2017 - Page 58 of 63 - The Creative Exiles

Tally’s Song

February 11, 2017August 2, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3200 Views 8 Comments desert, folk hero, guitar music, on the road, Phyllis Doyle, short story

Tally’s Song Tally Gunther had been on the road since he was fifteen. He left home one night when he

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Deluded Souls of Malice…their lies

February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1753 Views 2 Comments belief, circumstance, damage, lies, malice, poem

Lies…the mud-slinging The power of lies… Rumors, hearsay and lies, spread like any ripple in a pond, ever outward into

Creative Writing Memoir

My Mother’s Life…love and tragedy

February 10, 2017February 11, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2389 Views 4 Comments cancer, emotions, memoir, mother, only child, tragedy

For the sake of brevity, I have penned these memories without time scale. My mother died when she was 64

Creative Writing Short Story

The Radio

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 Will Starr 3711 Views 9 Comments crystal radio, ham radio, short story, the radio, the war, Will Starr

A few lazy snowflakes drifted by his long wire antenna, stretching from the garage peak to his bedroom window, as

Free Verse Poetry

Children of the Lightning Gods

February 10, 2017 R J Schwartz 2162 Views 2 Comments electrical components, electricity, lightning, poem, poetry

The children of the lightning gods have their secrets revealed Invisibility wearing the cloak of a physical phenomenon The great

Creative Writing Memoir

My Greatest Valentine

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2402 Views 6 Comments greatest valentine, poems, poetry

My Daddy My greatest Valentine, as with any girl I know, that was my daddy – the hero of my

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Howling Night Winds

February 9, 2017August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2334 Views 4 Comments heavenly home, howling, lost souls, night winds, phantom beasts, restless souls

Howling Night Winds These howling night winds sound like phantom beasts, Far and wide in the country side they roam.

Epistle Poetry

Quell the Anger…its just not worth it

February 9, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2640 Views 3 Comments anger, compassion, epistle, frustration, quell, understanding

Quell the rage, and be kind… The world is filled with anger, venting souls of actions far from consciousness, reacting

Epistle Poetry

Temptation…a post-mortem

February 9, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2004 Views 5 Comments consequence, epistle, losers game, pain, temptation, wrong

Temptation finds a weakened mind, that point where any movement will suffice, any step away from what’s been is implored,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Dangers, Before the Wake of Day

February 8, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1618 Views 2 Comments dangers, death, fear, hunting, night, poem

Dangers, when beast is on the hunt… Day twisted into bleak night, clouds brooding, portending dark laments, and shadows held

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Aokigahara

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Paul Neglia 4614 Views 12 Comments Aokigahara, bones, breeze, caves, hung, macabre, ropes, sea of trees, sound, suicide, suicide forest, twilight, twisted

Aokigahara In nature’s cradle slowly drowning Upon the moss they wait for breeze In front and east, a snowy mountain, And

Epistle Poetry

The Endless Journey…never still, never finished

February 8, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1857 Views 2 Comments belief, epistle, journey, knowing, life, truth

The more I learn the less I know, the more I know the less I believe, as my perceptions are

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Dawning of a New Day…the Metaphor

February 8, 2017 Tony DeLorger 10150 Views 3 Comments dreams, life, metaphor, poem, sacrosanct, transition

So courteous the darkness fades, and the glow of rising light pervades the waking landscape, colors infused in such a

Creative Writing Humor

Laughing at Love – Valentine’s Day Humor

February 8, 2017 R J Schwartz 5626 Views 6 Comments alone on valentines day, Holiday, humor, love, roses, Valentine's Day, valentines day cards

Valentine’s Day Humor Love is in the air and will be center-stage next week as Valentine’s Day approaches. Wallets will

Memoir Novel Excerpt

‘A View From The Shed’…an excerpt

February 7, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2390 Views 7 Comments excerpt, journey, life, perspective, psychological, spiritual

‘The View From The Shed’…an excerpt A Psychological and Spiritual Journey into Perspective …. Chapter Nine: Perspective/Introspection ‘In Acceptance… A

Creative Writing Short Story

Zoo Haunting

February 7, 2017November 6, 2021 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3539 Views 10 Comments flash fiction, gorilla, security guard, shape shifter, zoo haunting

Zoo Haunting … The old silverback watched closely as the man approached. It was darker than usual on this moonless

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

The Elements of Us…a woven universe

February 7, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1805 Views 4 Comments balance, connected, disrespect, earth, elements, poem

Born of fire and tempered by water, I the earth that nurtures life, stars above attest beginnings, while moon in

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Life of Seclusion

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 EdF 2102 Views 3 Comments dawn, different exile, nature, poetry, winds

Self Exile Self exile comes at such a cost and who knows just who pays the most no wonder then do these

Memoir

More Than a Bump in the Night…Rescue

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1852 Views 2 Comments Haunting, memoir, negative entity, rage, rape, rescue

It was as if our feet were cement, and climbing stairs a task of arduous strain. Physically I felt sick,

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Breaking Away to Ride the Swell

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2197 Views 2 Comments freedom, poem, proclivity, ride, swell, unknown

Facing the swell…. I ride the wave of my proclivity, my understanding the sculptor, the vision of my limits in

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Imploring Change for Peace

February 6, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2048 Views 2 Comments change, equality, imploring, peace, thought, together

Indignation is hardly enough for change, and action often times speaks of anger and a misunderstood purpose, as power in

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Life’s Seductive Dance…

February 6, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3685 Views 3 Comments experience, joy & pain, life, perspective, poem, seductive

Life dances most vigorously at my periphery, as if I alone remain still, observing the movement, the chaos, the undulations

Poetry Sonnet

Love Salutations Within My Soul

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2370 Views 2 Comments deep love, deepest slumber, dreams, love salutations, sonnet, soul

Love Salutations Love salutations are within my soul