Author: Phyllis Doyle Burns

Epistle Inspirational Poetry 

Take a Flying Leap

November 23, 2016November 23, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2260 Views 10 Comments epistle, flying leap, have faith, inspirational, new ideas, visualize

Take a Flying Leap Sometimes you just have to do it. When you tried everything else and nothing worked, you

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Inspirational Poetry Poetry 

Mother Earth’s Calling – Can You Hear Her Now?

November 16, 2016February 3, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2520 Views 4 Comments animal life, Mother Earth, nature, plant life, vanishing, wild & free

Mother Earth’s Calling   It comes softly to my ears as I doze on my camp cot, The sounds of

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Poetry Rhyming Verse 

Passionate Fires of My Soul

November 14, 2016November 17, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2387 Views 6 Comments glorious images, passionate fires, poetry, soul, Wilde, Yeate

Passionate Fires of My Soul   I love writing and reading poetry. Poetry is one of my greatest loves in

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Creative Writing Short Story 

Apple Valley Thanksgiving

November 14, 2016March 16, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2536 Views 2 Comments Apple Valley, gathering, homestead, potluck, short story, Thanksgiving

Apple Valley Thanksgiving   Apple Valley Thanksgiving used to be such a huge event with folks visiting each other back

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Creative Writing Short Story 

Alternate Ending Challenge to ‘Like’ This Page – A Thriller

November 13, 2016August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2263 Views 4 Comments alternate ending, challenge, short story, skinned alive, thriller

Alternate Ending Challenge Please read first: Part One Part Two Part Three – John’s Ending This is my alternate ending

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Ode Poetry 

Nature’s Child – Ode to Love and Jordan

November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2262 Views 4 Comments beloved, lizard, love, nature's child, ode, solace

Nature’s  Child   Like children we laughed so playfully wild Amidst the forest and upon hills so green You teased

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Epistle Poetry 

Nature’s Beauty Unseen

November 11, 2016November 11, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2907 Views 8 Comments beauty unseen, colors, greens, nature's beauty, purples

Nature’s Beauty Unseen Nature’s beauty unseen often is right there in the open for all to see, yet is overlooked

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Romantic Poetry 

Just One Night Keep Me In Your Heart

November 9, 2016November 10, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2054 Views 8 Comments belong, heart, just one, keep me, love, night

Just One Night   For just one night keep me in your heart. Be so kind as to give me

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Poetry Rhyming Verse 

Harbinger of the Times

November 9, 2016January 16, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1841 Views 6 Comments change, competition, harbinger, poem, race, trodden path

Harbinger of the Times The time had come in Little Town for a big change. Harbinger for Little People sat

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Creative Writing Short Story 

Time Travel – Out of the Coffin

November 7, 2016August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2956 Views 10 Comments coffin, crone, evil, flash fiction, time travel, woman

Time Travel   My mind could not grasp the image before me, an image that sent shivers rushing all through

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Epistle Poetry 

Spiritual Lantern Carrier

November 6, 2016November 6, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3801 Views 4 Comments epistle, healing, lantern carrier, light, love, spiritual

Spiritual Lantern Carrier   For many years I have considered myself to be a spiritual lantern carrier. Does that mean

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Creative Writing Memoir Poetry Rhyming Verse 

Magical Faerie Ring

November 6, 2016March 16, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2536 Views 4 Comments faerie, friend, magical, mound, spiritual, stone circle

Magical Faerie Ring   There is a magical place I often visit Upon the little mountain just behind my home

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Poetry Rhyming Verse 

Kindly Mister Timberson

October 31, 2016January 17, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2115 Views 8 Comments beloved gentleman, kindly, old man, poetry, village stores, walk

Kindly Mister Timberson   Kindly Mister Timberson one day was just gone. Old Main Street would not be the same

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Fiction Historical Fiction 

Primitive Appalachian Doll Story – Historical Fiction

October 29, 2016October 29, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 3368 Views 6 Comments American Revolution, Appalachian, historical fiction, primitive doll, war

A Story as Told by a Primitive Appalachian Doll My name is Amy Lynn. I am a primitive Appalachian doll

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Fiction Flash Fiction 

Relationship Squabbles

October 27, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2323 Views 8 Comments criticism, flash fiction, relationship, sarcasm, squabbles, stressed

Relationship Squabbles Molly just stared at him, not believing what he had just said to her. “Look, Molly, you need

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Halloween Memoir 

Darkest Halloween Night Ever

October 25, 2016August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 4252 Views 9 Comments darkest Halloween, empty field, halloween, so scared, swamp, Tacoma Washington, trick-or-treat

Darkest Halloween …   The darkest Halloween night I can remember was when we lived in Tacoma, Washington. We lived

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Halloween Poetry Rhyming Verse 

Perfect Halloween Night

October 22, 2016August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2290 Views 10 Comments frizzy hair, halloween, jack-o-lanterns, poetry, pumpkins, scary

Perfect Halloween Night                         I knew it would be

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Poetry Rhyming Verse 

Charlatan Cloaked in Wings

October 21, 2016January 17, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1846 Views 4 Comments charlatan, cloaked, poetry, truths, wings

Charlatan …                           Charlatan cloaked in wings in

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Fiction Flash Fiction 

Narrow Passage

October 15, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2570 Views 2 Comments cave, escape, flash fiction, narrow passage, pack

Narrow Passage … Deep in the cave Emmet found a narrow passage he had not seen before. It was too

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Memoir Poetry Rhyming Verse 

Naked Lady Belladonna

October 15, 2016January 17, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2867 Views 4 Comments belladonna, flower, memoir, naked lady, poetry

Naked Lady Belladonna Belladonna the naked lady Does stand there in all her glory. She so prefers to be shady,

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Free Verse Poetry 

Voices Within Nature

October 14, 2016August 6, 2023 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1963 Views 6 Comments journey, nature, perfect harmony, poetry, thunder, voices

Voices Within Nature ~ On our journey through life take the time and listen to voices within nature, absorb beauty

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Creative Writing Short Story 

Nightly Haunting on Kingsley Hills – Part two of two

October 13, 2016August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2204 Views 6 Comments case re-opened, demons, disappearance, Haunting, New York, short story

Case re-opened … Jackson Kingsley motioned Detective Finney back inside from the terrace. As he began refreshing their drinks, he

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Poetry Romantic Poetry 

Soulful Poet

October 12, 2016October 12, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 4080 Views 6 Comments adult, beloved, eternity, poetry, soulful poet, woman

Soulful Poet ~ For years she lived alone in a cabin on the mountain, Sitting up late almost every night,

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