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About me - Deborah Steinmetz

As a single mother of 4 children, I had to find humor with just about everything around me. I began as a song lyricist, writing lyrics and music for fun, as well as poetry at the tender age of 16.

I have a book that is 17 years in the making, called Mom Tells

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Spiritual: 19 of 656
~Whispers~Whispers all around me n the dark and in the lightWhispers that keep telling me it will be alrightWhispers that I hear lead me along my life path nowAnd I know that all will work out as it needs to be somehowThose whispers yes, must be the voice of God inside my heartLetting me know that he is near and that he will ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Suicide: 22 of 486
A taste of deathI put the soft music on that nightNot knowing what would transpireMy mind had drifted away from meMy sadness burned like fire.The shining metal on the deskI stared for just awhileI knew what I would do that nightdepressions' twisted smileAs if I weren't apart of itnot present at that timeI took that shining me... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: You're having a bad day when: 4 of 88
You know you are having a bad day...When you're 9 year old calls on your cell to let you know that you took off without her, and scolds you for not taking her to daycare!When you forget to shave your legs and the cat thinks you are his new play-mate!When you arrive at work and realize that you have two different style shoes o... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Words: 13 of 260
"Sticks and stones may break my bonesBut words will never hurt me"~ author unknown.Here is a more realistic version of this saying! ~~~~~~~~~~~Sticks and stones may break my bonesBut, those bones will healBut the words said in anger.Go deep, they damage, they're real.The very mouth that proclaims loveAlso says words to shameP... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: If I ruled the world: 2 of 25
If I ruled the worldyou'd find no homeless in my landsThe waters would be clean, blue-greenand on my beaches, pure white sands.There'd be no room for hatrednor discrimination of any kindRespect and love and peace would ruleNo 'controlling' of human minds.Money would not be a sourceto motivate you see.But concern for the welfa... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: On mothers: 18 of 172
~ Mama ~Little Mary came home after school,Hoping to find somebody thereShe fixed her peanut butter jelly dinnerand sat and stared at the empty chairs.She sat in the small apartment and watched TVthen she soon fell asleepshe woke at 2am to find still nobodies homeThen Little Mary soon began to weep.She cried, Mama, please ple... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: A message from Mrs. Claus: 1 of 8
Santa is the king of children's fantasies... magical, jolly, kind, loving and adoring. He and the elves had talked about nothing for the past 3 weeks other than all of the goodies that he will be delivering to the children, and all of the goodies he will get in return from the children..cakes, cookies, milk and many, many oth... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Fairy tales: 11 of 64
Once upon a time The maiden Missy she was merry Prince Filbert was tall, and trim and gorgeous But alas he was a fairy. Not the kind that tinkered along with little Bell But the kind that wore dresses And liked to kiss boys And well no more.. can I tell. The beautiful maiden, wept with grief Her Fairy Prince... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Being a mother: 10 of 49
My childThe wealth in my life is not measured by what is in my pocketBut this small wonder, this little miracle that I was blessed with.I hold her in my arms and feel warmthI feel her breath against my body as she restsWhen I look down at her my heart is full of such passionMy heart beats steady to calm her against my body.Sh... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Parenting: 30 of 138
~ Glossary of Terms for Parents ~INFANT - a small toothless puffy eyed, homosapien that resembles a little old man.TODDLER - A Mobile semi-toothless angelic looking, wide eyed homosapien with a secret agenda, which would include the plotting of the adoring parents' first psychotherapy session.PARENTS -refers to the biological... More..