Judey Kalchik

Joined February 2021

515 stories

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It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

You can also find me on Medium

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You Can't Hide Your Lyin' Eyes
Attention! Attention! Pay close attention! Silence your dissention Dispel needless tension Conform with convention There's no need to mention
By Judey Kalchik 12 days ago in Poets
Good Morning Citizens
Good Morning Citizens. Today is Thursday January 29 in the Year of Our Leader seven and forty. Turn off the snooze, prepare for your morning announcements, and pour some coffee.
By Judey Kalchik 13 days ago in Poets
Relit
ICE snuffs a candle our grief? blazing inferno wick relit: we burn
By Judey Kalchik about a month ago in Poets
Stealthy Heat
Cold floor freezing toes dark-night-run, sweet relief. Love; My toes find warm feet.
By Judey Kalchik 2 months ago in Poets
Taproot
Seen by most: a weed started from one seed and from that seed, a shoot. * A shoot above, though below in ground, a stubby singlemindedness firmly downbound,
By Judey Kalchik 2 months ago in Poets
Invisible Girl. Runner-Up in Villanelle of Regret Challenge.
You see the whole world from the backseat Don’t draw attention or make a sound If you behave they give you a treat - Keep your clothes clean and neat
By Judey Kalchik 2 months ago in Poets
Pieces
Your face Was on a photo today -seen on my Facebook screen. True, Your hair was covered. You were wearing a costume. I did not know you.
By Judey Kalchik 2 months ago in Poets
Nursery Rhyme . Top Story - November 2025.
Hey diddle Diddler- That cat’s a fiddler. The cows have jumped over the wall? The red hats just laughed To see cruelty made sport
By Judey Kalchik 3 months ago in Poets
Pay Attention
"Night fever! Night feeee-ver! We know how to do it!" Bee Gees trumpet at sonic decibels inches from my head. Fumbling through the warm down cocoon
By Judey Kalchik 3 months ago in Poets
When The Frost Came
Caught unawares again Can't see through the windshield until I scraaaaape the window with the tool locked in the car that I can't open
By Judey Kalchik 3 months ago in Poets
There Is No Prize to Perfection
I sought perfection soul protection unconditional affection without continual genuflection or subjection sweet confection
By Judey Kalchik 3 months ago in Poets
Unheard Wails
Drifting dark blinds me Haunted echoes; unheard cry. All alone. Still dead.
By Judey Kalchik 4 months ago in Poets