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Creative Writing Essay

Religion, Not Politics

March 2, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3041 Views 4 Comments acceptance, assimilation, Australian culture, essay, Islam, lifestyle

I have nothing against people practicing their own religion, that is their right, and in Australia as long as it

Free Verse Poetry

The Vitriol of Intrusive Minds

February 26, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1959 Views 4 Comments acceptance, hurt, intrusive, poem, truth, will

I will reject intrusive minds… The closer one becomes to reality, the further away one senses one’s own state of

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry

Better Days from Sunsets Passed

February 25, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1780 Views 6 Comments acceptance, better, dream, future, imagination, poem

Stretched between what a mind can imagine and what a mind can’t accept in reality, I fathom my path with

Novel Excerpt

A View From the Shed’….excerpt Ch 25 Desire/Happiness

February 19, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1718 Views 2 Comments acceptance, desire, excerpt, happiness, knowledge, the now

I stare outside through my office window, unwilling to go to the shed, my once favorite place of thought and

Poetry Rhyming Verse

In a Troubled Mind

January 11, 2017January 16, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2370 Views 2 Comments acceptance, lost, mind, poem, pride, troubled

In a Troubled Mind…where even dreams are lost I walked along the road, unerringly, the dust of my misgivings clouding

Epistle Poetry

Limits, Change and Acceptance- for a broader perspective

December 19, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2062 Views 2 Comments acceptance, change, epistle, limits, perspective, truth

Acceptance less painful… Accepting Change… We wallow in our own proclivity, unable to see past the walls we create, the

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Accepting Happiness and Not Seeking It Out

December 15, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1638 Views 2 Comments acceptance, decision, happiness, life, not pursuit, poem

Happiness is the greatest illusion of all, as we forge paths to that end, yet find in every pursuit, nothing

Inspirational Poetry Poetry

Self-Affirmation

December 9, 2016December 9, 2016 Tony DeLorger 4892 Views 4 Comments acceptance, affirmation, path, poem, self-belief, temptation

A poem of self-affirmation… Affirmation, self-belief… Fall I might, to the temptations, yet never my soul, my core, as darkness

Free Verse Poetry

What Makes Us Whole

November 26, 2016November 26, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2319 Views 4 Comments acceptance, burden, doubt, enlightenment, poem, whole

Feeling whole in life… Acceptance makes us whole… The road is long, the nights cold, and the weight of doubt

Epistle Poetry

The Price of Deceit

November 26, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2346 Views 4 Comments acceptance, deceit, delusions, ego, epistle, lies

The price of deceit is high, and the cost of upholding it delusion, as life moves within the flow of

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Just Skin…our wrapping our shroud

November 14, 2016January 16, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1976 Views 4 Comments acceptance, appearance, beneath, poem, skin, truth

What appears to be, is seldom so, in a world of charades, where skin is everything, regardless of core, and

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Want to Be .. Me!

November 4, 2016February 4, 2017 John Hansen 1972 Views 10 Comments acceptance, boys and girls, equality, gender, gender stereotypes, sexuality

I Want to Be .. Me I Want to Be .. Me I want to be a princess With tiara

Poetry Rhyming Verse

On Thorn and Thistle

October 5, 2016January 18, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3610 Views 4 Comments acceptance, bleed, gift, life, poem, woe

On thorn, on thistle and dogwood too, flowers delicate in light’s afferent giving, yet woody, spikes and sharps dissuade, those

Epistle Poetry

Thoughts of Love…beyond the flesh

October 3, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2147 Views 2 Comments acceptance, beyond flesh, love, mellowing, poem, selflessness

Love is an ideal firstly, the giving of a heart in surrender, a statement of value beyond ourselves, and an

Epistle

Should Eyes Decide It So

September 10, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1532 Views 2 Comments acceptance, beauty, burden, epistle, life, perception

A sigh relents the burden born of ignorant stance and ego held in desperation, a last stand of prideful hope

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Reasonable Expectations

September 3, 2016January 20, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1430 Views 3 Comments acceptance, expectations, life, poem, reasonable, world

What expectations I hold, for those of this world, and what disappointment I end up accepting, and who’s to say

Epistle Poetry

Open-minded…our path in life

July 28, 2016August 3, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2439 Views 2 Comments acceptance, lifepath, ongoing, open-minded, poem, Road

Open-minded…our path in life The path of life is never-ending… Can this be all, what end do I see, one

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Echoes

June 9, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2538 Views 4 Comments acceptance, clean, dreams, Echoes, failed, forgiveness, future, haunted, letting go, life, lingering, mistakes, move on, not tethered, pain, past, poem

Echoes … Echoes can be heard in dreams

Epistle

11 Statements that transformed my Life

June 9, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1733 Views 4 Comments acceptance, belief, epistle, expectations, experiences, focus, learning, life, love, realizations, remember, statements, transformed, understanding, wisdom

In life all we can do is our

Free Verse Poetry

Acceptance

June 8, 2016 Tony DeLorger 1829 Views 6 Comments acceptance, belief and expectation, expectations, ideals, journey, mind, opposition, paths, physical, poem, process, spiritual, steps, thoughts, tools, woes

What so freely flows through the

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Spiritual Thought

June 8, 2016January 23, 2017 Tony DeLorger 2420 Views 2 Comments acceptance, balance, darkness, learning, righteous, spiritual

Spiritual Thought The ways of a spiritual mind,

Free Verse Poetry

Should We Learn…

June 6, 2016November 16, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2525 Views 2 Comments acceptance, choices, circumstance, learning, life, pain

Should We Learn In the wake of pain, ingrained

Free Verse Poetry

I Choose

May 20, 2016October 31, 2016 Tony DeLorger 2770 Views 4 Comments acceptance, blame, burden, choices, imbalance, lessons, responsibility, truth