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I am 29yrs young, grew up in outback Western Australia, I now live in a regional city with my fiance and two young children. I have traveled around the country a bit and have had the lucky experience of traveling overseas when I was 15yr young. I am passionate

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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Bad days: 1 of 55
It all started on a hot and balmy summer's night. The night wind was blowing warmly against my face. Every star in the heavens seemed to be shining just for me. As I stood at the rails of the ship watching the water slip slowly past. I wondered where I would go next, I was once again a single woman that could do as she please... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The face of death: 2 of 64
Staring into your haggard faceI wonder why you chose meIs it my time to leave this world?Are you mistaken?You stare back at meConfusion in your pale eyesNot believing what you seeYou slowly turn awayI call you back for one last look of faceMaybe to challenge youTo take me if you dareOr to memorize you face, hoping never to se... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Red is not just a color: 2 of 37
Brilliant shades of scarletColor the evening skyThis is more than your average sunsetAlmost like the sky is bleeding, from a broken heartCrimson is the rose, given by my loveHe says, "It reminds him of the color of my lips"The first time he saw me, across a crowded roomMy lips colored with crimson, like this lovely bloomVibra... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark poems: 72 of 1317
Screams echo in the silent airPains of a new life being bornAll alone, frightened and scaredThe young mother, lying on her deathbedRipping and tearing of delicate tissueHastening to make an exit into the worldPushing through the painWith life's blood slowly draining awayMeager strength remainsOnly enough courage to push one l... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Missing a loved one: 10 of 179
Joined at the hip, so to speakWhen we are together, we are never apartYet for most of the year, you are goneLeaving me alone, with empty dreamsLeft holding you pillow, to feel close to youI long to hold you, feeling your breath in my hairThe touch of your hand upon my cheekYour lips pressed to mineMemories I hold onto, are pr... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Life's paths: 17 of 283
Life's Broken RoadsSee my painHear my cryToday, foreverTomorrow, yesterdayYou can see my tearsYou hear my sobsAlong with me you cryTogether we mournWith no faceI walk the shadowsI see you smileYou hide your faceBut through my sorrow and painI know my life will go onTomorrow I may smileHowever, for today I still cry my tearsSh... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Should Nicole Richie do jail time for her second DUI conviction?: 5 of 62
No matter who you are or what you do if you do the crime do your jail time! Just because Nicole has money, fame and popularity she is still guilty of a crime if it was anybody else they would be locked up quicker than you can blink. Drink driving is a serious crime and to those who have suffered as a result of a drunk driver ... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short Stories: Confessions: 1 of 12
A Confession Of Murder.Today is April 2nd 1996 and to start my confession I am a ninety year old man my name is Jed Ferth. I lay here dieing of a disease that is slowly eating my life away, my end is drawing near so I confess my sins to priest I have held this secret for near on fifty years.March 4th 1947 it is a dark stormy ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death of a loved one: 54 of 599
On the cold hard ground, I lay down to sleepNothing left to keep me warmThe winter wind blows a chill so deepI feel nothing anymore, not even winters clawsFor you lay in your eternal slumberJust below the earth's surfaceI lay on top of your tiny grave, hoping to give you warmthTo be close to you once moreYour smiles are gone ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Holiday Crafts Great snowflake-related Christmas crafts for kids: 1 of 10
Here in Western Australia we do not see much snow, and Christmas day is usually in the high 40's C and into the 100's F. Last year my daughter asked me what a snowflake looked like, as she had never seen one. The best way I could show her was with a piece of white paper.I folded the paper in half and the half again, then proc... More..