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Dorothy K. Fletcher

For 35 years, Dorothy K. Fletcher moved primarily to the sound of school bells as she taught high school English to nearly 6000 children in Jacksonville, Florida. Now she moves to the sound of a different drummer as she enjoys her young granddaughter, fixing up her home, and enjoying unlimited time to write. Her writings include poetry, children’s books, plays, novels and free-lance articles to newspapers and magazines.

Dorothy has published three books—The Week of Dream Horses, a children’s picture book, The Cruelest Months, a novel about teaching in an inner city school, and Zen Fishing and Other Southern Pleasures, a collection of poems and essays all with a Southern flavor. In 2006, she won First Place in the Robert Frost Poetry Contest sponsored by the Heritage House Museum in Key West, Florida, and she was invited to read her poetry at the Library of Congress in December of that year as part of their Poetry at Noon Series.

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Zen Fishing and Other Southern Pleasures

Zen Fishing and Other Southern Pleasures is a collection of delightful essays and poignant poems that touch upon the wonderful aspects of living south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Mountains and beaches, old friends and new, childhood experiences and beyond--Zen Fishing takes the reader away from the stresses and distresses of the work-a-day world, and Dorothy K. Fletcher brings what really matters about life into clear focus, allowing the reader to feel peace. Mimosa Breezes/ Ft. Worth, Texas some lullabies cannot be heard are carried on breezes settle like silent mimosa pollen on window sills then with a sweep of an oscillating fan or the movement of a gentle thought across the room a soft scent scatters and Bluebonnet Circle sparkles again in hot summer nights costume gaudy green yellow neon signs on the prairie shimmering through windows drug store five and dime Maude's Café liven up dark neighborhoods glitter in sleepy eyes like rhinestone rings on Mama's dresser falling asleep on Papa's shoulder so solid like thick mimosa branches that waited outside for morning for little girls to climb settle in pink branches breathe in memories that quicken even now whenever the wind blows and mimosa trees blossom A Review of Zen Fishing and Other Southern Pleasures by Online Southern Magazine Dew on the Kudzu “As you know, living in the South is not just about long, dusty back roads, hell-hot heat, and Leonard Skynyrd music. It is also about living in and about celebrating cool evening breezes, radiant beaches, and warm, inviting backyards. Is it any wonder that when contemplating such joyful places and things that a Zen-like state descends upon a person? Reading Zen Fishing and Other Southern Pleasures will certainly “put you in a mind” to feel good about life." This is what Dorothy said to me that grabbed my interest right away in this book. It's so true, so many "Southern" things are simple, down-home, backyard pleasures with family and friends. This is a book of short stories and poems, all based on the simple pleasures of life. When life seems too hard, take a moment to watch a butterfly, look at hoofprints in the cement on some odd corner, or remember words your grandpa said before he passed. Or simply just take your coffee out to the porch and watch the sun rise and world wake up. This is a very pleasant book, and the short stories are great to read "on the go". Have just a minute before lunch ends? Read one story or a poem. For my busy life, this was a great way to read and not feel frustrated by loose ends hanging until I had time to finish. It also reminded me to look for those bright clouds in my day.

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