Terry Miller

Captured Moments

The detritus of a household of smokers was a joy to the young child, stifled in a family he believed he had outgrown. Matchsticks, by the score, he used to build magical castles with towers to climb or Spanish Galleons to sail away to places far. A live match was a rare treasure, a pregnant opportunity to destroy—a secret power. The best were the small cardboard matchboxes with their slide-out tray, which he arranged like a chest of a hundred tiny drawers. Each drawer contained a precious item, a pebble, a penny, a bloodstained band-aid, a tooth, four-leafed clover, a tear-stained note, a lock of hair. . .

weaving
a smaller web 
spider in a box

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About the Author

Terry Miller, Norfolk England–based writer and sculptor, honed his writing skills as a creative director for a number of advertising and creative agencies. Lately a successful game inventor, Terry utilizes his skills to create evocative, funny, and sometimes disturbing poetry. www.terrymillerartist.com