The Creative Exiles

Endless

June 11, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2939 Views 9 Comments birds, blue, consolation, cosmos, endless, eternity

Endless As sun sears sky, and clouds cringe in distant hollows, birds soar high, their lonely cries like pained

Where Beauty and Darkness Abide

June 11, 2016June 11, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1674 Views 0 Comments beauty, burden perfection, choices, cosmos, darkness, flesh, glory, jewels, journey, light, maudlin, oblivion, poem, read, recognition, steps, strength

I dwell not on my peevish reticence, my

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Beneath, Betrayal

June 11, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2158 Views 2 Comments beneath, betrayal, Bitter, deceit, emotions, ending

Beneath, Betrayal From dry lips words crack under pressure, eloquent thoughts

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Anxiety Whispers

June 11, 2016September 22, 2018 Melissa Hougard 3043 Views 11 Comments anxiety, criticizing, depression, self-esteem, self-ridicule, voices

Anxiety Whispers Shapeless whispers heckling anxiety’s intrusion… the unwelcome spider crawling behind.

Romantic Poetry

In the Craving

June 11, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 3485 Views 6 Comments affection, attention, beauty, bliss, change, craving, elegance, grace, love, openness, passion, peace, poem, poise, transformation, without fear, woman

In the Craving What affection do I crave,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Oblivious

June 10, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2748 Views 6 Comments attention, blind, comfort, deluded, delusion, distracted

Oblivious I see them

Free Verse Poetry

Oceans in Your Eyes

June 10, 2016November 22, 2016 R J Schwartz 6958 Views 6 Comments beauty, blue eyes, color, love, oceans

Oceans in Your Eyes My love, hold for but a juncture Your time I so humbly request

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Quiet Conversations

June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Melissa Hougard 3220 Views 14 Comments communication, conversations, love, quiet, relationships, technology

The silence grew between us… heads bowed in screens and hybrid magazines. Conversations on the edge of things

Free Verse Poetry

Mighty Subway Dragon

June 10, 2016 Rasma Raisters 2149 Views 10 Comments new york city, poems, poetry, subway, subway stops

The day so sunny and mild, as I walked down, into the belly of the beast. Stopping on the stairs,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Poems Based on the Morals of Aesop

June 10, 2016September 15, 2016 John Hansen 10678 Views 16 Comments Aesop, fables, morals, slave, wisdom

Morals of Aesop Aesop, the famous Greek philosopher and sage (620 B.C. – 560 B.C.) is most well known for

Fiction Novel Excerpt

Twin Souls Reborn and Love Reunited

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2183 Views 5 Comments abiding love, Novel excerpt, past life, twin sould

Twin Souls Reborn and Love Reunited is a story of a young couple who meet again in life after life.

Poetry Satire

Dripping Words and Faded Lights

June 9, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2009 Views 2 Comments consume, creative, dripping, lack-luster, life, light, meaningless, muttering, outpouring, prey, purpose, robots, satire, shallow, tedious, wooden, words

Words drip from open mouths without purpose,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Echoes

June 9, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2540 Views 4 Comments acceptance, clean, dreams, Echoes, failed, forgiveness, future, haunted, letting go, life, lingering, mistakes, move on, not tethered, pain, past, poem

Echoes … Echoes can be heard in dreams

Epistle

11 Statements that transformed my Life

June 9, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1735 Views 4 Comments acceptance, belief, epistle, expectations, experiences, focus, learning, life, love, realizations, remember, statements, transformed, understanding, wisdom

In life all we can do is our

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Sorrows of the Past

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2795 Views 4 Comments

Sorrows of the past keep coming back From the attic of my wounded mind. To torture and test me, just

Epistle Poetry

Old Dayton’s Memories

June 9, 2016June 12, 2016 EdF 2035 Views 5 Comments dreams, memories, memory, old man, rewards

I’d asked him about the war. He sat quietly sipping black coffee as his eye’s took on a distant look.

Epistle

Eternal Questions

June 8, 2016September 18, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1998 Views 4 Comments adult, beginnings, child, curious, eternity, God

Eternal questions … As a child I used to lay

Free Verse Poetry

Acceptance

June 8, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1830 Views 6 Comments acceptance, belief and expectation, expectations, ideals, journey, mind, opposition, paths, physical, poem, process, spiritual, steps, thoughts, tools, woes

What so freely flows through the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Sadness for a Future

June 8, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1978 Views 4 Comments abyss, anguish, death, disease, disrespect, dissidents, future, ideals, narcissists, poem, possibilities, primordial urges, righteous, sadness, tainted

The sadness wells up like a dark specter, infusing body and mind, like ripples from a blood moon tide it

Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Cast My Vote

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 Melissa Hougard 3464 Views 10 Comments America, Corruption, Divide, Greed, politics, Voting

There is no rhyme to this lack of reason… this political treason America…’land of the free’. I

Free Verse Poetry

Wine is Fine but Liquor is Quicker

June 8, 2016February 24, 2017 R J Schwartz 2084 Views 4 Comments booze, cocktails, drinks, liquor

A Tribute to Liquor….the day after Summoning energy seems so complicated The dust and grime of a thousand deserts My

Free Verse

Safety of Solitude

June 8, 2016June 12, 2016 EdF 2755 Views 6 Comments alone, safety, signs, solitude, trace, unheard

With out a word a misty rain, almost unseen drifts. without falling between green bows, in a morning alone.

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Spiritual Thought

June 8, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2421 Views 2 Comments acceptance, balance, darkness, learning, righteous, spiritual

Spiritual Thought The ways of a spiritual mind,

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