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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Birth

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In the BeginningAs a blistering inferno licked far inside the winding tunnel, two shadowy figures crouched near the wall in the smoky darkness. Their low whining voices penetrated through the sounds of the roaring flames. An occasional phantom glided past leaving wisps of his being along the walls like tiny jet contrails in t... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Family stories and memories

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Daddy Will Be Home Soon I was born in 1941 six months before Pearl Harbor was bombed. When I was about two and a half years old my father's draft number was about to come up, so he decided to enlist in the Navy. He went through basic training at Farragut Naval Base in Idaho near our town. Storekeeper's school where he learned... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Childhood

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To Catch A Fish When the Camm boys went fishing, they went fishing! Now mind you, this was very serious business. Once in a boat with poles in hand, these boys had one track minds: TO CATCH FISH! When the boat was loaded with the essential poles and worms, seven year old Fred and six year old Victor climbed aboard to catch di... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: True feelings

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The PouterStomp, stomp, stomp go the little feet,Arms defiantly cross over the chest,Eyebrows knit with black, black looks,Who around here pouts the best?Roll your eyes into your head.Make sure that everyone knowsYou don't like what's happening.You will change how everything goes.Who are you, you spoiled child,To act so very,... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Animal stories for children

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Samson had a very comfortable routine. Early in the morning, between 4:30 and 5:30 AM,he liked to walk over the heads of the people in the big house. Purr time they called it. During purr time, he moved from one head to the other purring loudly. Then he would stand near someone and push with his paw at the covers.The master a... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Human nature

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Spot A SpotDo you know how to spot a spotOr tell if it is one or not?Do you see a blemish there?Is this a little wheat or tare?Several things should come to you.This is what you have to do:The countenance we look upon.Is there joy, or is it gone?If joy is gone from their faceAnd heaviness sits in its place.Then moans, wheedle... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Child abuse

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So SorryMuch time has goneSince her first pain.Confusion swirledAnd questions reigned.How could youHurt a child so smallAnd break the trustOf one and all?How could your eyesBe so blindAs not to careThat she would mind?Did you have no love,No fear,No compassion forOne so dear?Why, when you lookedAt the pages there,Naked bodies... More..

Relationships & Family > Communication (Other) Your words can affect other people's lives

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My paternal grandfather had no idea how responses to the words in his letters home would affect his life! Oh, my! He was in for the shock of his life. You see, he sailed from Bristol, England in the early 1900's, and from Canada, he traveled by train to the wilds of Northern Idaho to claim land for a homestead.Being alone in ... More..

Relationships & Family > Relationships & Family (Other) How to make relationships with others work

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A Look at RelationshipLast year, the Lord spoke to me about relationships. He said that when Adam sinned, that transgression dealt a serious blow to life on earth. Not only did man injure his relationship with God, but he also damaged his relationship with others as well.The first sign of this wound emerged when God looked fo... More..

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Friendship stories for children

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That's Not Fair!Joe Bob saw a mother buying candy for her little girl."That's not fair!" He told his mother.When his father asked him to take out the trash, he thought, "That's not fair!" and he frowned!When Joe Bob and his sister played Monopoly, she won. He stomped out of the room yelling, "That's not fair!"One day the teac... More..

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