In my years of writing and publishing poetry, I have discovered profound freedom and pleasure through thought, imagination, and words, which are brought out through my poetry, short stories, articles, children's 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
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 nigh...
Jodi
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