Bold My Colors…the who I am
Bold the colors of my essence, yet bland the colors of my being, so often hidden with the fears of
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The Crumbling Space Around Me
These crumbling walls whisper an endless loop of static each night Recorded voices, some once human, others generated by the
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All for the Love of a Lady
Introduction ‘All for the Love of a Lady’ reflects a more traditional time when life had a slower pace.
Recent Posts – Books
On One Terrible Night: The Family Well
ON ONE TERRIBLE NIGHT By Jamie Lee Hamann CHAPTER ONE: THE FAMILY WELL 1.) a.) “Alfonso will be out
Inspiring Poetry
Winners of 2016 Fiction and Poetry on The Creative Exiles
We are pleased to announce TCE winners for 2016.
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The Four Courses of Love
An aperitif this touch, this afferent singeing of my soul, burning desire rising like molten sighs, and the entree an
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The Forest of My Soul…life in reflection
Life in reflection… Reflection…. A glimmer of sky resounds like a silent cacophony, vibrant blues shimmering in reflection, and the
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Love Forlorn…the echoes
Forlorn…… In the close of day I see your face, indistinct yet so familiar in the light of dusk, like
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Change of Season Blues
Often the change of seasons leaves me a bit blue. This is my bluesy attempt to express it in song.
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What Fills the Box of Day
Day folds into a small dark box, filed onto shelves of past’s dim recounting, and what light beheld a heart,
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Life, the Experience…to be Lived
Experience Life Unencumbered… Indelibly imprinted on the human mind, the ardent pursuit of protection and survival, suspicion still the doubt
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Harold Be Thy Name…a novel excerpt
A flashback of Australian childhood, a personal account during Christmas holidays in the early sixties, and an excerpt from
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The Dystopian in Utopia – Imagining the Unimaginable Future
I’d like to preempt this piece with a quick narrative to explain it – first, this piece is complex and
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Flower Language for Valentine’s Day
Flower Language for Valentine’s Day Flower
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In Matters of Uncertainty
Ever falling through a mist of uncertainty, I, awash with qualms unjustified, sort through my fears, each one a travesty
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Together We Are Strong
Together we can find peace… The travesty of assimilation is hardly surprising, considering our greatest fears are derived from difference
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Enlightenment Comes From My Own Soul
Enlightenment comes from my own soul, Enlightenment comes from my own soul, Deep within where my thoughts always go. At these
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At Last I Am Home…words in flight
Every now and then in life, we feel trapped, woven so securely within circumstances we cannot see release. That is
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Creek Of My Summers
Creek of my summers – was named Bear Creek and it was roughly three blocks from my childhood home in
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The Lost Town of Higginsville
The Lost Town of Higginsville No one had ever seen a whole town just disappear along with all its
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Caught In a Time Warp
They were the youngest couple, at the senior citizen dance, they showed them all, what dancing was all about, with
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Making Contact
The three streaks of effervescent light slip quietly across the night sky Akin to shooting stars, they contrast the darkness
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Love’s Musing
Love’s Musing This diamond, a small scintillating tick, A flawless passing to
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I’m Riding the Highway
Riding the Highway I’m riding the highway Leaving my old life and troubles behind. Knockers and neigh-sayers fall in my
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I Forgive You Dad
I forgive you Dad – A little history, a lot of misery. My Dad was an intelligent, hard working man
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Petty Larceny
Petty Larceny … So frequent I question when your lies began how secrets clasped through granite chests. Where penknives pierced
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