HURT It gets pretty dark, I’m not gonna lie. Inside and out. Lights blaze but, it’s still dark. “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”...

Lisa Stathoplos in Master Class, August: Osage County, Praying Mantis/Photos and Artwork Michael Crockett My City Was Gone My city….. is...

From Make Me by lisa stathoplos Old Milwaukee Brace     Hey, Flatso!  Loud, calling me from the back of the bus. Hey, Flat and ugly! Are...

Resist This/ lisa stathoplos RESIST THIS I miss the human voice. I miss a chat over a coffee, a happenstance meet-up that turns into an...

Drive My Car by Lisa Stathoplos DRIVE MY CAR. We drive into Bangor to get music at Bull Moose. Get the music —Deep Purple, Made In Japan,...

Copyright © 2025 /Lisa Stathoplos/ Slay Me, My Hapless Darlings LOST, AT SEA Peter was first. He pretty much went Natalie Wood-style —...

IMPRISONED Michael, what’s Suze’s writing prompt for this week? “Something like “write about your imprisoned images.” What the hell does...

“…and then you’re gone, and then you’re gone, and then you’re gone…”  (Violet Weston, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts) Someone I love...

I was left justified. "How?" It just felt wrong to be right aligned. So I shifted left. I’m feeling justified. Left justified....

lisa stathoplos in Sieveking's Praying Mantis, Mad Horse Theatre, Portland, Me I DON’T LIKE YOU “Hi, Lisa! Love this show, don’t you?...

WRECKAGE Wrecked again all of us, shipwrecked, in your wake Not so shipshape Wrecked by the tempest in your wide, wide wake We, the...

lisa stathoplos Lincoln, Maine Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024 The Little Eclipse I die a bit every day. In between my screams of astonished...

lisa and Gisele......   Yesterday, I was Gisele Bundchen        Yesterday, I was Gisele. I put on her outfit and became Gisele Bundchen...

Friggin’ boat! Who tied it up?!   I am almoooooost there……   Dang it!   Reaching with my right hand, mid-Crawl stroke, I am desperately...

I know there is something not quite right about Gem’s mom. There is a weight in Gem’s house that lands on my shoulders every time I walk...

The Fan Club is packed tonight.  This great spot owned back in the day by actress and commercial star, Julia Meade - one of Ogunquit’s...

Coming soon from Nightingale Press/ Pegasus Publishers UK....... FORSYTHE, THE FORLORN FIREFLY Forsythe fretted. It was warm underground,...

Lisa! My Dad's voice, sharp and urgent. He doesn't have a sharp and urgent voice. I wake from a normally fitful sleep and blink my eyes...

My children’s sorrows weigh on me She, circumspect, shrouded, lifts her veil now and then let’s me see her wholly, holy Full of anguish...

“Size fourteen!” My best friend seems to be trying to communicate something to me in a language I don’t understand. All I can see is the...