Martina Franklin Poole

Joined November 2025

6 stories

Bio

I was born a poet and artist, a descendant of men and women whose journals and sketchbooks mapped out the foundations of my being. This is my voice.

www.martinafranklinpoole.com

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Honorable Mention in Harvest of Memory Challenge

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Bertie
my blood, my bones, chilled sized like one piece of firewood dog warms the whole bed
By Martina Franklin Poole 3 days ago in Poets
Extinguished
each year they nest behind the wall, demands of their children echo from the brick amphitheater. robins - we know - we once found one
By Martina Franklin Poole 23 days ago in Poets
How to Buy a Car at a Chinese Restaurant
A decision had been made. The only thing left to do in order to simplify my budget was to downsize my car payment. It would be a challenge, so I searched out a local pot lot, the “buy here, pay here” sort of place specializing in cheap high-mileage well-worn vehicles.
By Martina Franklin Poole about a month ago in Fiction
Pear Orchard
she airs laundered whites in the welcome light stretches her toes into the chilly soil raises raw hopes to a spotless sky
By Martina Franklin Poole about a month ago in Poets
Doom Scrolling
when symmetry surrenders to extremes we are besieged by headlines tinged with dread but this world looks away while the earth screams
By Martina Franklin Poole about a month ago in Poets
Unhurried . Honorable Mention in Harvest of Memory Challenge.
evening comes early but my days are long for I wear this chronic slowness like the boredom of childhood summers heavy with the chore of finding our own pastimes
By Martina Franklin Poole 2 months ago in Poets