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Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Problems with the world today: 4 of 77
How can we untangle this mess? With there being so much in the world that needs addressing, here is an essay on the state of our global society this March 2009 as seen by me and those with whom I have discussed the situation. Our planet is in the grip of something overwhelming and dangerous, but still the media makes it al... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Homeless shelters are not the answer to the homelessness issue: 5 of 62
Is America Profiting from the Miseries of the Homeless? A first hand look at one of America's Bum Factories As a growing population, the homeless worldwide are totaling over 4.5 million of which 3.5 million reside on the streets of the United States. These men, women and children of America's homeless, are becoming our new... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Animal poems for children: 14 of 127
If Grasshoppers Could Sing A true and harmonic quartet could sound, if grasshoppers would bring their voices round. To raise their melodies into evenings air, and find their joyous voices fair. As these creatures are singing a choirs hymn, the grasshopper quartet's lyrics are fair and trim. Their nightly song is hidde... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Detective stories: 1 of 9
From the e-book novel: The Dark Days of Eve Blackthorn Chapter One: Honestly, Why Are We Cops? Here I am again sitting at home recovering from another gun shot wound, not exactly a wound, but a bruise. The vest I wore took all the shock of the bullet, but the energy transferred to my bones was severe. I am ... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Adventure: 14 of 105
The Hot Rains of Sumatra I The H.M.S. Dolphin It was a cold and foggy morning that January 23, 1869 as I stood outside the Naval Hospital and Infirmary in Liverpool, England. I was one of twenty such reporters who had come from all over England to get a story from Captain Jonathan Teague. The nip in the ai... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pets: 24 of 159
The Fat Cat There was a yellow cat, who had a great smile, I watched that fat cat for a long, long while. Its purrs I could hear across the warm living room, as it lay curled up by the old corn broom. In fits and turns that cat seemed to dream, about cat things or mice or other cat schemes. With my cup in hand I watche... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Existentialism: 1 of 6
The Tragic Lost I feel like I am suffocating, under water or behind a thick piece of glass, impenetrable, closed, and forbidden from the breath of the world. Lost under the sea and with out a moment's relief, always swept into the currents of the vast seas. My mind swaying to and fro on an endless pendulum, a struggle for th... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Halloween in 2007: 10 of 52
The Halloween Party Every year at the end of October our family has this tradition were we live it up by having a harvest party, we celebrate the finish of the growing cycle and celebrate the end of the season by harvesting all the fields and the orchards. We store all the goods and put every thing up that won't be sold and... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Dragons: 13 of 66
The Last Dragon's Song A powerful race of winged lizards with peculiar names like RAXADON and STROAX and MESALEDGE these are just a few to mention some. How did these mighty beasts get these names, so weird and unusual as such? Who spoke these names at first? I see into the sorcerers mind and force a view of the things thes... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Freedom: 16 of 71
On This Fourth of July How lost are we to know this day not, to think of it in any way which is not of the American Revolution, to forget the struggle there. The memory of the immense hardship, pain, and worry, that was diced amongst the soldiers who secured the freedom of a fledgling nation, whose agonies survive only in sc... More..