Tina D. Lopez

Joined November 2017

203 stories

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Writing through the ache, the joy, they lessons I seem to repeat—trying to find meaning and light in the dark. Always from the heart & honest even when I look bad.

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Eight. Top Story - March 2026.
“Eight,” I announce when Heidi asks, “What’s today’s number?” Everyone else is confused. But I know she means the digit
By Tina D. Lopez20 days ago in Poets
Threshold
Door slams in my face a hand reaches through the frame I'm stepping forward
By Tina D. Lopez24 days ago in Poets
Super Heroes
Sometimes doubt slithers in, venomous as a rattler in tall grass, hissing that I’m too much and somehow still not enough.
By Tina D. Lopez24 days ago in Poets
Statistically Unlikely
They say the odds are thinning— like my hair in the shower drain. I count myself among the improbable. Decent posture.
By Tina D. Lopez25 days ago in Poets
Holes in the Sky
The sky is black wool stretched tight over the world. Stars puncture it — tiny holes, each a broken promise.
By Tina D. Lopez26 days ago in Poets
Pinky Promise
The first time we broke I explained him like a David Fincher movie — more reveals come with a second viewing.
By Tina D. Lopez26 days ago in Poets
Sauna. Honorable Mention in The Haiku of Now Challenge.
lungs filling with steam sweat beads springing from my face splat on cedar boards
By Tina D. Lopez26 days ago in Poets
Moon Halo
Last night my daughter woke me— not only because the moon was rare, but because she understood I had forgotten how to look up.
By Tina D. Lopez28 days ago in Poets
Twenty-Sixth Floor
i remember exactly when i stopped believing in god i had already learned a door doesn't open when another closes that adults lie when they promise there is a
By Tina D. Lopez29 days ago in Poets
KC's Texts
Ex hiding secrets my presence sets off alarms “friends” oblivious He smiles at their faces pretending he’s not cruel
By Tina D. Lopezabout a month ago in Poets
Alarms
ex hiding secrets my presence sets off alarms "friends" oblivious
By Tina D. Lopezabout a month ago in Poets
Original Sin
Adam's not in view No sharing our ribs tonight I'll eat the apple!
By Tina D. Lopezabout a month ago in Poets

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Eight. Top Story - March 2026.

Threshold

Super Heroes

Statistically Unlikely

Holes in the Sky

Pinky Promise

Sauna. Honorable Mention in The Haiku of Now Challenge.

Moon Halo

Twenty-Sixth Floor

KC's Texts

Alarms

Original Sin

Achievements (2)