The Badlands Stampede
The Badlands Stampede The crack of gunfire fills the hills, and the cattle stir in fright. Quickly turning from
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Author: John Hansen
How Do I Make Money as a Freelance Writer?
With the current state of the World and still lingering fear and uncertainty over COVID19, the question “How do I
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Snow White and Prince Charming ~ An Adult Fairy Tale
Snow White and Prince Charming For countless years fairy tales and nursery rhymes have been popular bedtime reading for young
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Tell Me, Where Do You Go To…?
Tell Me Where Do You Go To…? Tell me, where do you go to when you’re alone in your head?
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Contradictions and Oxymorons
Contradictions and Oxymorons Life is Full of Contradictions Anyone that has lived a reasonable amount of years on this Earth,
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Stalked By Evil
Stalked By Evil Peering through the curtain, Careful to stay hidden. Dusk descends But it isn’t comforting. Darkness hides the
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Beach Sojourn
“Beach Sojourn” was my entry in a poetry contest. The prompt for the contest was a painting titled ‘Playa
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The Poem of Our Lives
The poem of our lives … Yesterday is in the past, Today is here and now, Tomorrow’s promise still
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See You Real Soon
See You Real Soon It was in the fern-green month of June When I set off to seek my
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Truth or Lies? ~ the Sonnet
Truth or Lies Truth or Lies ~ the Sonnet My love swears that she always tells the truth, I believe
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Why Am I Not Included? A Poem About Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Diversity means the presence of a difference in any given situation. There can be diversity in
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A COVID-19 Christmas
A COVID-19 Christmas A COVID-19 Christmas Thank God another Christmas is here, spread the joy and yuletide cheer. Though so
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A Modern Horror Story
A Modern Horror Story … The house was old and crumbling, The rafters cracked and bowed. The furniture would
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The Puppet Master
The Puppet Master pulled the strings, The wooden puppet danced. An evil grin spread across his face And back and
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to…
A Funny Thing Happened … A funny thing happened on the way to the Creative Exiles. I tried to sign
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The Ice-cream Man ~ a Poem of Horror
Introduction to The Ice-cream Man I originally published this poem as Mr Sammy’s Torture Chamber on HubPages back in 2013.
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Poems of Country Life
Country Life Apart from my first six years of life, and another four when I landed my first job out
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Four Short Love Poems
Four Short Love Poems is a small collection of poetry with the common theme of love. What I love about poetry
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The River Collection
The Collection “The River Collection” is a short anthology of poems I have written about rivers, which is one of
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Seekers of the Truth, Stand Bravely!
Seekers of the Truth, stand bravely! For they create a land of need. They wield the whip of poverty,
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O Warden! My Warden!
O Warden! My Warden! the raging fire is beat, The brigade has persevered, despite the raging heat, The end
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The Red Cardinal
The world just hasn’t been the same Since you departed much too soon. Nothing else can fill the void, And
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Bushfire Christmas
Bushfire Christmas … ‘Twas Christmas Eve when months of drought Had dried up all the creeks. Bush fires that started
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