2017 - Page 21 of 63 - The Creative Exiles

A Miracle Upon my Hand

August 29, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2320 Views 6 Comments beauty, flight, miracle, poem, purpose, survival

What miracle upon my hand, a flighted seed in search of home, the promise of a precious life, dressed in

Samhain Festival October 5017

August 29, 2017August 29, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3673 Views 8 Comments dark days, festival, harvest, October, poetry, Samhain

Samhain Festival Article in the World Chronicles, October 5017 ~ This Samhain festival of October 5017 will bring back many

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Wake Up Call…Life in Better Ways

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2160 Views 4 Comments Forgive, hurt, letting go, memories, poem, wake

Upon the eternal sands of shore, I lay prostrate, stilled of heart, and water washes over me, as the past

Free Verse Poetry

Sunday Morning

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Valerie Vaughn 2703 Views 12 Comments bacon, coffee, hugs, morning, Sunday, Whispers

Sunday Morning … Bacon breath Coffee kisses Newsprint fingers Day-long hugs Forehead whispers Finger traced lips Intertwined legs Promises made

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Touch the Sky

August 28, 2017October 1, 2017 Kurt James 3768 Views 12 Comments childhood memories, kurt james, kurt james author, swinging, swingset, Touch the sky

Touch the sky – The problem of life is that we grow up and sometimes we forget the things that

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Preaching to the Choir at the Church of Naivety

August 28, 2017 R J Schwartz 2050 Views 4 Comments antifa, chaos, naivety, political correctness, resist

WELCOME! Naivety is our only requirement… Nameless, faceless masses Endless lines marching in lockstep Filing into the

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Lower Forms of Life

August 28, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2327 Views 4 Comments forms, hatred, life, poem, victor, war

What feast awaits the victor, the one last standing, when the world is annihilated, love repressed to a dried shell,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Lies and Illusions

August 27, 2017August 27, 2017 Clive Williams 2135 Views 6 Comments ask God, illusions, lied, lost brethren, lost nation, struggling

Lost Brethren… My mind is like a small boat lost at the vast sea, struggling to find the truth It

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Beyond the End, as Words Transcend

August 27, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2129 Views 6 Comments expression, Glimmer, poem, souls, transcend, words

Transcend life with words.. May death hold my thoughts of beauty and words that sang in lilting resound, and all

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Saving Grace – Love, Kindness, Spirituality

August 27, 2017August 28, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2184 Views 5 Comments humanity, kindness, love, mother nature, saving grace, spirituality

Saving Grace This poem was inspired by There is a Better Way by Tony DeLorger Saving Grace is something we

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Beyond the Self…Dream into Reality

August 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2849 Views 2 Comments dreams/reality, freedom, humility, poem, self, thoughts

What thoughts transcend the self, flighted sentiments that leave our petty considerations and find meaning in themselves, within the open

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Reason is Not Enough

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2013 Views 2 Comments accetance, ego, justification, learning, poem, reason

Reason is enough, yet justification is ambivalent, twisted to fit within the bounds of belief, within the very fashioning of

Creative Writing Short Story

Dream Cottage By Lake

August 26, 2017September 16, 2022 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3300 Views 6 Comments dream cottage, knowing, lake, searching, spiritual connection, stone fireplace

Dream Cottage I knew exactly what I wanted, so was very selective. Gary, my real estate agent was getting

Poetry Rhyming Verse

And No-one Came…a writers insecurity

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2034 Views 8 Comments insecurity, light, poem, understood, verses, writer

Insecurity…. And no-one came, empty seats and awkward silence, guilt for what unsaid remained, like a dark scratchy cloud profane,

Creative Writing Humor

Situational Humor Do’s and Don’ts

August 25, 2017 R J Schwartz 9754 Views 6 Comments college, elevator, humor, laugh, nakedness

Situational humor can be amazingly hilarious, or, give you that uncomfortable deer-in-the-headlights feeling that leaves you hanging in the balance waiting for

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Shades of Change

August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1798 Views 2 Comments beauty, change, poem, seasons, shades, time

An orange sigh and day departs, blinking night and shadows full of heart, caress earth, so brown and rich, fading

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Lost

August 24, 2017October 1, 2017 Kurt James 3338 Views 10 Comments hurtful memories, lost love, Regrets, Slipped through my fingers., thinking of you

Sometimes we feel lost as we get older and we look back at the actions we took when we were

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Your Presence

August 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 6338 Views 4 Comments Angels, christianity, God, Jesus, prayer

Your Presence There is not a single soul on Earth With whom to share these thoughts and fears Confined within

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

There is a Better Way

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2017 Views 6 Comments belief, better, cause & effect, humility, learning, poem

All I give, and all I receive, is the causation of what I believe, and whatever complaints I contrive, is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Crossroads

August 23, 2017 Paul Neglia 2877 Views 12 Comments american state, anarchy, free speech, media poison, violence

At the crossroads…. It would be presumptuous to state we are in chaos, For me to assume society is at

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Telluride, Colorado

August 23, 2017August 31, 2018 Kurt James 4692 Views 8 Comments autumn, Colorado, kurt james, kurt james author, poetry, Rocky Mountains, San Juan Mountains, Telluride Colorado

I am a native Coloradan and have traveled and seen more of the United States than most people in my

Creative Writing Short Story

WASH-DAY WEDNESDAY ROMANCE

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 Wayne Brown 3082 Views 6 Comments accountant, cemetery, kids, Korea, lady, laundromat, laundry, Mercury, Norma Jean, parade, soldier, Starlight Cafe, war

Laundromat Romance (Source: fanpop.com) My first marriage ended suddenly in divorce–something I would not recommend to anyone. A lot

Creative Writing Essay

The Growing Up of Humanity

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 4242 Views 6 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