: About Me

In my years of writing and publishing, I have discovered profound freedom and pleasure through thought, imagination, and words, which are brought out through my poetry, short stories, magazine articles, books, and novels.
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My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Picking myself back up after a fall

My parents always told me ...

Be true to myself and my dreams, the rest would follow

My childhood ambition ...

To be a famous novelist

My favorite memory ...

Publishing my first poem

Why I write ...

Creativity and freedom

My first job ...

Waitress

My best moment ...

Having my son

My inspiration ...

My son

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The ocean

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Sea of Anger Salt-scented breezes caress my skin beneath a blanket of blue As we glide across a rippling glass; My reflection dances in the liquid mirror As if to entertain my soul. An ebony sky intrudes, replacing a fallen sun, Anger will join in the night; Roaring rumbles penetrate the silent air In an electric darkness. Swept up in a moistened and bitter wind, Violent waves throw us forcefully about As the depth swallows our bow, It descends into ruffled black. Under the flashing sky, we leap, one by one, Into an unknown world of erratic cold, Blinded in the night, abandoned and forced ...

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