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Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Afflictions of Ignorance

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1831 Views 4 Comments afflictions, choices, doorways, hurt, ignorance, poem

Scratchy red and chafed affronts, cool whispers of doorways shut, linger in the mind a time, wondering what was missed,

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Indecision’s a Bitch

June 21, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2053 Views 6 Comments bitch, doubt, indecision, own hand, pain, poem

The bitch… Gnashing, crackling uncertainty, tinged in a putrid brown deceit, hovers like some specter, looming, clothed as hunger’s honed

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Flighted Thoughts and Journeys

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2072 Views 8 Comments dreams, infinity, journeys, life, poem, thought

Journeys of the mind… How broad the scope of thought, that dances like a gypsy in the night, around an

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Desert Siege

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2007 Views 2 Comments cool, desert, heat, night, poem, siege

Petulant the cast light of midday’s high, burned in shadows thin, and waves of shimmering mirth, rise from earth to

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Souls at a Glance

June 21, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2198 Views 4 Comments ancient, black, glance, poem, souls, warm hearted

From the depths of a black soul comes the ills of a thousand lifetimes, gathered and espoused in manner as

Free Verse Poetry

Bridge Spanning My Mind

June 21, 2017April 13, 2018 Rasma Raisters 2597 Views 8 Comments bridges, memories, poems, poetry, rainbows

Bridge Spanning My Mind There’s a bridge spanning my mind, it leads me to you, whenever special memories, come flooding

Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

I hunger

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 Paul Neglia 2771 Views 8 Comments desire, hunger, intoxication, passion

I hunger… Serenity plagues me, As in, this deepening calm Purloined my intimacy Gone that body chaffing balm… My

Free Verse Poetry

The Shifty Accountant

June 20, 2017 R J Schwartz 2287 Views 5 Comments accountant, accounting, taxes

April 15th, Worn calculator keys Their designations long since gone Painted numbers flaked away Only by memory are their functions

Free Verse Poetry

Seeking Connection

June 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2059 Views 6 Comments connection, learning, life, poem, sharing, wisdom

Connection… Perhaps an inclusion, that would make my day, seen to be witty or intelligent, just a nod of acceptance,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Billowing winds of summer

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 EdF 2311 Views 4 Comments Billowing winds, cooling breeze, poetry, summers night, winds of darkness

Billowing Winds It comes when most needed as if a lover from the annals of the history of love a

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Believe in Ourselves…Not Dogmas

June 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1863 Views 7 Comments dogmas, evolve, flawed, love, peace, poem

Paradigms fall like bowling pins, nudged gently by new winds of change, and holding fast to past just muddies the

Creative Writing Essay

Addressing the Elephant in the Room

June 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3924 Views 24 Comments comments, community, critiques, elephant, participation, site

I find myself in a quandary, perplexed by the very people who can make or break a site like ‘The

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Transcendent Moon, the Mirror of Our Minds

June 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2632 Views 4 Comments adored, lovers, moon, mystery, poem, transcendent

Its tainted face, wan, the scars of time’s embrace, and shallow it seems, like wisps of mist in dreams, yet

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Facing the Wall

June 18, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1778 Views 2 Comments acceptance, catastrophe, life/death, lungs, poem, wall

Can I face this wall alone, this fibrous dim catastrophe, that clutches at my breath and fills my lungs with

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Tethered To Time

June 18, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1677 Views 2 Comments fluid, paradox, poem, tethered, time, uncertainty

Spin-wheels whizzing, cogs a turning, endless clicks and measured yearning, the clock sings its muted song, as a spring slowly

Creative Writing Short Story

Sinister Curse, Paranormal Investigators

June 18, 2017June 3, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2335 Views 2 Comments flames, mystery, short story, sinister curse, sorcerer

Sinister Curse Please see Sinister Curse This Side of Dawn, Winds of Hell for part one of this story. Paranormal

Creative Writing Short Story

Sinister Curse This Side of Dawn, Winds of Hell

June 18, 2017June 3, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3014 Views 8 Comments Abbot, evil, Hell, manor, sinister curse, winds

Sinister Curse, Winds of Hell Josie sat, arms and legs wrapped around one of the huge posts on the ancient

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

When We Were Young

June 18, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2042 Views 2 Comments angst, loss, love, perspective, poem, young

Blue days red with angst, sun the warmth of hearts in question, and moods sway like willow fronds, amid the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Panic Attack

June 17, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2215 Views 2 Comments burden, heart & soul, pain, panic, poem, swarm

The swarm, like twisting clouds prevailed, and air displaced in brown dismissal, gulping, desperate flailing panic, breathless fading life abysmal,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Dirt Clod Wars

June 17, 2017October 2, 2017 Kurt James 4955 Views 10 Comments childhood memories, childhood wonder, cousins, dirt clod wars, growing up, Western Kansas

Do you remember – back before technology? Our childhoods were different than those of the kids today. We didn’t have

Poetry Rhyming Verse

That Single Rose Sought Blood

June 17, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1950 Views 4 Comments aphonic words, blood, broken love, poem, Rose, words unsaid

Sought Blood… Aphonic lips spill, thoughts so red the words unsaid and whispers barely heard, absurdity her quill, her fashioned

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Orange Dagger Skies

June 17, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1831 Views 4 Comments dagger, lovers, moon, poem, sunset, transformation

Orange dagger skies fan the fading silken blue, as night slips through the tears, first one, then another star appears

Free Verse Poetry

Love’s Great Mystery – Spiritual Connections

June 17, 2017June 23, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1755 Views 5 Comments deepest love, great mystery, hard body, hosed off, spiritual connections, whole being

Love’s Great Mystery Moon beams shone upon her bed like shards of silver, Awakening her from a dream of him,