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"Now and again thousands of memories converge, harmonize, arrange themselves around a central idea in a coherent form, and I write a story."
-Katherine Anne Porter

This is how I feel about writing fiction. Most of the stories and books I have written

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Facing the past: 1 of 117

Facing the past means letting go Of things we might not want to Sometimes it hurts more Than anything else we will ever do This is my story Of the past I did not want to face again I was not ready at all To see what could have been It was a snowy winter's night Not so very long ago When I least expected it I saw someone I us...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sadness: 2 of 183

Sadness wraps around me like a blanket I wish I could shake it off because I just can’t take it This feeling is so heavy and weighs down on me All I do is fight to breathe and try to break free I feel hopeless and helpless and terribly lost For the mistakes I have made I am now paying the cost These tears from my eyes ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dreams: 10 of 591

At the edges of reality Where nothing is as it seems I can finally free myself As I slide into my dreams When the sun has long-since set And the moon begins to rise There exists a new world for me Each time I close my eyes The earth drops away The heavens open wide and deep Silently inviting me inside But only while I sleep ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Broken heart: 5 of 235

Can you hear the sound The heart makes when it breaks? One softly spoken goodbye Is all that it takes Can you feel the pain That rips a soul apart? Over the end of something so beautiful That barely had a chance to start Can you see the shadow Of where a smile used to be? A brave face may mask the truth But tears cannot be h...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Getting over you: 1 of 37

I tell myself we are over But it is so hard to believe For when the words start to sink in I can barely breathe There were no explanations No simple reasons why I have been left here alone again Without even the grace of goodbye My tears will not stop falling The hurt just refuses to go away The prayers go unanswered Fo...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Healing: 2 of 63

You begin to speak to me And your voice wraps around my soul As I listen to those tender whispered words Suddenly my broken heart becomes whole I look into your eyes And I am amazed at what I see There is love shining there All that you feel for me I have been lost all these years Now all at once I am found You have pulled m...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death of a loved one: 18 of 562

There exists a smile That does not reach the heart For those who have lost someone And now are very far apart There exists a laugh Where there is no joy in the sound For those who have lost someone There is just no joy to be found There exists a life That is lived every day with pain For those who have lost someone Every day...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Hope: 8 of 245

What I Hope For You What it comes time for you to look back on all your years I hope it's with a smile and not with tears When you are thinking of the roads you have traveled in days gone by I hope you will remember all your reasons why When you are given the choices that life hands you I hope you always do what your heart t...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Broken dreams: 1 of 25

Moving on should be so simple But letting go is not as easy as it seems It is harder than you would think To say goodbye to all those broken dreams When we turn to look behind us There should just be lessons learned But in my past all I see Is a history of regrets and too many bridges burned I have walked away from so much A...
Health & Fitness > Arthritis Understanding fibromyalgia: 1 of 16

According to the National Fibromyalgia Association, approximately 10 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia. (The book “Fibromyalgia” by Kim D. Jones estimates as many as 15 million.) Although fibromyalgia is the most common arthritis-related illness after osteoarthritis, it is often misdiagnosed and widely m...