Eloise Hamann

I wrote this novelette when I was a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate.) When children are taken from their parents because the parents were unfit, usually, the parents want them back. Typically, alcoholism or addiction to drugs caused the neglect. Parents are given a limited amount of time to shape up, during which the children reside in a foster home. CASAs are assigned to a child or siblings to spend time with them and help them through this tough time, and make recommendations to the...

Journeys is a collection of poetry and short stories by Tri-Valley Writers.

My contribution, The Very Bad Fairy ,is a short story in this collection. Jasmine takes care of her niece, Delilah, every Saturday while her sister is at work. Jasmine is amused by Delilah's imagination that she sees fairies. It becomes less amusing when Delilah blames the very bad fairy on broken items. When she finds her apron strings deliberately cut off, Jasmine has had enough. She announces that Delilah can't come...

This is a poem Where is Leonard Cohen? which was chosen for a collection to be published by Oakland Seniors

Where is Leonard Cohen?

He wrote about the dark.

He wrote about the light

He made our bellies feel

The commonness of our plight

He wrote about the cracks.

And he wrote about the good.

He made us think democracy was coming

And we thought we understood.

Now the worst of us is sprouting

Forget the idea of a brother

A demagogue emboldens

It’s OK to hate the other.

Our planet has a fever

Alarming in...

Eloise has contributed to several collections of short stories as follows:

Glimpses: Her story Reboot is one of 16 fantasy stories about a terrible, horrible, no good day that a...