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The Growing Up of Humanity

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 Tony De Lorger 48 Views 2 Comments essay, Greed, growing, humanity, love, spiritual

Why are people so inherently selfish, so consumed by self, they care less about their actions and how they may

Lotus Flower Rises Above – So Too Shall We

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 68 Views 8 Comments lotus flower, Phyllis Doyle, pure, rises above, spiritual, unattached

Lotus Flower Rises Above Life is a lotus flower that rises above sufferings of the past in order to prepare

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Master of Fear, the Soulless Steer our Course

August 21, 2017 Tony De Lorger 48 Views 4 Comments control, death, madness, masters of fear, poem, soulless

Gnarled will emerges, torn scars of iterative past, bleeding eyes from defeats last as echoes, the screaming knell of death,

Free Verse Poetry

Deep In The Shadows

August 21, 2017 Vincent Moore 64 Views 6 Comments pestilence, poetry, predictions, shadows, terror, underworld

For those still living, things

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Art of Drowning

August 21, 2017 Tony De Lorger 52 Views 6 Comments broken rules, drowning, humanity, lies & deceit, poem

Drowning in our deceit… I float upon the refuse, the cluttered life decay, those wasted thoughts, fallen dreams by reckless

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Rising Above NPD Abuse- Tamara Yancosky Moore

August 21, 2017August 22, 2017 Tamara Yancosky 105 Views 4 Comments cults, escape, knowledge, pathological liars, personalities, sociopaths

NPD Abuse Rising Above NPD Abuse Our escape from the Narcissist is not about making them taste their

Creative Writing Short Story

HEADIN’ TO TUCSON

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Wayne Brown 97 Views 2 Comments Fort Worth, hunger, ice storm, rail-car, Tucson, vagrant

(Source: deshacohistorical.org) The cold, steel latch handle of the box car sliding door is covered with a coating of

Free Verse

Love So Precious

August 21, 2017 Rasma Raisters 73 Views 5 Comments love, love so precious, poems, poetry

We have a love so precious, that sun would no longer shine, if you were not mine. I would no

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Forever Light in Distance Stands

August 21, 2017 Tony De Lorger 41 Views 5 Comments distance, lies, light, poem, prevail, truth

Forever light in distance stands, a knowing it will prevail, and no matter darkness’s intent, its prevalence temporary, as light

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Just Love in Words to Meld

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Tony De Lorger 46 Views 4 Comments appreciation, connection, meld, poem, poet's words, visions

I can but hope with every word I write, a heart accepts, a soul reflects, and my expression worthy of

Memoir Rhyming Verse

Grief

August 20, 2017August 20, 2017 Kurt James 211 Views 8 Comments Fort Logan, grief, Loss of a loved one, military, National Cemetery, poetry

Grief – As a photographer, poet, and novelist sometimes I happen onto a scene in life that brings a tear

Free Verse Poetry

Many Souls Will Be Awakened

August 20, 2017 R J Schwartz 67 Views 2 Comments Awakened, enlightenment, Lightworkers, souls

Many souls will be awakened Upon this moment of happening In what the universe calls An activation of the catalysts.

Free Verse Poetry

Letting The Words Speak – Escaping The Prison of One Dimensionality

August 20, 2017 R J Schwartz 47 Views 5 Comments One dimension, one dimensional, writer's block

I’m becoming one dimensional My life consumed by a narrowing focus No pleasure found errantly Only the pain of

Free Verse Poetry

Continual Farewell of Ephemera

August 20, 2017August 20, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 55 Views 4 Comments continual farewell, dim memories, ephemera, love, Phyllis Doyle, sincereity

Continual Farewell Your eyes that once never tired of reading my poetry Are now looking to others for new

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Looking for the Beauty…the Power of Light

August 19, 2017 Tony De Lorger 51 Views 6 Comments faith, hope, humanity, light, poem, power

With eyes to see the beauty, what need to see the darkness, yet acknowledge we must all degrees of life,

Epistle Poetry

The Sad Truth of Earthly Existence

August 19, 2017August 20, 2017 Tony De Lorger 152 Views 12 Comments covert, deceit, epistle, illusions, sad, truth

The more I know the more my heart aches, for all the lies and the stakes so high that the

Books Historical Fiction

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GHOST By Kurt James

August 19, 2017August 19, 2017 Kurt James 229 Views 8 Comments Colorado, kurt james, kurt james author, Rocky Mountain Ghost, Rocky Mountains, westerns

Ron Howard said – “Kurt James is the best western adventure writer since Zane Grey and better than Louis L’amour”

Free Verse Poetry

Drunkard at her Table

August 19, 2017 Vincent Moore 69 Views 9 Comments abuse, alcoholism, madness, parents, poetry, rum

I am destroyed in youth and only time has tried to heal and

Free Verse Poetry Rhyming Verse

Wanted: Rhyme Whisperer- Tamara Yancosky Moore

August 19, 2017August 20, 2017 Tamara Yancosky 149 Views 10 Comments affliction, denial, harmony, immediate need, support, TamaraYancosky

Rhyming Words in my head all day, and all night long can get a bit much. However, I am no longer in denial of my addiction. Thus, I am ready to hire a Rhyme-Whisperer, or join a Rhymers’-Anonymous Group!

Free Verse Poetry

Prairie Skies

August 18, 2017August 19, 2017 Vincent Moore 74 Views 9 Comments buffalo, native, poetry, Prairie, skies, vincentmoore

Prairie Skies Let me capture for you the beauty that unfolds before, me on my mounted steed. The

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Have I Worn it Well, This Life?

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 Tony De Lorger 50 Views 7 Comments balance, fulfillment, life, poem, struggle, worn

What heights have I reached, what depths have I breached, to experience all that is, that guides a soul’s mystique,

Essay Memoir

The Aftermath of a Toxic Partner

August 18, 2017August 17, 2017 Tony De Lorger 78 Views 4 Comments aftermath, delusions, lies, memoir, narcissist, toxic

Having lived with a narcissist for over twenty three years and not having a clue, the aftermath has been even

Free Verse Poetry

Fragile Identity Crisis- Rhyming Poem (Yancosky)

August 17, 2017August 21, 2017 Tamara Yancosky 137 Views 8 Comments dramatic, environment, epic, moods, TamaraYancosky

A fun, fictional rhyming poem about a potentially serious, nonfictional issue.

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