relationships Archives - The Creative Exiles

Spiderwebs of Love

July 30, 2017July 24, 2017 Shannon Henry 35 Views 3 Comments love, relationships, spiderwebs

Spiderwebs of Love In life, it seems, we build our bonds with tenuous threads How easily they break and

‘Free the Sun July’

July 30, 2017August 2, 2017 Rob Welsh 105 Views 13 Comments freedom, life, nature, poetry by Pearldiver, relationships, sunless, winter gloom

Free the sun July, refers to the month of July which is a winter month in the Southern hemisphere. This

Free Verse Poetry

‘The True Value of Empty Words’

July 27, 2017August 2, 2017 Rob Welsh 55 Views 8 Comments failed relationships, life, nature walk, NZ Poetry, Pearldiver, relationships

Empty Words are often all one can offer another when ending a relationship. If ever you are on the receiving

Free Verse Poetry

Neglect Leads to Loss

January 19, 2017January 19, 2017 R J Schwartz 151 Views 4 Comments break-up, loss, lost love, neglect, relationships

Time for me has come to an abrupt and chilling standstill My body wracked with an uncomfortable and nagging stiffness A

Memoir Poetry Rhyming Verse

Chasing Eternal Love

December 23, 2016January 16, 2017 Kurt James 116 Views 6 Comments Eternal love, fading memories, lost love, relationships, you are the one

Eternal Love – When we are young, life and time seem so endless. We fall in love, we fall

Free Verse Poetry

To Find a Way Up From Underwater

November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 Jamie Lee Hamann 50 Views 1 Comment bouancy, forbidden chalice, relationships, sunlight, Underwater

To Find a Way Up From Underwater So many hours spent in staring up from this cold place of

Fiction Novel Excerpt

The Curious Ways of Hatter’s Glen

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Tony De Lorger 45 Views 2 Comments Business, family, milliner, Novel excerpt, relationships, village

Three score years ago Rafe and Inge Ratchet had three fine daughters. The first was Else, a sturdy lass with

Short Story

Lessons for Living From an Old Warrior

August 30, 2016October 3, 2016 EdF 74 Views 6 Comments experiences, lessons, life, living, old, relationships, soldiers, Warrior

Damned cold night … I stooped down and began to tie the shoe of the old man outside of the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Our Short Walk

June 18, 2016November 15, 2016 Jamie Lee Hamann 61 Views 3 Comments an existence, love, relationships, second start, short walk

Our Short Walk When first we met across the street, a

Poetry Rhyming Verse

A City Park in Seattle

June 18, 2016September 12, 2016 Jamie Lee Hamann 54 Views 4 Comments beer, City Life, life, relationships, remembering, suburban

City Trove … Somewhere under a ragged bush a tall boy beer

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Our Memories of Small, Yet Tall, Delights

June 15, 2016November 15, 2016 Jamie Lee Hamann 68 Views 4 Comments delights, love, mountain sights, our memories, poem, relationships

Our memories of the small, yet tall delights,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Quiet Conversations

June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 Melissa Hougard 76 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

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