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In Matters of Uncertainty

January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2029 Views 2 Comments actions, balance, doubt, poem, uncertainty, understanding

Ever falling through a mist of uncertainty, I, awash with qualms unjustified, sort through my fears, each one a travesty

Inspirational Poetry

Together We Are Strong

January 30, 2017January 31, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2006 Views 4 Comments assimilation, change, difference, humanity, poem, potential

Together we can find peace… The travesty of assimilation is hardly surprising, considering our greatest fears are derived from difference

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Enlightenment Comes From My Own Soul

January 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2558 Views 4 Comments earthly anchors, enlightenment comes, poetry, soul, spiritual growth, writer

Enlightenment comes from my own soul, Enlightenment comes from my own soul, Deep within where my thoughts always go. At these

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

At Last I Am Home…words in flight

January 30, 2017January 31, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1937 Views 4 Comments flight, invigorated, love, nature, poem, words

Every now and then in life, we feel trapped, woven so securely within circumstances we cannot see release. That is

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Creek Of My Summers

January 28, 2017December 12, 2017 Kurt James 3190 Views 10 Comments bear creek, Best Friends, Colorado, creek, Summers, tubing, wading, youth

Creek of my summers – was named Bear Creek and it was roughly three blocks from my childhood home in

Creative Writing Short Story

The Lost Town of Higginsville

January 28, 2017January 28, 2017 Will Starr 3312 Views 8 Comments murder, railroad, short story, squatters, town, Will Starr

The Lost Town of Higginsville No one had ever seen a whole town just disappear along with all its

Free Verse Poetry

Caught In a Time Warp

January 28, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2422 Views 8 Comments love, poems, poetry, time warp, young at heart

They were the youngest couple, at the senior citizen dance, they showed them all, what dancing was all about, with

Free Verse Poetry

Making Contact

January 27, 2017 R J Schwartz 2851 Views 5 Comments alien, Contact, spaceship, ufo, we are not alone

The three streaks of effervescent light slip quietly across the night sky Akin to shooting stars, they contrast the darkness

Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

Love’s Musing

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 Paul Neglia 3373 Views 14 Comments chemistry, flame, kiss, love, passion, romance

Love’s Musing This diamond, a small scintillating tick, A flawless passing to

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

I’m Riding the Highway

January 27, 2017January 28, 2017 John Hansen 3264 Views 12 Comments across country, dreams, life, on the road, road trip, travelling

Riding the Highway I’m riding the highway Leaving my old life and troubles behind. Knockers and neigh-sayers fall in my

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Forgive You Dad

January 26, 2017May 23, 2020 Kurt James 3445 Views 10 Comments dad, drinking, father, forgiveness, love, son

I forgive you Dad – A little history, a lot of misery. My Dad was an intelligent, hard working man

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Petty Larceny

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 Paul Neglia 3119 Views 9 Comments albatross, betrayal, blind, counterfeit, deceit, frail, petty larceny

Petty Larceny … So frequent I question when your lies began how secrets clasped through granite chests. Where penknives pierced

Free Verse Poetry

Life’s Memories Forgotten

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2354 Views 13 Comments afraid, alzheimers, fear, Forgotten, life's memories, poetry

Life’s Memories Forgotten You gazed at me in a strange way one day, It made me feel odd, out

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Grave Forgotten

January 24, 2017October 2, 2017 Kurt James 4774 Views 7 Comments cemetery, Colorado, death, ghosts, graves forgotten, John Muir, Rocky Mountains

Graves Forgotten – Born and raised in the state of Colorado, I have spent considerable time wandering in the mountains

Free Verse Poetry Rhyming Verse

Adrenalin – Fight or Flight the Modern Way

January 24, 2017 R J Schwartz 2410 Views 2 Comments adrenalin, eyes scanning, fight or flight

The quiet of equilibrium Shattered by a burst of adrenalin Blood redirected, only for what’s affected Miniature moments of evolutionary

Creative Writing Novel Excerpt Rhyming Verse

Growing Kings: A Brother’s Plea

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 Paul Neglia 2144 Views 5 Comments brother, freedom, judge, knig, names, soldier, war

You think I do not want a simpleton’s way Father chose me to

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Temple of The Heart

January 23, 2017February 18, 2017 Surabhi Kaura 3769 Views 8 Comments heart, inspirational, light, spirituality, temple

Temple of the Heart In the consciousness of Samadhi’s Divine Light, Stilled thoughts twinkle like the stars o’erhead; I wonder…

Creative Writing

Facades for the Greater Good

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 Paul Neglia 2478 Views 6 Comments existence, Facades, moments, old tavern, play

Facades for the Greater Good Author’s Note: This is an excerpt from a play I never finished. It is a conversation

Free Verse Poetry

Deceived

January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 Rasma Raisters 2332 Views 6 Comments betrayal, deceived, footprints, poems, poetry, the seashore

When love seems so right, it hurts so much more. When things go wrong, where there was once a shining

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Message In A Bottle

January 21, 2017October 2, 2017 Kurt James 3739 Views 8 Comments looking for love, lost love, message in a bottle, romance

Message in a bottle – When a person is young love comes easy because you have never had your heart

Fiction Flash Fiction

The Shoes

January 20, 2017January 21, 2017 Will Starr 2310 Views 6 Comments flash fiction, shoe sale, shoes, street sale, Will Starr

Author’s note: The following was my response to a flash fiction challenge to compose a story about a picture of

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Old Houses – Where Have All The People Gone?

January 20, 2017June 14, 2020 Kurt James 2353 Views 8 Comments abandoned, Colorado, decay and death, dust in the wind, lonely, Old Houses

Old Houses – I love abandon old houses and their stories that they tell. Growing up in Colorado and

Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Visit To My Keyhole Garden in The Front Yard

January 19, 2017January 20, 2017 Jamie Lee Hamann 1996 Views 4 Comments earth, flowers, garden, keyhole garden

My Keyhole Garden The end of concrete sits the Petunias, a lavender petal points to the left from Maple freshly