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About me - Angel Liu

I find the term "brand you" irksome. But if I must...

I'm a poet, essayist, lyricist and songwriter. My native medium is poetry. I love how it distills emotions, a time, a place, even a memory, how it administers wisdom, nods in empathy and keeps one company

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Relationships & Family > Marriage & Divorce (Other) Why marriage is not for everyone: 4 of 52
Marriage: "an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract." From Wikipedia.Interestingly enough, Wikipedia also provides a boxed listing of "Close Relationships" on the same page. Alphabetically, the word "Adultery" appears first.... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Without you: 20 of 246
Love and ashes(c)In love and ashesI reside, what exileThis place with no wallsthis wide and wandering freedomthis unbound shore.I walk a roll of road unendingToday in heat and dust, andTomorrow? Perhaps the winter cityShod in grey, perhaps the silent songsI've yet to playI live an odd shade of forget,yet speak no flower tongu... More..
Relationships & Family > Cheating & Trust Issues Is cheating ever okay?: 7 of 80
Living with the Effects of CheatingThis one's been knocking about in the old brain for probably my entire life. When it gets tired of knocking, it reverts to lurking. And when that fails, it simmers down to a low almost imperceptible hum similar to the one your fridge emits.Except there's nothing at all comforting about this ... More..
Relationships & Family > Humor & Laughter Why it's good to laugh: 3 of 29
For this, I shall resort to the trite. Laughter IS the Best Medicine. Readers Digest said it, and now a good number of studies are proving this homey little truth an absolute gem. Laughing gets you into the habit of releasing in mind, body and spirit. It is simply impossible to pursue an argument or look fierce while chortlin... More..
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss What to do when someone dies and there was no time for good-byes: 22 of 127
Goodbye, "an act of parting", a "farewell" from Dictionary.com.What the dictionary won't tell you is why we need goodbyes. Because we do, we need to be able to say, so long, be safe, go on, God bless, or sometimes, good riddance. Just as we have our beginnings, we surely have our endings. And in both of those, we need persona... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lies: 31 of 174
liar my lovei look downmy feet peekbeneath the clusterthe flutterof windy dead leavesthese are your wordsthe formerdearly departedmeaning of youwhen you used tobe everything the earth fed youstrong treewhose roots i kissedmouth warm round youi swallowedthat's what love does to youax slept, accepttake and makefrom nothingall o... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Leave me alone: 10 of 47
Leave Me AloneIn this roomon the phoneacross countriesover oceansunder sheets,I hear your feettap, tapping awaygetting farther each dayas you leave mealone, with lovehalf measured,messages late,forgotten dates,with I'm not sureand I don't know,with maybe, perhaps,or oh you'd believe mesweetheartif onlyyou could see mebut i do... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: War: 116 of 544
Soldier blue 2A sidelong glance he took, theSoldier, blue eyed, grey skinned,still handsome in bloody mud,jaw chewing like an animalplaying nice for the meantime,this son, this lover, this man.I see him in those moments,clean, precise, sleek, spicy froma shave. This jar of womens' love,brothers' bonds, fealty of families. I w... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Home: 38 of 167
Homeare you ready to go home?You ask.I felt the question rather thanheard it, I do not understand.Home was your hand reachingback for mine, home was mesuccumbing to sleep in thosehours till you crept in with yourkisses cold from the air andfinally your body sighed nextto mine, home.Home was a ground solid withtruth, home was ... More..
Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Are virtual relationships taking precedence over real life relationships?: 9 of 39
Are virtual relationships taking precedence over real life relationships? Ah, the seductive siren call of that ever-glowing screen beckoning with syrupy promises of love, acceptance, and the ever fantastic opportunity to present yourself as whatever you want to be.All of a sudden, you can say you have hair where you have none... More..