My Secret Garden
My Secret Garden is a healing place. My secret garden is ever so near, yet only I know how to
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Author: Phyllis Doyle Burns
Dark Side of the Poet
The dark side of the poet, his bane of existence, a blackness in his life that was inconceivable, it grew
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Darkness Comes, Mother Help me
Darkness Comes, Mother Help me In a world dark and strange I was alone and scared, trembling, no soft voice
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Beyond Life’s Rainbow
Beyond Life’s Rainbow… Wait beyond life’s rainbow for me, where daffodils soak up the sun, apple blossoms are thoughts of
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Wonderful Christmas Things I Love – Acrostic
Wonderful Christmas Things… White Christmas morning Ornaments decorating my tree Nativity scene Decorations in the yard Epiphany Customs Rudolph
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Dark Halls of Times Past
I walked those dark halls of times past searching from whence a voice called to me, a lonely voice calling
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An Old Wooden Fence and a Rushing Creek
An old wooden fence still stands in a meadow of wildflowers, high on an alpine hill where once a little
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Bigfoot, Popelick Monster, and Dead Lover: From Spinner’s Tales
Bigfoot, Popelick Monster, and Dead Lover … It seems that Bigfoot is not particular about the locales he inhabits.
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The Sea Captain and His Sweet Bell
The Sea Captain and His Sweet Bell … The dying sea captain, determined was he, wanted to sail his old
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Spring Garden Flowers
My spring garden flowers … Oh! how I love my spring garden flowers, they brighten my world and make me
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Character Development Challenge with The Canterbury Tales
Character Development Challenge with The Canterbury Tales … It is a good idea for a writer to once in a
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Simple Things Appreciated: Acrostic Poem
Simple Things Appreciated … Simple things appreciated are much of the joy of life. In the early morning when
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Perfect Halloween Weather and Best Jack-O-Lanterns Ever
Perfect Halloween Weather… It was the perfect Halloween weather with dry, crispy leaves blowing around in whirls. The day promised
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Murder Halloween Night Near the Swamp
Murder Halloween Night … It had been a quiet day in the small town of Meekerville. Some folks were
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World Peace Day September 21, 2019 – Peace Shall Reign
World Peace Day … Today is International Day of Peace or, as it is often referred to, World Peace Day.
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Halloween Trick-or-Treaters Disappear – Short Story
Halloween Trick-or-Treaters Disappear … The excitement was busting out all over the neighborhood and kids started gathering at Norma Jean’s
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Mysterious Phenomena From Spinner’s Tales
Mysterious Phenomena … Alien, Spectral, Ghost? About six years ago, when I lived at the foothill of Little Mountain, I
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The Ballad of Lilly Mae and Jack Clay
The Ballad of Lilly Mae and Jack Clay … This is the ballad of lovers who were so torn apart,
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Happy Father’s Day 2019 to All TCE Fathers
Happy Father’s Day 2019 to All TCE Fathers … I am running a bit late for these wishes, forgive me,
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Spinner’s Tales, May be Fiction or Not
Spinner’s Tales, May be True or Maybe Not Fat Rattler There are a lot of hawks and eagles flying
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Tempt Me Not Kind Sir Lest I Fall
Tempt Me Not Kind Sir Lest I Fall … Oh! Kind Sir, you flatter this naive maiden, with thy words
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Somewhere Lost in Time
Somewhere Lost in Time … The young soldier held out to her his hand, looking up with love at his
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Daffodil Remembrance of Brother
Daffodil Remembrance of Brother … It was a rainy and dismal evening when we drove into the parking lot of
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