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I am a business owner in South Florida who's desire to write is described by Rainer Maria Rilke's quote, "...confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write". Many are poems that arise or homilies on biblical truths or political

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Home: 1 of 189

Happy outside the old farmhouse a white glow behind me. Summer winds pat my forehead cool, winds whose higher cousins cause the stars to shimmer like the fireflies dancing before me in the darkened wood, dancing unrehearsed, the stars' insouciant choreography, blinking their act on the sonorous August breeze, aroma of honeys...
Politics, News & Issues > US News Crime: Virginia Tech school shooting: 5 of 41

Virginia Tech - What Would Jesus Say? The convocation at Virginia tech on the day after the horrible tragedy was moving to watch, not for the speakers but for the solidarity of the students. The speakers did their best, mind you, but I don't think it is arrogant to say that nothing they said was enough to make a difference. ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Childhood memories: 45 of 362

Childhood Memory of Mother You taught me by caring for me when I was uninteresting: a satellite of drudgery in your lap looking up at you, as you played "Amazing Grace" on the reverberating piano. My gaze veered from your face to its image in the glossy veneer: you, your reflection and me became one in the wistful sound.
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pain in life: 124 of 549

Recalcitrant Lake It's not good, not at all not at all, consuming, gnawing away at my vitality; IVs invade, filling an oasis under my skin with numbing concoctions making even my bones tremble and grow soft. A shaky hold I have, my life draining its putrid effluent over my bedpan, soaking the linens. It's not good, not at al...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Preaching: 4 of 13

Rough Ridge Trail - North Carolina Resting on the creaky boardwalk overlooking Rough Ridge Trail, a serenity envelopes me, as leaves weave patterns more intricate than stained glass, where a clicking and a scratching rise up from beneath the foliage announcing the new, the irrefutable. Winged choristers sing celebratory gosp...
Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Should US immigration laws be reformed?: 3 of 9

Are we free traders or not? If we are, our immigration laws need to reflect the corporation with two hands and two feet when they show up to compete in the marketplace. On immigration the conservatives have it wrong, terribly wrong. The issue that separates conservatism from Christianity like water from oil is immigration. W...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Avoid showing favoritism when dealing with children: 3 of 7

How parental favoritism devastates the family. Genesis 25:28 "And Isaac loved (and was partial to) Esau, because he ate of Esau's game; but Rebekah loved Jacob." Why would a father or mother look at one child as a blessing and the other as something else, perhaps something even worthless or bad? As I wrote my lesson this pas...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Fear: 7 of 16

Intro to the novel "13 Ways of Looking At A Blackbird" The 767 lumbered down the runway, quickly picking up speed. Paul hadn't even noticed that they were in line for take-off. The lights flickered and the air blowing on his face waxed and waned. He looked around the packed aircraft, then down at his watch. It was 8:10 pm. T...
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Can you believe in God and also in what science has proved: 5 of 10

God's Science - The Original "and when I got home 'for I said amen askin God if He could play it again" Taylor Swift - "Our Song" My favorite time and place to pray is lying on my raft in my pool late at night, looking up at the stars. This particular night the sky was focused around an awe-inspiring full moon. I posed my qu...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Expelled, No Intelligence Allowed: 4 of 7

This documentary is full of humorous and at other times moving historical footage that gives it the feeling of a collage and accelerates the pace as the clips are only a few seconds in length. It is entertaining and easy to follow. Ben Stein begins by interviewing scientists who were "expelled" for suggesting a guiding force...