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c had met his match at the sawed off end of a golf club after he jumped on the back of a 5 year old we liked having a rooster the sound of crowing at the full moon in the middle of the night and at the first streak of day so we said yes we met her in town and she handed over the box with the silent weight of wilson inside wilson was mannerly not as puffed up as his predecessor he did his mating in gentlemanly fashion a discerning rooster he even let them forage first and pull worms from the wet soil before he d jump on their backs once a hen nabbed a frog and oh the commotion the entire flock on her heels as she raced around the enclosure to guard her treat they all wanted a piece of that frog but wilson just bobbed his way calmly along the poultry fence looking for his own treat then came the summer of the mink one morning we found a hen dead and gutted inside the coop the next morning another we set traps outside the poultry fence suspecting a mink but a mink is too wily to be tempted by a trap regardless of the bait then one morning it was poor wilson bloodied and torn feathers everywhere as if he d put up a good fight guarding the hens we buried wilson next to malcolm our adopted cat that had spent his evenings outside the fence watching the way a cat watches and we wonder now if that s why we never had a mink problem until he died of old age the rest of that summer our chickens were picked off one by one then two by two sometimes nothing left but piles of feathers and a stray bloodied limb in spite of the traps set and the holes in the floor we patched and reinforced the mink always found a way in until there were only six left we gathered the six up one night when they were roosting crowded together in a corner of the roost staring fretfully at the floor and took them down the road to my sister s coop where they at least stood a chance later that fall when i was cutting grass for the last time i noticed something black jutting out of the grass by the ditch as i went over to investigate i realized it was one wing from a black australorp pointed at the sky all that remained of a flock of fifty and one rooster named wilson posted by yvonne osborne at 5 54 am 2 comments labels wilson the rooster friday january 16 2026 the tale of wilson once upon a time there was a rooster who didn t have a name but this isn t about him and don t assume a tale about a flock of chickens is boring their behavior mirrors ours which may be alarming but never boring the chicken mentality is to flock together as the old saying goes but should one prove inferior of smaller stature say or harbor a deformity perhaps a different sheen of feather or the chicken equivalent of a stammer the babbled squawk any sign of weakness the other hens will peck at her relentlessly until she develops an open sore once they smell blood it s over until she is defeathered cowed and literally pecked to death to be continued posted by yvonne osborne at 5 11 am no comments labels chickens short stories the rooster wilson monday january 12 2026 when we were mad or feeling sad dad said smile hard to smile when feeling bad but he d insist smile it felt invasive i wanted to be mad but hard to stay mad when forced to smile i don t know if that was right but i never forgot it did i today at dverse the pub where poets hang out we were asked to write a quadrille a poem of exactly 44 words which includes the word smile in any of its forms we need more smiles nowadays so i repeated it three times to make it stick now visit the poets pub for more smiles from nat king cole to tim mcgraw to charles bukowski posted by yvonne osborne at 2 23 pm 20 comments labels dverse quadrille smiles monday january 5 2026 cover reveal this is the cover for my new novel black river to be published on july 27th by unsolicited press it s dark ominous feel is exactly what i was envisioning for this story what do you think posted by yvonne osborne at 5 30 am 4 comments labels black river cover reveal unsolicited press sunday january 4 2026 steps in the publishing process after the copyediting and the proofreading and the laborious task of cutting a few thousand words which while painful can be invigorating you finally get an isbn number i got mine three days ago at a writer s converence a long time ago an agent of some renown was the speaker and she said you don t have a book until you have an isbn number call it a manuscript or a work in progress or the next great american novel but don t call it a book i never forgot that so i take great pride and even the second time around it feels momentous to say i have an isbn number along with that came the rest of the technical data list price print run book size and pub date next up for me here is the cover reveal which i plan to post tomorrow it s dark and ominous and i hope piques your interest you will let me know won t you over and out p s gotta take down the christmas tree and haul it out to the porch with its strung popcorn and dried cranberries for the birds repurposing it thus makes me feel less guilty for having hauled it out of the woods posted by yvonne osborne at 5 53 am 4 comments labels isbn numbers publishing monday december 29 2025 the author s visibility kit the wind is howling across the upper midwest and through the great lakes region to make driving hazzardous and rattle the windows of this old house i wonder if the power will hold if the trees will stand and the animals find shelter snow in the forecast for this frozen but barren land and my garlic would benefit from it s insulating layer i ve received the cover art for my new novel and my editor signed off on it after i gave my thumbs up it s nice to be afforded some input on this very important step i know many writers are not given any as i wait for permission to share i think its dark portentous look will pique a reader s interest entice them to stop and open it up that magic moment when a reader steps into another world where they want to stay i received an author visibility kit from my publisher unsolicited press the writer s job might start with the blank page but doesn t end with an isbn number from pre publication to a book s launch to six months out to long tail sales the author s job is a relentless slog of high importance throughout the process according to up is making use of social platforms their suggestion is to pick two or three and stay active posting at least twice a week the main ones are instagram pinterest facebook bluesky tiktok and x i am already on instagram and facebook and with less frequency bluesky along with this blog and my website and newsletter i think that s enough one can only do so much social media and retain sanity and writing time the newsletter is highly recommended if you haven t subscribed to mine here s the link to my contact form if you get bored you can always unsubscribe are there any social media platforms you use and recommend which ones are you on i m curious to know even as i ve been writing this the snow has begun to fall snowfall always lifts my spirits maybe from back when snow days were a thing and strapping on skates or grabbing a sled was commonplace for now i m happy to snuggle in my slippers in this writing space as i wait for the ok to reveal my new cover first to newsletter subscribers and then to a wider audience and about those social media platforms you use i d really like to know peace out and happy new year may 2026 leave 2025 in the ashbin of history to be learned from but never repeated posted by yvonne osborne at 1 37 pm no comments labels authors visibility kit bluesky instagram unsolicited press writing space wednesday december 10 2025 feed dogs in the snow the limbs of the arborvitae hung with snow bow to the ground like penitents on parade it came quietly in the night even the bird feeders are contorted into something they aren t this snow looks fluffy and friendly but now we have to shovel the walk and the back of the truck because today was supposed to be our christmas tree cutting day down gravel roads and over hills to hunt 4 your fir but first the boots shovel and power up the tractor lower the blade and off he goes the big guy that is not me i m staying inside to catalog it all the power is on and what a gift electricity is so runs the coffee maker and the lights strung around the buffet and this gadget i m writing on speaking of i m waiting for big news from my publisher on the 15th of this month i m hoping to get a glimpse of what my cover will look like for black river my upcoming novel about trouble in farm country anyone can be good in the country there are no temptations there everyone knows that isn t true trouble is and always has been intrinsic to farm country oscar wilde had a cleverly sarcastic pen i ve just been notified by dverse the pub where poets hang out that three of mine have been selected for their 2026 anthology they have invited poets from around the globe to send in their best so i can t wait to see what the collection looks like and the treasures it will hold i m very honored and excited to have my verse included now a little something new for lillian s prompt about sewing can you find the terms have a happy wednesday and may your power stay on and the water run birds dart from branches hung with white but their seed is covered in blousy drifts one small thistle is stuck in a buttonhole from where once it ticked into the mouth of a tray feed dogs bray from the woods where whitetail gather to graze but wait a frenzied retreat medley in motion but the road is empty the hem of the ditch obscured in white inside grace the pretty sleeps on my fleece snug as a bobbin in the machine posted by yvonne osborne at 5 36 am 9 comments thursday november 20 2025 so this was the farm dredged up from the archives of my past by the prompt from dverse poets pub with the poet ted kooser s poem in mind so this is nebraska with hay cut and drying in the sun i see those strong boys paid to help heavy bales to lift throw and stack chaff in our hair sweat down our backs we gathered at the hydrant close but not touching closer than touching thigh high in goldenrod on a wend among the boulders glacial erratic that lined the fence worn pocket tops caught the rain and made a seat for dreams of oread hawks and love and common things and lent a view of the jagged line of rogue apple trees that grew along the creek in unmannered ways withstood the winds of winter and bore uncommon fruit without the nod of a care from us posted by yvonne osborne at 6 49 am 7 comments wednesday october 15 2025 take a pill we re too good to be happy too straight to be sad carly simon pet peeve take 4 wine instead of beer fish instead of tenderloin steelcut oats instead of cheerios apples instead of toffee black coffee instead of lattes have a clean heart says the church billboard take a pill says the doctor sign my petition says the politician politics in the pew directives on the fridge posted by yvonne osborne at 12 37 pm 4 comments labels pet peeves wednesday september 3 2025 three new kitties and cure for insomnia with labor day behind us we say goodbye to summer the singing of the autumn chirpers escalates with the earlier sunset hour though summer is waning the hummingbirds still hover and dart around the porch i refilled their feeder for perhaps the last time i have three new kitties we lost our hemingway cat malcolm to old age and wanted another farm cat to hold down the mice population and deter the minks that ate all our chickens but somehow we ended up with three though feral and shy two out of three have become tame perhaps by good food and the grandma linck in me she who warmed milk in a saucepan for her cat in winter her spirit hovers in the air like the whirr of a hummingbird or maybe they sense her in the owl that hoots outside my window before swooping over the field of queen anne s lace and goldenrod for the woods beyond i named the first shy kitty sneaky pete the second to show up is charlie who hides under the porch and skedaddles at the slightest disturbance the third to adopt us is the prettiest grace is gray and white with a big fluffy tail and greenish blue eyes that shine like ingots of stained glass isn t she pretty now i need to find a free neuter clinic or at least one with reduced cost when the house is asleep but i m not and can t i like to write sometimes stream of consciousness musing but also a new novel still in its infancy but growing in fits and starts like a pimpled adolescent ahh this writing life it can be a fine one as long as you aren t in it for the money on that note give a free listen to my new audiobook narrated by the old college suitemate jan harley with her musical voice and her friend david danger gotta love that name he does a fine job with stefan s voice curls my toes posted by yvonne osborne at 7 39 am 1 comment labels audiobooks kitties let evening come the writing life friday august 15 2025 the drone of the crop duster drifts through my window like a helicopter looking for a landing birds sing and flit around the feeders but where are the butterflies what is a will o the wisp what is a whip poor will the bees that escaped their hives in protest of a neighbor s rough handling swarmed my porch my yard my window screens after two days they rediscovered their hives and lifted the siege i went to the grocery the anniversary of a death approaches but i m not a buddhist to celebrate the end i m not pining like the doves who coo from the highwire from where they see what they see but where are the butterflies where are the pond frogs the crop duster returns in the evening to herald dusk the way frogs once did a murder of crows caw from the top of a tree struck by lightning will they remember my face written for poets and storytellers who challenge us to write something both spooky and summery summerween nothing is spookier here in the lowlands of southeast michigan than the constant drone of the cropduster what they are doing can t be seen like the roots of a tree and for dverse poets who gave us a poem from pablo neuvda s book of questions why do trees concal their roots a poem that prefers questions to answers posted by yvonne osborne at 6 11 am 24 comments labels bees and butterflies and frogs crop dusters dverse pablo neuvda older posts home subscribe to posts atom the clean ground anyone can be good in the country there are no temptations there oscar wilde about me yvonne osborne i m an author poet and daydreamer i like libraries bookstores sharp pencils and old dictionaries my debut novel let evening come was published on april 2 2024 by unsolicited press out of portland oregon no bullshit just books and my next novel black river a rural noir literary thriller will be released on july 28 2026 visit my website at yvonneosborne com for more information sign up for my newsletter for insider news giveways publishing news and rants against ai view my 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