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A Toolbox for the Job

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Jamie Lee Hamann 1187 Views 3 Comments life, Toolbox, tools, writing, Writing Life

A TOOLBOX FOR THE JOB I A man who wants perfection must have tools in toolbox for the job he

How Do I Make Money as a Freelance Writer?

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 John Hansen 1495 Views 12 Comments freelance writing, freelancing, ghostwriter, working from home, writing

With the current state of the World and still lingering fear and uncertainty over COVID19, the question “How do I

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Pen and Pencil

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Paul Neglia 3076 Views 7 Comments emotions, inspiration, pen, pencil, writing

Pen and Pencil The product is not interwoven with the vines In my skin, it’s deep and refined, with each

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Who You Gonna Call? – Ghostwriter

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 John Hansen 1828 Views 6 Comments Author, book, freelance writing, ghostwriter, writing

They call me a ghostwriter, My words don’t have my name, Others get the credit, The plaudits and the

Haiku Poetry

In the Morning When I Write (Finding a Place and Time to Create)

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 2619 Views 5 Comments creativity, mornings, place, TCE, writing

In the Morning When I Create I. Mornings I Create Usually dark when my feet hit the cold

Creative Writing Essay

The Leap of Faith

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Eric Dierker 2161 Views 4 Comments dive in, faith, leap, publishing, sharing, writing

The Leap of Faith … And the Pain of Writing Easy does it is a wonderful phrase. The problem is,

Haiku Inspirational Poetry Poetry

A Fountain of Shell and Stone

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 2431 Views 4 Comments create, Fountain, shell, stone, TCE, writing

A Fountain of Shell and Stone I The Fountain A broken fountain dusty and unused for years from a

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Rebels of Rhyme

June 1, 2019August 10, 2019 John Hansen 2229 Views 11 Comments poetry, rebel, rhyme, Rhyming verse, writing

The Rebels of Rhyme A writer writes to right the wrongs, A singer sings just to sing songs. I jot

Memoir Poetry

Forgotten Pages

May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 Kurt James 2994 Views 6 Comments Forgotten Pages, kurt james, Mom, old letters, The Colorado Storyteller, writing

Recently I found some old pages I had written 40 years ago. In truth none of it is very good.

Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Morning Spent in My Room

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 Jamie Lee Hamann 1246 Views 4 Comments bed, bedrooms, dream, houseplants, Jamie Hamann, writing

A Morning Spent in My Room In My Room I lay my head upon Frida Kahlo upon her bosom I

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Flying Hero Class

March 23, 2019March 24, 2019 John Hansen 1583 Views 8 Comments couch potato, flying, Motivation, muse, procrastinating, writing

Flying Hero Class I am a couch potato Watching sport and munching snacks, Oblivious to household chores, Sometimes it seems

Free Verse Poetry Rhyming Verse

Why Do Writers Write?

December 21, 2018 John Hansen 1742 Views 12 Comments muse, novels, poetry, the word, writers, writing

“Why do writers write?” you ask. They write because they must, Their pen is drawn towards the page, Or fingers

Epistle Inspirational Poetry

Avowed to Stand Alone

October 30, 2018October 31, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1701 Views 5 Comments avowed, connection, epistle, purity, sharing, writing

Avowed to stand alone, let not others taint my stand, in purity I seek to undermine the rhetoric of lies

Free Verse Poetry

Exhausted Quill

September 8, 2018 Vincent Moore 2157 Views 6 Comments poetry, quill, souls, Verse, Vincent Moore, writing

Walking the road of life,

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

From Winter’s Tears to a Joyous Spring

August 25, 2018August 25, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1455 Views 4 Comments cat snoring, joyous spring, poem, season change, sun blessed, writing

Sun blessed this day, struggling to free from winter’s dismay, and as the season turns and sun proclaims its destiny,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Poetry is Not Dead Yet and Other Related Poems

July 21, 2018 John Hansen 1745 Views 6 Comments poems, poetry, poets, Verse, writers, writing

Poetry is Not Dead Yet Sit back and read your favourite poem, Somewhere comfy in your home. Just relax, don’t

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Rise of a Poem

July 7, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1716 Views 9 Comments creativity, mind, poem, rise, words like birds, writing

In this kingdom of my vast and eclectic mind, I sometimes stroll in aimless pensive kind, with thoughts so lost

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Mind Reader

July 7, 2018July 7, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1972 Views 6 Comments clarity, inner thoughts and truth, mind reader, poem, shared, writing

Who reads this mind, its stumbling rhetoric, its deeply seated fettering of my truths, and unlike an inquiry my words

Poetry Rhyming Verse

This Pen: a Writer’s Life

June 12, 2018 John Hansen 2238 Views 6 Comments life, pen, stories, writer, writing

This Pen This pen I hold within my hand Portrays the life I’ve lived, The trials and torments I’ve

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Poet’s Address

May 12, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1640 Views 2 Comments address, greater cause, poem, realizations, relating, writing

One more drop in an ocean, one more consideration explored, one more heart on a sleeve, one more emotion betrothed,

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

A Perfect Life Have I

May 5, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1461 Views 2 Comments autumn sun, baking beast, colder nights, perfect life, poem, writing

Autumn sways to the winds of ease and relent, as slow and sure winter’s intent is felt, but days are

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

Writing for Love

April 18, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2004 Views 2 Comments change the world, epistle, love and equaslity, peace and harmony, someone listen, writing

Just another writer, just another voice, the world filled with voices, a cacophony of crying intolerance, yet no-one hears the

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

To Appease That Hole in Me

January 14, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1646 Views 6 Comments appease, hole in me, ideas, poem, sounds, writing

The floor boards creak as someone walks the halls, a sharp but mournful sound, as Beast my cat snores behind

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