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The Crumbling Space Around Me

October 10, 2025 R J Schwartz 0

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

September 11, 2024 Ann Carr 3

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

November 8, 2024 Jamie Lee Hamann 0

ON ONE TERRIBLE NIGHT By Jamie Lee Hamann CHAPTER ONE: THE FAMILY WELL 1.) a.) “Alfonso will be out

Free Verse Poetry

Poets That I Know

May 4, 2016September 29, 2016 EdF 2336 Views 5 Comments knowing, poem, poets, together, writers

Poets That I Know Are we not but one , us writers . Do we ever go anywhere or do

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The Drunk

May 4, 2016September 30, 2016 Tony DeLorger 4191 Views 10 Comments booze, drinks, drunk, gutter, streets, tragedy

Drunk A gravel voice growled an indiscriminate swipe, booze soaked mind in hard lament, gestures barely noticed amid the

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Bully Alert

May 2, 2016May 6, 2016 R J Schwartz 1826 Views 4 Comments bully

Bully Alert Bully on the prowl Quickly the warning spreads around Pressure cooker of unpredictable rage Simmering to boiling with

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Off The Grid

May 2, 2016January 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 3357 Views 1 Comment doomsday, economic collapse, Grid, prepper, survival

The grid… Connectivity by utilities Layered in securities Funded by annuities and equities Wondering hold long it will survive Suddenly

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She Is We

May 2, 2016May 14, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1949 Views 2 Comments she

Infused by nature’s patient ease, I try to

Short Story

My Venting Heart

May 2, 2016May 14, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2710 Views 6 Comments heart

Last night I went to a late night supermarket and spent my last $1.40 a one bread roll. Loaves were

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Aged Refusal

May 1, 2016September 21, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2528 Views 4 Comments

Aged Refusal … Lines and blemishes mark time like an unkind brush, a harsh, vindictive stroke from an artist’s

Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Battled Sunday

May 1, 2016August 18, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2232 Views 4 Comments chill, Sunday, tainted, victory, winter

nature’s whim … The day wavers between a persistent

Poetry Romantic Poetry

Bittersweet Memories

April 30, 2016July 6, 2016 Rasma Raisters 4227 Views 14 Comments laughter, love, roses, seasons, wine

Bittersweet memories … The path was still there, with memories of thousands of

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Rationale

April 28, 2016August 17, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2049 Views 2 Comments acceptance, blemishes, delusions, lesson, perfection, rationale

Rationale … And all in superb continuity, all in this contiguous

Free Verse Poetry

The Diva

April 28, 2016May 15, 2016 Tony DeLorger 3010 Views 6 Comments diva, dreams, fleeting, lines, star, vow

Effervescent phrases fill the air, while jovial remarks languish at the edge of pretense, and the din, the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Are We Worthy?

April 27, 2016May 15, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2755 Views 8 Comments contention, fate, purpose, service, tears, worthy

The quintessence of love’s sweet refrain, enamors all

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Good Morning World (a poem about saving the planet)

April 27, 2016September 12, 2016 John Hansen 3926 Views 16 Comments climate change, environment, homelessness, hope, poverty, saving the planet

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