Bill Cole

Bill Cole’s work has been published in Eclectica, Flash Fiction Magazine, California Quarterly, Highlights for Children Magazine, Lowestoft Chronicle, Love Love Magazine, Crack The Spine, and Rabble Review, and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His young adult biography, Carol Gilligan and the Search for Voice, was published by Magination Press.

Hashtag: Goals

I want to be someone’s answer to a burning question.

I want to gently rock as a solitary boat, but with an anchor.

I want to be a campfire in the hearts of my children.

I want to leave others with the overwhelming sense of being heard.

I want the moon to see my eyes.

I want to be a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle, 200 is too basic, 1,000 too difficult.

I want to slow dance with my memories.

I want to do good work.

I want to use the words “I want” less frequently.

I want to be a love letter to the universe.