Tony DeLorger, Author at The Creative Exiles

The Trials of a Ridged Mind

March 20, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1861 Views 2 Comments choices, circumstance, epistle, flexible, mind, ridged

Ridged minds stagnate life, flexible minds adapt and endure, seeking truth and reality’s yield, with an open-minded acceptance of possibility.

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A Slow and Profound Deliverance

March 20, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1878 Views 2 Comments deliverance, learning, love, poem, responsibility, slow

In view of all the past mistakes, the slow and winding path I take, I can but admit for love’s

Poetry Rhyming Verse Satire

The Inexplicable Power of Woman

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1831 Views 8 Comments guile, man, poem, power, satire, woman

A wry smile, a fluttered eye, sends a man to bumbling uncertainty, as a woman’s guile pervades every nerve and

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Seasons, Like Changing Thoughts

March 19, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1658 Views 2 Comments changing, in awe, moods, mother, poem, seasons

The soothing rains cleanse the street, and silence bares the sighs of relief, as summer fades and the heat of

Epistle Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Change, ‘Cause the Universe Cares Less

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1894 Views 2 Comments change, circumstance, epistle, perceptions, positive, thinking

The steeper the gradient, the more arduous the climb, the more arduous the climb, the steeper the gradient seems, and

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The Blessing

March 18, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2345 Views 2 Comments beauty, blessing, ethereal gold, new day, poem, reflection

Ripples through the water, gleaning light upon the crests in rings of ethereal gold, gliding outwardly until the shore does

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The Path of Positivism

March 18, 2018March 18, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2229 Views 2 Comments epistle, honesty, love, positivism, sharing, way of life

Unlimited, the projection of positivism, the vast and beguiling force of right, driven to manifestation through purposeful thought, yet still

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This, My Way in Life

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2373 Views 4 Comments gratitude, infinite space, life, poem, way, wonder

The shimmer of light addresses the passing day, as if to say fare thee well my fading friend, gently missed

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The Flow of Eternal Truths

March 17, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2415 Views 2 Comments air, earth, elements, fire, poem, water

Its an earth day, birds have gone to ground, and bare feet connect in a glow of blue, feeding the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Pain of Moving

March 17, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2050 Views 6 Comments chaos, fragmentation, moving, pain and frustration, poem, settling

Articulate, the whispers of non-compliance, when chaos reigns and confusion’s bleak, lost in the maelstrom of change, thoughts so strewn

Epistle Inspirational Poetry

The Panacea for Blindness

March 16, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1552 Views 2 Comments blindness, epistle, judgement, observance, panacea, truth

Tolerance is allowing people to be who they are, regardless of their nature and our judgement, our short-sighted perspective of

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Accepting the Upheaval

March 6, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1766 Views 4 Comments acceptance, cathartic, change, epistle, renewal, upheaval

Future time sits in anticipation, hopes and wants the pillars of its destiny, yet the yearning can create cracks at

Poetry Satire

I’ve Lost My Golden Ticket

March 4, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1839 Views 4 Comments Heaven, poem, queue, satire, the list, waiting

I’m Where? Is that the queue, the line that infers I am chosen, special, and all those waiting, so patient,

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Overwhelmed

March 4, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2622 Views 5 Comments acceptance, change, epistle, fear, overwhelmed, resolution

Overwhelmed by change, we seek security, a sense of familiarity and comfort to shoulder the weight of evolving circumstance, yet

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Unforgettable

March 3, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2119 Views 2 Comments acceptance, gifts, highs and lows, pain and ecstasy, poem, unforgettable

Unforgettable the highs and lows, each one like an echo, a memory of extremes we cannot lose in time’s

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Romantic Poetry

Never Lost in Time

March 3, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2667 Views 2 Comments lost, love, poem, regret, sorrow, time

I remember that overwhelming rush, when love first touched this heart, and the world just faded from sight, as loves

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In Canopy Life

March 2, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2357 Views 2 Comments abundant life, canopy, harmony, Mother's cycles, poem, rain forest

Fine shards, like ethereal ropes from the heavens, spot the ground like golden confetti, and leaves in their green visage

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Living in the NOW…True Freedom

March 2, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2088 Views 2 Comments clarity, epistle, freedom, living in the present, now, understanding

Can it be the freedom of worry-less resolve, when faith supersedes our petty concerns: our human paranoia and penchant for

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What I Think and Who I Am

March 1, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1733 Views 2 Comments choices, focus, judgement, poem, think, truth's grace

Can I be what I think I can be, and am I as I am, to see what truths grace

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The Stone of Nature’s Artistry

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1766 Views 2 Comments artistry, beauty, mirrored life, poem, sandstone, weathered

Worn the stones from nature’s wrath, winds so strong in sand storm moods and rains to carve their thoughts at

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Spirit of the Mist

February 28, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1856 Views 4 Comments dancing, dawn, joy and passion, new day, poem, spirit

In the mist I see what lingers unobserved, as if hiding in plain sight, white and ethereal it assumes another

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In Davy Jones’ Locker

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 Tony DeLorger 4351 Views 2 Comments aftermath, Davy Jones, death, locker, poem, storm/shipwreck

The waves crash relentlessly upon the shore, jagged rocky outcrops, barnacles and green hair tossed in white foamy forays, thundering,

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The Hole I’m In

February 27, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1646 Views 3 Comments choice/decisions, hole, pain, poem, thoughts/action, words

The hole I’m in I dug with every word I said, with every thought I shed, every action I took