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My profession is to educate, but I have done this within school systems, private sectors, businesses, and personal ventures. My avocation is to write in verse or fiction and to explore through non-fiction the effect the world has had on me as evidenced by

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Longing: 26 of 428
Overture to My MuseFrom shadows, dark,too soon evolvedYou into lighttoo bright to seeWhat renewed loveyou brought to me.Your sharp eyes piercedMy weakened shellLeft hot blood flowingFrozen in their pathto hardened heartMade soft by your gentility.Two random travelers, Traversing disparate paths Find this conjunctive placea ra... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Desire: 31 of 361
Sonnet to My Sweet Zephyr s LoveWhen wafting breezes blow symphonic sound,your voice, a delicate wind instrumentsings a cappella verses that aboundwith magic tone and timbre softly sent.As sirens songs so often snatch the soul,So do your passioned words my psyche holdEntranced by you in this reversal roleI prisoner withdrawn ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Easy-to-read poetry: 9 of 47
Making Poetry Easy-to-ReadEasy-to-Read poetry depends upon the wisdom of the writer and the wit of the reader. For both, the readability of the poetry lies in the brilliant use of vocabulary as presented by the writer and received by the reader. The key word here is vocabulary. For example, consider the following examples.Voc... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: I lost my job and took legal action: 4 of 20
Foresight is far more advantageous than hindsight. Having been a secondary school teacher for nearly twenty (20) years at the time of this incident, I had no idea that the next twenty years would hinge on the results of my failed efforts to clear my name of unsupported allegations of impropriety and unprofessional behavior at... More..
Arts & Humanities > English Language The shortest complete sentence in the English language: 2 of 9
This was an interesting read. So many writers are in agreement that "Go! is the shortest sentence. One went so far as to broach another possibility and came pretty close to my own ideology with "Me?" as a response to a question, such as "Are you aware that you have been selected to represent the best of the best?" Her respons... More..
Arts & Humanities > Language Learning Tips Learning a language through vocabulary in context: 3 of 8
Many strategies to learn language are designed to incorporate vocabulary and grammar as separate but equal entities. Although they are separate and equal, in communication they work together. Some strategies can be designed to create challenges that utilize that very concept as a learning tool. Many words are used incorrectly... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Childhood memories: 164 of 391
This is one of many childhood memories to be written and incorporated into a collection of very vivid memories.Age Five, April, MaybeLying in grass cradleblanketed warm airwrapped rapt eyes capturedcloud armies in immortal combatwith themselvessucked into their self-inflicted woundsno retreat from slip - jetstreamfrigid regio... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Parts of speech: Deepened grammatical analysis: 1 of 1
A Closer Look at Parts of Speech across Multiple Language BasesThe Next SectionThe Parts of SpeechNounOrigin - A Noun Is BornThis strange word appeared, though not suddenly, from Latin (nomen) through Anglo-French (noun) and Middle English (nowne), all of which refer to a name.The act of naming things is as old as man, so we ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Together: 43 of 85
Trinity of OneSeedling joined,He, she, and youEvolvedMultiplied a billion timesTo become from twoA single you.Three generations henceHe dies away,Once sweaty, writhingWriggling with gleeAs when with herhe made the youthe very one you see.Anon, she follows in his pathA broken heartNo longer beating for the heThat with her love... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sexual abuse therapy: 18 of 30
Sexual abuse by family members, or by those people closely associated with a family, can have such deleterious effects on an individual that even a lifetime of therapy may not fully eradicate the trauma. One strategy is for the victim to reveal the experience in an anonymous expression of artistry. Musicians and artists have ... More..