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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Watching: 2 of 46

Uncertainty A sea of blue envelops the city, A blue, heavenly and deep Stars glow as light reflects from sand Light emitted from the wondrous globes, Makes everything seem significant. They travel the nighttime sky Looking down on everyone. The city below sleeps Dreaming dreams of wonder and deceit. Are they moved by this sp...
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Racism: 2 of 40

False Accusations "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy " Those were the words from President Franklin Roosevelt the day after the Japanese bombing of Pear Harbor. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor wounded and killed "more than thirty-five hundred Americans" (The American Promise, 646). It also led...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Words: 20 of 236

Shaken Will my words shake the world like an earthquake? Will they shatter like broken glass? Will the meaning of my words be clear? Or will they be a blur, a shadow zooming by? Like a black cloud looming over me, a sign, that a thunderstorm is soon to follow. Will these whispers on faded paper lose the ink as they get throw...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Warped & twisted: 2 of 21

From Beyond The last thing I remembered was falling asleep this eerie dream of mine transported me to a great darkness With a silence that terrifies. No comforting voices, no laughter, nothing more but the murmur of people living their lives from the outside world. I am trapped in this small encasement Locked inside, it is m...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Suicide: 44 of 448

Bleak November Everything that ever was Is everything and nothing. All that could have been Was, is and ceased to be. The night has fled before me And all that's left is a single star. A star, a dismal trace of hope That will forever shine on through Silence and nothing more, Filled the night With sorrow, gloom, and despair....
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Art: 1 of 9

Title: Ringmaster, 1998 Artist: Virgil Grotfeldt Medium: Acrylic and bronze powder on canvas Location: El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas Reading the title, the "Ringmaster" in this artwork, one would expect to see a colorful array of characters with extraordinary talents and tricks, bright, outrageous costumes and a ring...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Dark stories: 74 of 613

Twisted Journey The crows haunt the front of the apartment complex I reside in, while the stray cats find spots around the front door waiting for food or for someone to rescue them. As I peer through the cracks of the broken mini blinds, I brush my hands through my long, black hair as it falls over my face. My dark brown eye...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Moving on: 55 of 275

Never Look Back He sent her a message, "Call me!" Her life seemed more hectic, as she tried to keep busy. To her, he had become a memory not a second glance but a wave good-bye. After all, he was the one to break her heart. He waited forever for her response, as the rain danced on the windowsill. Forever never came. The wind...
Arts & Humanities > US History (Other) African-American history: Remembering heritage, not hate: 1 of 5

Secrets of the Past "Often the test of courage is not to die but to live," is a quote eloquently stated by Italian playwright Conte Vittorio Alfieri. Though the struggles we may encounter in life are abundant the ones that strike society the most are those that affect other people. In the book entitled Incidents in the Life ...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Dark fantasy: 29 of 133

Stained Glass Window "Why does the beauty of this image call to the deepest part of my heart?" Izar whispers. Her soft angelic voice soon becomes a shrill cry into the fading darkness, "How can such beauty be horrible and wonderful at the same time? It is some trick, some joke to mess with the minds' eye and my spirit. What ...