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I recently graduated with a Psychology and English degree. I write stories, which empower women. In the last three years I've been awarded the Jonis Angee award in fiction and the Diane Glancy award in poetry.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Flowers: 3 of 161

Tulips(For my sons, Andrew & Alex)I noticed you this morningFrom the corner of my eye,A flame blazing, a mandarinMouthed mama. I shouldaBeen happy, I shouda jumpedTo the sky, I shouda kissedYour silk petals, inhaled yourInsides. I shouda absorbedYour thin skin, rubbed my fingersAcross each lip, stuck you inWater, gave you a s... More..
Relationships & Family > Dating Psychology How some guys manage to attract girls without saying a word: 1 of 23

FORGET THE PICK UP LINES, GUYS!If a man has self-assurance, makes eye contact, and has a great smile, he doesn't need to do a damn thing, except sit there. He does not need to be attractive if he has all of the other ingredients. Women don't care about that superficial stuff, the male model stuff; she desires a man to look he... More..
Other What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?: 22 of 352

THE NIGHT STEVEN TYLER SAW MY BREASTSAero Smith was coming to Duluth, Minnesota. Yea, you heard me right, Duluth, Minnesota, and I was almost peeing in my britches. The very idea of seeing Steven Tyler face to face, even if he were a mile away, excited me: those lush lips, that raspy voice, the way he twirled and twisted his ... More..
Relationships & Family > Dealing with Problem People Narcissism: How to deal with someone who has the 'it's all about me' complex: 3 of 46
I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! I just exited Barnes & Noble, and I'm simply exhausted. I met my so-called-girlfriend for a latte, and I swear, I never so much as uttered a solitary word. All right, maybe I said hello, but does that really count? She t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inspired by famous writers: 1 of 15
Sylvia Plath(The blood jet is poetry and there is no stopping it-Sylvia Plath)I've loved you my whole life,Your misconceptions and contradictions,Your obsessions and allegations aboutLife and death and poetry. I loved the wayYou bit Ted Hughes on the cheek andThe blood spilled down his beautiful, Chiseled face like a metapho... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religious Speculations & Criticisms To be holy rather than happy: 1 of 14
TRUE HAPPINESS FROM WITHIN NOT FROM WITHOUT"The narrow way, the way of holiness, not only leads to life, but it is life. Walking there, serene are our days, peaceful our nights, happy-high above the disorders and miseries of a wretched world-shall be our hourly communion with God; happy-full of assurance of calm and sacred tr... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Beauty: 21 of 280

BEAUTY UNSEENSometimes I wonder about the beauty I'm missingHidden in shadows where the eye can't admire,Snow lilies under water kissingOr the slant of sunlight on fire.In a place nobody seesIn a cave nobody hearsWhere one might fall to their kneesWhere that beauty would bring them to tears.Sometimes I ponder the roseThe unfo... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Commentary Sick of celebrities: Will there be a backlash against the beautiful people?: 3 of 39

I AM SICK, SICK, SICK OF THE "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.""The beautiful people" are beginning to make me sick. When Katie Holmes's haircut makes national news, and Paris Hilton's jail time is more significant than life-changing world events, it makes me stinking mad. I mean, royally pissed. Are these people [media] really serious? As ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms How young women are encouraged by the media to become man's sexual ideal: 1 of 13
SEXY, SKINNY, & SLUTTYShopping through Target this weekend, I noticed a young girl, probably sixteen years old, with jeans so bloody low her pubic hair was showing. I'm not kidding. I wanted to ask, "Honey, where the hell's your mother? Did you know you could be picked up for indecent exposure? Do you have any idea how ridicu... More..
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Great lines in poetry: 2 of 19

BECAUSE OF POETRY, I BREATHENothing can move me; make me cry, rock my world, or make me fly like poetry can. I will even admit that without poetry, I could not have survived my adolescence and girlhood days. But at 12 years old when I stumbled upon Sylvia Plath, my life, as I knew it, transformed. I was like, "Wow, I'm not th... More..