Ava Mack

Joined June 2021

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Bio

Poetry and little thoughts

Boston, MA

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Achievements (7)

Stories (32/0)

Oh, moon
Every now and then I fall apart. Oh moon, comfort me how you comfort the mourners. Let me bury my burning face in the darkness of your shoulder. Oh moon,
By Ava Mack10 days ago in Poets
Runner-Up in Misplaced Challenge
The MarbleRunner-Up in Misplaced Challenge
My life began in a dentist's office in a prize basket shaped like a treasure chest. The office was a fascinating place. All day long, people and children of all ages cycled through the chairs as treasures of all kinds cycled through the basket: sticky, extendible jelly hands; temporary tiger tattoos; jade-colored beaded bracelets; spiky balls with spikes that ballooned out when you squeezed them. The dental work itself was almost always the same: 30-minute cleanings and 15-minute cavity fillings.
By Ava Mack2 months ago in Fiction
President Monroe Remembers the Crossing of the Delaware
We rank and file were kept ignorant. It was not for us to contemplate the meaning of war. We only knew its motions: "walk," "at ease," "to arms."
By Ava Mack3 months ago in Fiction
Top Story - February 2024
The GullsTop Story - February 2024
All along the shallow bay, a crescently shaped boomerang, stones cobble with algae ribbons & shells dot the drying sand, marking edge &
By Ava Mack3 months ago in Poets
The Saturn Return
There's a cosmic correlation that happens around the age of twenty-nine known to astrologers as the Saturn Return. The slow-moving planet Saturn takes twenty-nine and a half years to complete its orbit around the sun and return to the exact same spot in the sky as it was on the day you were born. The Saturn Return is notoriously disruptive - known for upheaval and thrusting things taken for granted into question. Whether or not you believe in those influences (and I take it all with a few grains of salt) it makes sense that whenever you hit the natural cusp between your extended younger years and adulthood, you can expect uncertainty and apprehension with the onrush of big change. - Failing Up, by Leslie Odom, Jr.
By Ava Mack3 months ago in Motivation
Top Story - December 2023
Small JoyTop Story - December 2023
Focus on the small joy! Romanticize your life! What else can we puny humans do? What else can we enjoy? * Focus on the small joy!
By Ava Mack4 months ago in Poets
Top Story - December 2023
The DuetTop Story - December 2023
Prelude I'm just finishing up my last class of the day, composition, my brain feeling like it's been fried, turned inside out, and double fried by the riddles of music theory when a text from Olivier, my program director, lights up my phone:
By Ava Mack6 months ago in Fiction
First Place in Critique Challenge
Solo: A Star Wars StoryFirst Place in Critique Challenge
While Rogue One relies on trite Star Wars cliches and a single spine-tingling Vader scene, Solo tells a more compelling story.
By Ava Mack8 months ago in Critique
Ode to the Dairy-Free Vanilla Ice Cream Cone at Disney World
Let's walk down memory lane, shall we? A dairy allergy in the '90s was a little risky and utter misery. Pizza parties ice cream parties
By Ava Mack8 months ago in Poets
Runner-Up in Mythmaker Challenge
The Ten CloudsRunner-Up in Mythmaker Challenge
In the time before time, a single cloud encircled the world. The Great Cloud sent rain and snow. The Great Cloud trembled with thunder and flashed with lightning. The Great Cloud hung endless and low, sleeping. Sometimes in dreaming, the Great Cloud would yawn, and in the parting the people of the world below would look up and see the light of the golden sun and the hidden blue sky.
By Ava Mack9 months ago in Fiction
Iced Coffee
It is a mistake egregious to think that we are not connected to each other. You know, I read that scientists now know it's true what Einstein theorized:
By Ava Mack9 months ago in Poets
Top Story - July 2023
Car DebriefTop Story - July 2023
Safe in the car at last I peel off one heel then the next the kiss/hug/bye play put to rest Take care, home safe now's over with
By Ava Mack9 months ago in Poets