Tony DeLorger, Author at The Creative Exiles

Another Fine Spring Morn

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2356 Views 8 Comments action, cat and dog sleeping, fine spring, morning, poem, warmth

Incandescent the filtered light of morn, refracted through sky and glass, as delicate the sway of curtains sheer, softening the

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

Cosmic Wheels

September 10, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2109 Views 2 Comments cosmic wheels, eternity, human, meaning, questions, unknowable

Cosmic wheels turn with a silent determination, the machine of life’s rise and fall ad infinitum, and vast the plays

Rhyming Verse Satire

Harold Is Persistent, If Nothing Else

September 10, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1943 Views 5 Comments annoyance, argue, Harold/God, lessons, poem, soliloquies, warnings

Placed in sight, strategically, my attention stubbornly averted out of principle, this niggling conscious mind alerted to my damning misdemeanor,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Construed Belief

September 9, 2018September 9, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2176 Views 4 Comments archaic belief, construed belief, darkness, dogma, lies, poem

Not he, the purveyor of a hatred dark, but his minions who, after indoctrination, measured the scope of foul deeds

Epistle Inspirational Poetry

A Chosen Artistry in Life

September 9, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1754 Views 2 Comments acceptance, artistry in life, awareness, epistle, humility, self-knowledge

The artistry in dealing with life comes from acceptance, understanding that our will is so easily compromised by life’s flow

Rhyming Verse Romantic Poetry

When Love, the Center of Life, Fades

September 8, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1864 Views 4 Comments center of life, goodbye, love fades, memories, poem, sorrow

She averts her eyes to sympathize, perhaps not to see the pain, and he, in glaring self-recrimination, suffers the damnation of

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Oncoming Spring

September 7, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2077 Views 2 Comments beauty, change, hope, new life, oncoming spring, poem

Fragrant, the oncoming spring, burgeoning life a nuance of each day brings, change and warmth so missed, in every shoot

Epistle Inspirational Poetry

Those Walls We Face

September 7, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1870 Views 2 Comments acceptance and facing up, attitude, challenges to be overcome, epistle, fear, walls

Formidable, the strife striking pose, like walls of stone, set thick and cold, and we may cower it their shadows,

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Let Day Fade to Night

September 7, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1923 Views 6 Comments fade into night, firelight, letting go, poem, red wine, winds

Now, at this very moment, when winds howl as windows shudder, the moon glows in full regalement and utters not

Epistle Inspirational Poetry

How Simple a Worried Thought

September 6, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1702 Views 2 Comments awareness, consequence, epistle, imbalance, thoughts to reality, worried thought

It’s the little things that yield movement, affect change and turn worlds upside down, passing thoughts of blame and discontent,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Each One a Memory, a Part of Me

September 6, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1552 Views 2 Comments brothels, memory, mines, past lives, poem, warring

Remnants of my lesser lives, memories of souls slain in warring dues, and lilting the breeze that reminds me of

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As the Lies Engender Truth, the Illusion

September 5, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1829 Views 0 Comments church, lies, media, poem, politicians, truth

Without restraint, I acknowledge the impurity of thought and action, the obscurity of deviations that so mark today’s society, lost

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

The State of Calm Repose

September 4, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1880 Views 2 Comments calm repose, discontent, negative noise, peace, poem, tolerqance

What dismay alarms a soul in calm repose, like rain against a rising wave, no difference felt, no disruption

Inspirational Poetry Romantic Poetry

The Blood of My Blood

September 4, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2695 Views 2 Comments ancestors, blood, Echoes, family, guidance, poem

Treasured the memories of souls now departed, for their lingering lives forever imparted love, and their tender sharing of life

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When the Penny Drops

September 3, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2042 Views 5 Comments ego, epistle, flagellant, imperfect, learning, penny drops

I wait impatiently for the penny to drop, the blind tremors of my wondering, accosted by what I’m seeing not,

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So Over the Dramas

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1576 Views 2 Comments despair, downward spirals, dramas, hysterics, poem, suffering victims

Too much the weight of others, when tribulations and dramas set effect all the bystanders, and I reject the invitation,

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The Soul of Dream’s Malaise

September 2, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1983 Views 2 Comments cosmic stream, love, malaise, muse, poem, writing poetry

With whom do I write, my muse, my deep inner plight resounding, or am I connected to a cosmic stream,

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The Pretenders in Play

September 2, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1772 Views 2 Comments acceptance, ego, facade, honesty, poem, pretenders

Inept perhaps the swagger of self-confidence, a beat up visage of insecurity rendered, reaching out to find acceptance, in a

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A Sober Reflection

September 1, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2516 Views 4 Comments expression, poem, sober reflection, struggle, words, writer/poet

Too many years have passed without the soul taking stock, as eloquent words so gently mock the fray, the languid

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The Fae and Nature’s Will

August 31, 2018 Tony DeLorger 2335 Views 2 Comments fae, joyous, nature's will, nurture, poem, unique

The Fae abide nature’s will, their purpose to help nurture and instill a loving care in every aspect of life

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Those Sins Innate

August 31, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1484 Views 4 Comments experiences, human, learning soul, poem, sins innate, understanding

The sin I carry is innate, those deviations that are created by free will, selfish ploys of shallow gain, actions

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Opportunities Too Good to be True

August 30, 2018September 1, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1315 Views 4 Comments con-artists, disaster, poem, too good, unscrupulous, worth

Palatable though an opportunity seems, often schemes are riddled with iniquitous deeds, and those purporting gain, are simply there for

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I Just Don’t Understand a Vengeful Mind

August 30, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1482 Views 4 Comments blame, holding on, malicious intent, poem, unhappiness, vengeful minds

I find myself wondering in pensive gaze, about tribulations that gave me such pain, and is it the nature of