Judey Kalchik

Joined February 2021

515 stories

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It's my time to find and use my voice.

Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.

You can also find me on Medium

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Gramma's Ribbon Box. Runner-Up in Holiday Reflections in Verse Challenge.
Tucked in a plaid box, high on a shelf The Collection of Ribbons, a December time to myself. First light the fire -then lift the cover once a year
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
Cutting Deep. Content Warning.
I haven't forced myself to throw up in years. I never was a 'cutter'. That might have more to do with ignorance. Or the lack of reliably sharp knives. Also my ignorance of straight razors. And the general fear of pain has always been a real deterrent for me.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Fiction
Once Upon a Morning
Fogging, my words are captured in cloudy mist. Rapid steps take me to my waiting car, where Exhalations of steam extend from the tail pipe as it churns to life.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
Cold Coffee Morning
Jessica sat immobile in her reading chair, coffee slowly cooling on the side table nestled between the chair and the wall. It was so quiet in the early morning darkness she could have heard the echoes of the train making the street crossing miles away, and the soft 'tick-tick' of the furnace coming to life.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Fiction
You Taught Me More Than German
Dear Herr Ward, Writing you a letter that you can read over my shoulder is the only way left to me now to let you know the impact you made in my life. I tried to tell you as it happened but I know that I didn't do it well.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Humans
I Am No Hero. Top Story - November 2024.
Heroes come with swords and stone To fight battles they take as their own. I am no hero. ~ Heroes inspire others to take up the fight.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
When I Die
When I die I hope no one remembers or cares that I joined Threads on its first day. When I die I hope no one reminisces about my use of the Oxford comma and stalwart belief that it should be used correctly and often.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Confessions
Don't Buy a Ticket to the Sideshow
The Master of “Let’s leak a new story or quote to distract them from that heinous thing I did” is assembling this season’s cast of Battle of the Network Stars.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in The Swamp
Insomanxiety
I can’t sleep tonight. Waking- I remember that I forgot something. - My alarm? It’s set. The door? It’s secure and locked.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
All Aboard
We are on a journey. Bought a ticket for the journey and we were clear when we bought it about what we needed on the bus. Chose it for many reasons that were important to us. We waited in line for the bus to arrive.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Humans
Walking Numb
My life has fallen apart countless times. This numbness is fuzzy and familiar. I lost more people in my life today. But I am still here.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Poets
Don't Just Sit There!
It's beginning to look a lot like ... January. Well- it's what the gyms want you to think. Have you noticed the ads for gym membership popping up everywhere? Those always surface the last few months of the year, just when people may become a bit less active.
By Judey Kalchik about a year ago in Writers