Adrienne Robertson

Hey! I’m new at creative writing, and I’m using this app to practice so I can get better. I write poems every now and again but would love to be able to write a book :)

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Adrienne Robertson

Hey! I’m new at creative writing, and I’m using this app to practice so I can get better. I write poems every now and again but would love to be able to write a book :)

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First Dates Suck

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

"So where do you want to meet?" he asked, which I appreciated. I don't always care for people making decisions for me.

"How about the library? It's quiet and won't be crowded", and it's filled with light and there's no alcohol.

"Sure that sounds good. Noon?"

"Noon is fine".

I pull up to the library and see a man that looks like the man I matched with on Hitch. Mark was his name. Mark Cunningham. ...

Action

Crime

Wild Animals

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

I was in the kitchen, just getting ready to make dinner, when I heard a knock at the door. More than one knock. It almost sounded….urgent. Who would be coming here at this hour? I looked at the clock: 7:45pm. I sighed as I took the few steps to the door. When I opened it, I didn’t see anyone. A voice, seemingly from beyond says “(clears throat) excuse me, down here”.

I looked down, and in a split...

Gotta Go

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

On my way out of the store, I see a scuffle taking place out of the corner of my eye. I don’t want to look, but my fear is begging me to at least see how close it is to me. I look over and there are 3 men having a hard time holding back another man, who was screaming obscenities at yet another man.

A crowd started to gather to watch and record, and I thought maybe I should intervene, even just t...

The Invisible Robot

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

He wasn’t supposed to feel

To love her

But he did

Created to assist her,

Labor for her

He became enamored with her

No one else had ever spoken to him like a human

Before

So he endeavored to love

To see what it felt like

To be loved

He thought if he could give her something

She may reciprocate with her own affection

He put out some strawberries

Because they were her favorite

Left a note - I love y...

Poetry

Untitled Poem

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

I’ve always felt funny about being needed

At least by adults

Children I understand; they can’t do much without you for a long time

And even when they can, they still need your purse, your clothes, your car

But why do adults need other adults?

It feels weird

I mean a need is something you can’t go without

Water, food, air

Those things that sustain us, allow us to move forward, beyond

So I guess wha...

The Neighbor

Adrienne Robertson

3 min read

Last Thursday, I was on my way home from the grocery store, when my sanity was challenged. As I was driving down the street, I could have sworn I saw a clown a few houses down from mine. I blinked (hard) and when I opened my eyes again it was gone. I brushed it off at the time. Maybe a late afternoon birthday party? Who knows. It had happened a few more times before this, each time I brushed it of...

Humour

Obsession

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

When I heard the first single on the radio I was hooked. It was the most incredible music I’d heard. Sure it was simple and catchy, but for whatever reason it spoke to me on a level I wouldn’t have been able to explain.

The artist was Kaira DeLeon*. I had never heard of her, but apparently she’d released her album the year before. After I heard that single, I went and found everything she recor...

Familiar Stranger

Adrienne Robertson

2 min read

I moved away from the Bay Area 10 years ago. Hardest thing I had done so far. It was bigger than moving to a new place. It was moving away from everything I had ever known. But it was necessary for me to grow. I took advantage of a job opportunity that would further my career, and make it easy for me to move back home, or so I thought.

One year turned into 4 which turned into 10. Before I left,...

Last Chance

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

As the elevator opens, I watch the smartly dressed passengers walk past me. I get on and push the eleventh floor. I really want to take a deep breath, but I’m not sure about how my breath smells, and I don’t have mints. Great, now I’m sweating. The elevator stops at four, five, seven, nine, then eleven. Stepping out, I try to find the directory in the floor lobby. There it is: Jenkins and Associat...

Drama

The Wait Ends

Adrienne Robertson

1 min read

Donnie and I finished our meal, and I started packing things away. He went to check on the egg, to make sure it hadn’t moved or fallen out of the dog bed we gave it. Benji, our border collie had passed 3 months ago, not too long before we found the egg on that hiking trail. It felt like an omen. Permission to move on.

“All tucked in” Donnie said softly, as if he’d wake the baby.

“I guess we...