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Inspirational Poetry Poetry

To Explore the Rigid Thoughts of a Journey

April 23, 2017April 24, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1873 Views 4 Comments choices, fate, life, opportunity, poem, rigid

Unwittingly I walk to the next stop, the journey’s show but tweaked, yet missing the train, hard to explain, has

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

We Can But Try

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2941 Views 6 Comments can, heart, lessons, mind, opportunity, try

What more can a soul do but try, aspire to be better in this harsh reproach of a life, tested

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

In Revelation, My Quest, My Yearning

April 22, 2017April 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2221 Views 4 Comments belief, change, poem, quest, revelation, yearning

Yearning… Silent the call of revelation, its approach in stealth, as steps like the movement of air from a butterfly

Creative Writing Short Story

Max, A Roland Short Story

April 22, 2017April 28, 2017 Ronnie Sowell 3194 Views 3 Comments Cowboy, fiction, short story, western

Roland sat in the bar sipping an expensive whiskey, smoking the best cigar he’d ever smoked and

Free Verse Poetry

Painting the Seasons

April 22, 2017December 3, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2549 Views 6 Comments painting seasons, poetry, poets, rains, seasons, sun

Painting the Seasons… In his golden years, inspiration took up his time, the muses singing in rhyme – it was

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Fear not the hunger

April 22, 2017April 23, 2017 EdF 2436 Views 8 Comments dream, drive, hunger, passion, poetry, Verse

Fear Not … It may preclude every other need that propels you onward in life It may offer naught but

Humor Poetry Rhyming Verse Song Lyrics

I’ve Got Those Darn Tired, Confounded, So Sick of Movin’ Blues

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 John Hansen 3906 Views 15 Comments blues, bus, moving, small town, tired

I’ve Got Those Darn Tired, Confounded, So Sick of Movin’ Blues Oh how I loved the life I was

Creative Writing Short Story

Howlers

April 22, 2017August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3191 Views 6 Comments creatures, frightened, howlers, howling, Sheriff, short story

Howlers Sheriff Jebediah Clancy received yet another call about the howlers. Only six families lived just outside of town up

Creative Writing Short Story

Marshallville 2

April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 John West 3306 Views 4 Comments buffalo, buffalo soldiers, calvary, John West, Marshallville

Skinner and Wild Shot in Marshallville 2 “Hey Curly, did you hear the news? Curly,” Ben shouted, “did you hear

Free Verse Poetry

Food -The Connection with Time and History

April 21, 2017June 3, 2017 Linda 2047 Views 5 Comments earthernware bowl, flour, food, mixing, mother's hands, pasta

Food, the connection with time and history. I kneel on the chair to gain a better view of my mother’s

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Silent Judgement-To All the Words Unsaid

April 21, 2017April 28, 2017 Melissa Hougard 2522 Views 10 Comments hurt, innuendos, judgement, silence, words unsaid

Silent Judgement… To all the words, unsaid held tight beneath your tongue I hear them ‘Tis in your eyes smiling

Epistle Poetry

Greatest Loves in History – Poetry

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2105 Views 2 Comments epistle, eternal, greatest loves, lovers, Phyllis Doyle, soul

Greatest Loves in History The greatest loves in history Lasted for life of the lovers, Because they had faith and

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Love’s Struggle to Freedom Find Eternity

April 21, 2017April 22, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2129 Views 5 Comments eternity, fall, fear, loss, love, poem

It is you who haunt my darkest recesses, a resounding that in familiarity wakes my soul, that sweet countenance, as

Poetry Rhyming Verse

No Help in the Garden

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017 John West 2631 Views 3 Comments garden, helping, mowing, poetry, raking, trimming

Doing all this man stuff takes up all my hours. My wife complained I was not helping in the

Creative Writing Short Story

Ollie’s Folly

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017 Will Starr 3037 Views 5 Comments guilt, Ollie's Folly, remorse, short story, theft, Will Starr

Ollie Randall had something to prove. His ma was the schoolmarm, and his stepfather was a jack of all trades

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

That Breath Before a Button Pushed

April 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1849 Views 4 Comments button, common sense, hopes, pause, poem, war

One Button Pushed… Albeit the lull before the storm, the pause between intent and action is an baleful void in

Free Verse Poetry

Reflection

April 20, 2017January 1, 2019 Abhimanyu Gaur 2480 Views 8 Comments free verse, mirror, poetry, reflection

Dark Twin … The mirror is a liar because it only reveals the face. What about the marks on her

Free Verse Poetry

My Happy Place Amid the Storm

April 20, 2017August 7, 2019 Tony DeLorger 1717 Views 2 Comments dull weather, happy, place, poem, sunless, writing

My Happy Place … Happy Place … A blanket, a dim grey brooding cover, drawn across my hopes of blue,

Free Verse Poetry

Da Vinci’s Pencil

April 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 2599 Views 4 Comments DaVinci, Leonardo da Vinci, masterpiece, Mona Lisa

Universal genius Gifted thinker Cartographer… With an unquenchable thirst For knowledge… And it’s application Scientifically merging Art and natural philosophy

Free Verse Poetry

Dream World – My In Between Realm

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2395 Views 4 Comments dream world, dreams, great novels, great poets, influence, realm

Dream World Dream world is a place I go to When the conscious mind is at rest, It is an

Haiku Poetry

Sunshine Meadow – Haiku

April 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 5346 Views 5 Comments happiness, meadow, sunshine

The simplistic feeling of total immersion into the bounty of nature can have a profound impact on our lives. The

Free Verse Poetry

The Art of the Generals – éktaktos strategos

April 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 1963 Views 1 Comment Generals, military, strategy, tactics

This piece is not a celebration nor declaration of support for war, combat, or military action. It is a tribute

Poetry Rhyming Verse

To Push On Through the Weeds

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Jamie Lee Hamann 2508 Views 2 Comments Ecosystems, Insects, lawn, new growth, push, weeds

Push on through the weeds … “Be careful son don’t let ladybug slip.” On Through the Weeds To push on