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I am a child of the 1970's who came of age in the 1980's, married and raised my family in the 1990's and I am absolutely in love with being alive in the 2000s. Isn't the technology great? Remember pre video games, vcr's. dvds' hdtvs, blackberry's, etc. you

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Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss In memory: Loss of close ones: 1 of 45
All he got was 58To paint a portrait of my brother, a tall and elegant man, I would use quick and colorful brush strokes to capture the cool and reserved nature of his being. My father, a big figure of a man, would require many colors of different hues to capture his complexities.As a worker in a steel factory and eventually ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: When you look at me: 10 of 309
Don't perceive to know me, what I am or who I'm going to be.Today I'm rough, haggered, and ragged around the edges; on the morrow, I'll strut with prideful peacock's feathers.Life can twist you up in a knot, or unravel like a loose thread on an expensive sweater.Who I am lies somewhere between the seams of past, present, futu... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Romantic pain: 6 of 174
The pain ripples in waves, as rain drops upon the rivers edge; ever widening, becoming one long, infinite tear. Love , like a pebble, skips along the water, at first happily, pluming, then sinking, without a force to carry it through. Renewing rain dances upon the river's surface, and like smoke rising on frigid water... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The seasons of love: 3 of 75
Upon this frigid winter's night, my words hang in the air, I called to you, for you to come, you were no longer there. Each plaintive sound, which I could see, before my very eyes, hung in the air, then shattered there, a million shards of ice. Oh, for the warmth of your sweet soul, I hungered in despair, I calle... More..
Relationships & Family > Romance & Sexuality A guy's take on women's sexuality: 2 of 45
The vast majority of men , in all honesty, relish the idea of a woman who has sexual experience, however, there are still those who prefer the women they date and marry to be relatively "pure" and have all the attributes of their mothers.Single woman such as the ones portrayed in "Sex and The City", while indicitive of real w... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: In God's hands: 10 of 99
The Potter's Plan Clay requires the skillful hands of a master craftsman, to shape and mold a masterpiece. He forms the clay, devoid of shape, and through his hands creates, a one-of -a -kind, exclusive to you, work of art; never to be duplicated. Infinitely made, divinely planned, each of us gifted with what we need. U... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: My darkest night: 3 of 28
As night falls, and the mask of darkness covers my eyes,the light within me, that is you, is like a beacon unto my soul;it guides me through the the tunnels of despair,and into the the grand and glorious sunshine. More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark soul: 10 of 84
Blighted Souls Broken glass, and unkempt lawns, houses overtaken by years of neglect, and malaise; the symptoms of and victims of, blighted souls. Look into their eyes, as broken as the panes on windows, smashed, for no reason other than, just because; souls blighted,and unkempt, from years of neglect. Filled and fueled, with... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Who am I?: 3 of 25
Human Quilt The tapestry that is me, woven painstakingly, is cut from the sleeve, of the sharecropper's shirt; a child of bondage, Africans, who wiped the sweat from his brow, reaching out, reaching up. It is from the Native clothe of the chieftain, and his people,my people, proud and strong, reaching out, reaching up. The Ir... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Sisterhood: 6 of 48
In conversations with friends and acquaintances who were an only child, some have expressed that this was an ideal existence because it allowed all the attention and focus to be solely upon them; while many others expressed a longing for other siblings to play with and share life experiences.Being the 7th of 10 in a family wi... More..