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Carole Mertz

1 published story

Carole Mertz, poet and essayist, is the author of Toward a Peeping Sunrise (Prolific Press) and Color and Line (Kelsay Books, 2021). Carole is Book Review Editor at Dreamers Creative Writing. She is the author of the forthcoming chapbook Viewing Lyrical Landscapes.

Stories

  1. July 9, 2021

    Anticipation—Age Two

    When he was two, seated in the antique highchair, he might have fallen, taking a dangerous crash. But Auntie was quick to catch him. No one yet knew he could kick himself backward from the breakfast table. Earlier…