A Plate of Pandemic
Published Quarterly on the Solstices and Equinoxes
Creativity in Times of Crisis
Hayley Stoddard began writing at a young age, and has been inspired by such writers as Billy Collins, John Keats, Emily Dickinson, William Wordsworth, Anne Lamott, Mary Oliver, and Leonard Cohen. She has been a guest on the Wild Roof Roundtable podcast, and a guest judge for a 250-word writing competition. Her work has already or will appear in Parley Publishing, Oberon, After the Pause, Wild Roof Journal, Eris+Eros, Drunk Monkeys, Button Eye Review, Beyond Words Magazine, and Eunoia Review.
“If she called you right now, how soon would you kick me out of here and run to her?” I asked. Without hesitation, his eyes still closed, he said, “In a minute.” We lay there in silence, no lies or hopeful tension securely wrapped in the arms of strangers each looking […]