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I am a poet and a writer. I can be found within my words.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Saying goodbye: 1 of 455
The FuneralCeramic white angels sit beside the dark wooden sleeperWhich holds her in soft shades of ivory and Pink, her favorite color.Varieties of flower smells tickled with chemicals, and perfumes, hangHeavy and weighted like the draperies on the walls around her.Flat voices echo through the airy room, murmuring"She looks w... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?: 3 of 312
Smoking should be allowed in certain public areas. For example, smoking should be allowed in open aired places such as sidewalks, parks, neighborhoods, and beaches. Places where someone who is not a smoker has area that is not affected by the smoker smoking.Smoking inside buildings such as schools, groceries, department store... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Boredom: 2 of 200
My life is rich andTastes like monotony peanut butterSticking to the roof of my mouthKeeping my tongue busy and words adhesiveDiverting my attentionsRobbing me of focusFocusEveryday blends to everydayAnd Everyday's details blend in blahSwishing to a gunky swallowI choke on time andSpit out the unground nutsBoring myself with ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Healing The key ingredients for grasping a second chance in life: 3 of 282
"The key ingredients for a second chance in life"Everyone gets knocked down. Everyone fails. It is not if a person fails, it is how well they get back up and if they try again that is most important.In life, we have countless failure. No one learns to ride a bicycle or a horse without falling off, scratching a knee, or gettin... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: War: 6 of 544
IF HE DOES'NT COME HOMEIf he doesn't come home this time,Please, God, allow my feminine shoulders to bearWorldly weights left by his long absence.Should I lose my soul mate on this tour*If he doesn't come to me, to our worldGrant me grace in knowing that my loveHe knows, that it embraces him even in the dustThick red-muck ear... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Suicide: 7 of 486
Loss of the Lost~For Eric Geiger~He was a tall boyLanky tall, with big feet,Perfect teeth and a big GrinIt spread fast as dripping butterUncontrollable laughter would spillOver creek-fast in high rain seasonHigh School, his world was changingMr. Nice Guy'Where I first saw him his grinI, two years older, saw potentialHis eyes ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections on real life heroes: 3 of 169
TEACHERShe has always been beautiful. Even now, in her sixties, she naturally attracts people's eyes. She can't help it.She started teaching when she was nineteen. Students flocked around her, other teachers liked her. Something about her patient, quiet manner made her kids' try to do the best they could for her. They wanted ... More..
Relationships & Family > Love & Lust Do you believe in love at first sight?: 2 of 93
When I was a little girl, I dreamed that I could speak to animals, that I'd be able to have some secret superpower, and that when I'd meet my Prince, I'd fall in love hopelessly instantly! Now that I have matured, I understand that I will never have secret powers, that I can understand my animals but I will never have a tru... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: The struggles of motherhood: 1 of 33
I Wonder If Erma Had One of THESE Days: Parenting A TeenToday has been one of those' days.A day where I seriously considered suicide or homicide as an alternative - it may sound amusing and I guess everyone has bad days like this, but it did not make getting though it any easier.My oldest son has decided he'd rather move to a... More..
Health & Fitness > Depression How depression and bipolar disorder are different: 1 of 32
Depression is when it feels like it will never stop raining inside your heart. It is when you lose all joy in things that once made you happy like shopping with your sister, dancing with your sweetheart, or watching your child play in the park. When your bed seems to be the best place in the world, and getting up, dressed, an... More..