Sonia Heidi Unruh

Joined June 2022

170 stories

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I love: my husband and children; all who claim me as family or friend; the first bite of chocolate; the last blue before sunset; solving puzzles; stroking cats; finding myself by writing; losing myself in reading; the Creator who is love.

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Dog Gone
A lass met a lad one fine day Who sat crying, not joining in play. "Why so sad?" said the lass. The lad said, "Alas, Loose-leashed Lassie left leaping away!"
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
A Dish Best Served Cold
You know how you stepped in some poop And your sneakers got wiped on my stoop? To show how I feel, I made you a meal. Just don't ask me what's in the soup ...
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
I Recommend the Salad Option
A bistro is bliss for a squeaker! The smell of cheese soup would so pique her That night after night She'd dash, dip and delight.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
Next Time, Try Waterproof Sunscreen
A pirahna, cruel and callow, Took a snooze in waters too shallow. As red as a lobster, He called on a mobster, And traded his teeth for some aloe.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
Farewell, sweet June
On a genial evening in June, As the birds and the breeze sing in tune, I think of July And let out a sigh, Dreading cruel heat to hit soon.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
Too Late for Sorry
Day 365 GLOBAL DAY OF MOURNING As outbreak recedes, survivors ask: How do we move on? (NY Times) Day 240 HOPE WANES FOR VACCINE World Health Organization: Radical measures needed
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Fiction
Dear Monkey Brain
Dear Monkey Brain, I'm lodging a formal complaint Since you always talk, never listen. Take this morning: I sat down to finish a report,
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
Leaving Tracks?
Desolate the page before me lies, Its wintry sheen not yet by print disturbed. Silently, its lack my lack implies; Through emptiness its blank reproach is heard.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
The Empty Bough
Darling, we missed the mulberries again. I watched the tiny leaves uncurl, the green buds swell, Savoring, as I do each spring, the hope -- the miracle --
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
Quotidian Dilemma
Dishes lurk Insurance irritates Supper fumbles Taxes equivocate Recycling proliferates Appointment urges Clutter reclaims
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Poets
Longing, Belonging
You always hurt the one you love I am memorizing the state capitals, sitting on the bed in my room. Montgomery, Alabama. The punny one -- Juneau, Alaska. It’s cold, and the house has no heat. Phoenix, Arizona – near where my dad moved after the divorce.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Beat
Go Back
"Out or in, Gabe," I called from the kitchen. He stood astride the doorway, grubby little hand swinging the screendoor in an arc of indecision. A fluffy golden streak shot past.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 years ago in Fiction