The Whispers in Venice
Venice’s Bridge of Sighs…the walk to a violent end Footsteps echo softly, those that took this path before, their steps
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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.
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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
The Bonnet – A Christmas Story
He closed the barn doors and secured them, wiring the latch into place against the jarring wind. Reaching up,
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Wondering in the Cold
How cold and cruel it seemed, Looked out upon
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Elegant Flowers All
Elegant soldiers in uniform… Precious tulips, with bleeding petals like soldiers stand, by the brown glossy river flow, in clumped
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Pregnant Possibility
I praise the silence of the moment, when thoughts cease and being resounds like a distant temple bell, for within
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The Price of Absolution … enlightenment
The Price of Enlightenment… Admission of wrong an enlightenment… Absolution comes at a price, not from apology but the realization
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Having Faith in Providence
Providence…coming together Elected officials are not gods, not perfect, nor can they change alone, the direction of a world under
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Blessed Forgiveness
As soon as I saw it, it all came back and I was awash in shame. I grew up
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The Sun Woke with a Bite
The sun woke with a bite, an ominous, dull rage, seeping quietly into flesh, announcing a harsh and errant day,
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Originality a Must…the writer’s quest
Platitudes are annoying, as if there’s no other way to exude the truth, and the more popular, the less they
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Mother Earth’s Calling – Can You Hear Her Now?
Mother Earth’s Calling It comes softly to my ears as I doze on my camp cot, The sounds of
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Facing Grief, My Constant State
What brings us to grief, closer to that abyss, that never-ending fall, a swirling dark vortex void of light, as
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In the Light of So Much More
Rain Forest Light… The brook gurgled sweet sibilant sounds, like an endless trill chime in a gentle breeze, and bird
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My Hopes, In Absentia
In absentia I wish for thoughts, not for myself but what in words I espoused, to render dreams in black
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Confessions from a Photo Session
A camera flash, and then another Bodies move to strike a pose Hold your smile throughout the day Turn
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Death on a Cold Winter Day
Death on a cold winter day Swirling winds carry the news A body lain on hardened ground Plummeting temperatures Nightfall
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Just Skin…our wrapping our shroud
What appears to be, is seldom so, in a world of charades, where skin is everything, regardless of core, and
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The Question Mark of No Reply
The last shards of light splayed out like a fan on the horizon, titillating the clouds with golden edges, and
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Leaves of Autumn
Autumn Leaves As if they are the dispersed specks of a laughter when the tree branches get tickled by
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Passionate Fires of My Soul
Passionate Fires of My Soul I love writing and reading poetry. Poetry is one of my greatest loves in
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Apple Valley Thanksgiving
Apple Valley Thanksgiving Apple Valley Thanksgiving used to be such a huge event with folks visiting each other back
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Alternate Ending Challenge to ‘Like’ This Page – A 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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Hollow in Fantasy, the Struggle of Self
Struggle of Self… Struggle, a soul lost to delusions… Hollow, this feeling, when betrayal marks a love, that once cherished
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