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I have always traveled. Growing up, my family always took at least 2 trips a year: 1 we would spend exploring the vast, beautiful US and the other we would seek beaches in the Caribbean and Mexico. It wasn't until my dad moved to Japan, however, that I got

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Falling in love: 7 of 576

I Would Even conquer submission of this Earth In form of the tallest mountain high Climb the peak to be far-reaching And touch the clear mountain sky. All to catch a falling star or two Tumbling like raindrops or teardrops I would catch stardrops One for me and one for you. I would challenge the all mighty sun Raise my fist ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Black history month: 7 of 24

The Middle Passage Between Ship Gallows and Jungle Hearts Cultural poems spring forth from the history and experiences of people to solidify the consciousness of being an African. The large proportion of slaves that remembered Africa was, in itself, a glorious act of identification for African peoples. This successful slave ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Traveling: 58 of 196

There is a common line of questioning among the backpacker community. Spend at least ten minutes with a fellow traveler that you have met in a hostel, bar or tour and you will exchange these three questions in this order: "Where are you from? How long have you been traveling? Where have you been?" Most backpackers will extra...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love expressed: 300 of 678

Amateur I am hesitant fingers anxious to leave my prints. Tracking exploration of the flesh embracing your open lips, paying no caution to the dangers of hoping that my hope will be the rope to keep me from falling. Tracking exploration of the flesh embracing your open lips, I am a fluttering belly wondering if my hope will ...
Travel > North & South America Travel Diaries Travel experiences: Discovering Southern Mexico: 1 of 1

I am still in wonderful cool, crisp San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico. This is Mayan country and the state used to be part of Guatemala, but somehow Mexico got it. it is a state rich in resources. It has jungle, pine forest, tropic plains, and water, water, water. This has to be the most valuable resource they have considering ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: War: 248 of 494

"In ending War" Two dramatically different groups face each other and a farewell to freedom comes at summer's end. Hearing the distant voice of the universe, the war against the people was resolved. A farewell to freedom comes at summer's end. In a tunnel through time the war against the people was resolved- spanning the con...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Loneliness: 292 of 541

Arid Your walls are the expanse of dry desolation in the desert. For miles in every direction heat gets trapped between earth and sky sterilizing the temperature to a blinding white. Your place is no place at the dead center, in the heart of a self-created wasteland one acre of freshly-laid asphalt left to cool by the break ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Space in time: 19 of 34

Time Upon A Once somewhere there is a story and in that story is a line. and on this line, the story moves. this line in this story, the story line, is continuous and constant in its spiral toward horizontal transcendence. this tale, fairy be folklore fantasy exists apart from the page, strangled and erased, in fact, as the ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dreams: 336 of 591

Dedication: Unspoken ghosts climb down the ladder, glittering imagination, through the hole in the sky that is the moon, passing past clouds like clouds passing over- spinning, twirling tricks for my eyes open. in front, he can't help but lead, curious, i can't help but follow. at the river's edge, he becomes coyote, winking...
Travel > South & Central America Destinations Guide to Colombia's best vacation spots: 3 of 5

As a solo traveler and without very much time, I left the comfort of being a traveler to become a tourist. With only two weeks in Colombia, I realized I had not given myself enough time to truly get to know and understand this dynamic and multi-dimensional country. I gave myself a week in Bogot and a week to discover the Car...