wild flame to warm my frigid heart, now it's frozen and burned.
By John R. Godwin24 days ago in Poets
2026 Weekly Reading List: 52 Contemporary Poets
Creating a reading list is a fantastic, selfish enterprise. That’s the joy of it. You’re not making a syllabus for students or a list based on some random, external criteria imposed on you. You get to make the rules.
By John R. Godwinabout a month ago in Poets
shadows and years. Winner in The Last Flame Challenge. Top Story - December 2025. Content Warning.
a man sits alone at an oval oak table with a birthday cake, seven candles striped red and white (little candy cane babies)
By John R. Godwinabout a month ago in Poets
Hygge Is My New Winter Ritual
So the first reason my new winter ritual is hygge is that it's pronounced "Hoo-Gah". I'm just going to run around yelling "Hoo-Gah!"
By John R. Godwin2 months ago in Humans
Dreams of the Acorn-Child. Runner-Up in Roots and Branches Challenge.
I fell to you a fettered acorn-child Not seeing the ambition held under my scalloped acorn-crown. I bounced upon your fecund ground.
By John R. Godwin2 months ago in Poets
Welcome to Villanelle Hell
I just wanted a simple villanelle Thomas and Plath made it look so easy - no mad descent into iambic hell. ***** The refrains look simple, I couldn't tell
By John R. Godwin2 months ago in Poets
You Did Not Cross My Path of Urgent Things. Runner-Up in Villanelle of Regret Challenge. Top Story - December 2025.
I need to know the things I know you knew But you did not cross my path of urgent things. I missed my chance to ask those things of you.
By John R. Godwin2 months ago in Poets