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Introducing....me...well, I'm a big guy. I say that because most people tell me I am. Most people also look at me with that suuuure look when I say that I'm a writer. But, that being said, a writer is what I am. I write poetry, short stories, am working on

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Without a word: 1 of 29
Poetry Written Without a Word When in darkness, where Love is given, Muted sighs and spoken word one, Language lain aside in hushed embraces, Poetry speaks in raw refrain, Poetry writ in sacred movement, Soft sharp breaths a volume spoken, Glances are phrases, Filling pages of satin books, Pages turned by in lingering fondne... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) The unique joys and challenges of stay-at-home dads: 4 of 15
Three trips to the changing table in the space of an hour convinced me. This was a vastly different experience than the one that I thought I had signed up for. There is something about the makeup of a man that makes him genetically incapable of correctly fastening the tabs on a diaper while simultaneously restraining the vagu... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Pregnancy Tips for men by men: How to really help your wife through pregnancy: 4 of 14
"No, really.See?" I vaguely remember four separate tests,all absolutely positive and then a spinning room all centered on my smiling wife. Pregnant. Now mind you, we'd done this twice already,and I considered myself a veteran, but eight years between the blessed events and the fact that my wife chose April Fool's to tell me..... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Dark stories: 258 of 662
"....still."It wasn't as much a question as a statement confirming what apparently she felt she already knew. He took another long drag, tasting the tar. Leaning back he studied the face.Dahlia wasn't pretty. She had money, and it had bought her the right clothes, and the right smell, but the face didn't fit the picture, like... More..
Business > International Business & Trade Has globalization hurt America's workers?: 14 of 30
Talking to out of work foundry hands or paper makers, you might think that the answer to this question is cut and dried. In fact, it's a matter of degrees.We benefit in America from the buying power that comes from being consistently the world's largest and most robust economy. We buy in bulk, from cheap labor pools, with the... More..
Jobs & Careers > Professionalism Why some people are always late for work: 42 of 67
Twelve minutes of driving a ten minute road had already convinced me that this was not going to be my morning. Between violently dabbing the coffee off the only shirt that hadn't been stained pink by a midnight interlude with a red washcloth, and lovingly removing the iron gripped toddler from my leg, the first step was a doo... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The color of God: 14 of 22
I know nothing:I know nothing but what I've seen,Wisps and whispers alike in tandem,Bitten morsels but no result,Your color laid down in layers of lightning,Echoes cast inside my soul,Rainbow locked inside the bolt.Michelangelo saw the ivory flash,His paint falling up to what he guessed,A masterpiece of sketching grace,My bru... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Who do you think is the most important person ever to live: 45 of 66
Inspired speeches, fiery demonstrations,impassioned politics, the ability to move people - these are the things that most people look to when they judge the importance of a person. Times of crisis, or national grief define many of the great figures that we have attached great regard to, and those that are pivotal at the times... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Book reviews: The Gunslinger, by Stephen King: 7 of 10
Preparatory to Reading the Dark Tower series, there are some details that the reader will want to bear in mind. This series is a true Magnum Opus in many ways, but it is more than that as well, presenting almost a unified theory of everything in relation to Stephen King's imagination, and the realm from which his ideas spawn ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Immigrants: 29 of 40
It's a strange place that we find our selves arriving at in modern day America. This country was founded on the concept that freedom for all people, no matter their background was a fundamental right. In different stages, English, Scottish, Irish, African, Italian, Eastern European and a host of others made the journey here t... More..