Crysta Coburn
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Crysta K. Coburn has been writing award-winning stories for most of her life. She is a journalist, fiction writer, poet, playwright, editor, podcaster, and occasional lyricist. She co-hosts the popular paranormal podcast Haunted Mitten.
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Cuppa
Tea is one of my absolute favorite beverages in the entire history of the world. And it has a lot of history! But that isn't what this poem is about. I wrote this poem to simply sing the praises of this wonderful and richly cultured drink with a poetry and grace all its own.
By Crysta Coburn4 years ago in Poets
Ode to a Matcha Latte
Matcha (抹茶) is the Japanese word for green tea, specifically when the tea is made from finely powdered green tea leaves. Matcha is highly caffeinated. To make the tea, the powder is dissolved in hot water. But matcha powder is also used to flavor several food items like cake and ice cream. It is also a popular latte here in the west!
By Crysta Coburn4 years ago in Poets
Haiku That Quack and Purr
Several years ago, I moved to an apartment that had a pond out the back with plenty of wildlife - ducks, geese, herons, frogs, and more. My two cats especially loved to watch the ducks. I wrote these haiku about their (and our) interactions. If you enjoy these, be sure to check out my profile for more haiku and other poems!
By Crysta Coburn4 years ago in Poets
The Reason I Love Podcasting is the Same Reason I Love Writing
When I was 16, I placed in my first writing contest, runner-up in the youth fiction category of a community contest cosponsored by the Kalamazoo and Portage libraries, Kalamazoo Gazette, and Barnes and Noble Booksellers. That story is actually sitting next to my desk right now. A teacher laminated it for me, and I later framed it to hang in my office space. There is a small picture of me that my parents provided and a custom illustration by a local artist. The story has nothing to do with food, but that is the section of the paper where it was included. (Prophetic?)
By Crysta Coburn4 years ago in Humans
Why I Don't Like the Pronoun Question
I have always had a contentious relationship with gender. When I was little, I was a boy. Every adult I encountered contradicted me, and I forgave them because I thought they were just confused by my long hair. Girls had long hair, and boy didn't. I thought that if I could just cut my hair short, they'd stop arguing with me. Adults wouldn't let me do it, though, because, they insisted, I didn't want to look like a boy. No, grown ups, that is exactly what I wanted. Obviously, or I wouldn't have requested it. I never had a very high opinion of adults when I was a child when they were clearly this thick in the head.
By Crysta Coburn4 years ago in Pride
The Prince Who Stopped Wishes
Once there was a kingdom ruled by a prince. This prince was wedded to a beautiful princess and all was joyous. The tall, handsome prince loved his wife very much and he often worried that she would tire of him and look elsewhere for love. He was certain that all her servants were women and everytime she went out, it was with female guards. Still he worried, as she looked favorably on these women friends. Also, he noticed a peculiarity in his wife that set his teeth grinding: she was wont to make wishes.
By Crysta Coburn4 years ago in Fiction
The End
The man walked slowly across the frozen land, his booted feet dragging in the snow. He had nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no one to care what he did or where he went. It was a bleak day - perfect to accommodate his mood. The world had left him. All that remained for him was listless wanderings. He vaguely remembered a time when this was not so. He had been happy then. Happy when *they* had been alive. They had been there to share his happiness. Now there was only sorrow. He wondered, were they sharing in that too? It made him feel guilty to think about them.
By Crysta Coburn4 years ago in Fiction
