PK Colleran

Joined August 2021

39 stories

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"There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write."

Harper Lee

Writer, translator, seeker

Editor of Landscape of the Soul by Hipólito Sánchez and Words Matter by Jorge Waxemberg

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A Gathering of Friends. Top Story - November 2025.
I received this poem earlier last week by email from my friend, Hipólito Orlando Sánchez, who lives in Tivoli, New York.
By PK Colleran2 months ago in Poets
Somewhere a leaf falls
Somewhere a leaf falls bonding a carpet of gold with hushed surrender . .
By PK Colleran4 months ago in Poets
When I see the night sky. Honorable Mention in The Road Drops Here Challenge.
You might expect descriptions like Magnificence Splendor Glory . Instead What I can give you is Simplicity A mere
By PK Colleran5 months ago in Poets
Where Sky Meets Water. Honorable Mention in Light Breaks Water Challenge.
We no longer see what he could see Blue Sky Father reaching down Stroking Earth Mother with soft wind Stirring
By PK Colleran6 months ago in Poets
Rump and Musky
"Oh, no!" squealed the first Little Piggy, who was always the nervous type, and rightfully so this time. He was reading his news feed on Substack.
By PK Colleran9 months ago in Fiction
Interspecies Encounter. Honorable Mention in Through the Lens Challenge.
We made eye contact. It was an instant connection. I was walking by. She was standing still. Looking. She must have heard my footsteps coming down the path.
By PK Colleran12 months ago in Photography
Facing Milton. Runner-Up in Echoes of the Year’s Lessons Challenge. Top Story - October 2024.
We did everything right. Or so we thought. We worked hard for decades, saved for our retirement, left behind the blizzards of the northeast, and bought a beautiful property in Florida.
By PK Colleranabout a year ago in Motivation
Remembering Snow . Top Story - September 2024.
Snow fell last night for the first time in a long while. It seemed to absorb all sound as it gently covered the brown earth
By PK Colleranabout a year ago in Poets
Sun and Shadow
Even a sunbeam Changes its trajectory When someone stands up . .
By PK Colleranabout a year ago in Poets
Eagle
Currents carry her High above our feeble reach Her wings held by air . . .
By PK Colleranabout a year ago in Poets
After the Storm
Blue skies never stop Their alliance with the sun They linger, waiting . . . .
By PK Colleranabout a year ago in Poets
Wandering
I went out to the hazelwood and something about fire feels good to move the legs too much sitting yesterday oh wow ankle still hurts what's it been a year no two no more damn hole
By PK Colleranabout a year ago in Poets