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I am a 73 year old widower of nearly 20 years, having been happily married for 36 years. A retired Graphic Artist, Advertising Art Director, sometime Illustrator, Painter, Photographer, Printer, and jack of all trades in the advertising/graphics fields who

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: In memory of a loved one: 1 of 122
Her Scrap-bookA pressed corsage from our first date,Ticket stubs from an Elvis concert,Drive-in restaurant paper cups and plate,(Two cherry cokes, hamburger and dessert.) These are some of the things that wereIn the scrap-book that she once made; Mementos of times so dear to her,Of our courting days are here displayed. Firs... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Morning: 1 of 105
After the dark gloom of night, The new morning's pale light,Illumines a still dark and cool gray sky. Morning has finally come,And the bright rays of the sunStream through fog from the river nearby. Piercing the mist to the ground,With shafts of light all around,Signaling life to prepare for a new day. I sit on the edge of my... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Writer's block: 2 of 178
Writer's Block. Writer's block is bringing me down,My Muse has fallen asleep it seems;I wish while in her peaceful slumber,She would inspire me through her dreams. 'Tis a terrible thing to want to write,When a veil of fog hangs o'er your thought,Ideas come drifting vaguely to my mind,But pass unrealized, coming to naught. ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sunsets: 1 of 80
Sunsets. When our weary day is nearly done,And we observe the setting sun,Where colors of God's pallet are arrayed,What glory is before us there displayed. On His canvas of evening sky,His brush deftly does apply,A slowly changing array of beautiful hues,With which the fleecy clouds He does suffuse. A soft yellowy glow in... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Storms: 2 of 145
I watched as storm clouds gathered far off,Then Drifted toward our mountain,Seething, rolling, bringing the rain,We could see 'twas no mere fountain. Thunderous din, brilliant lightening flash,Across the valley we watched it roll,Its intensity growing as it moved our way,With a ferocity that seemed out of control. Darkenin... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Frustration: 4 of 267
Frustration Few things get the best of me, These days I live pretty leisurely,Being retired and single, I do as I please,Doing the work that I must, then taking my ease. Loving to read and to write, I indulge myself in these most every night.Sometimes writing comes quite effortlessly,But then, sometimes my muse refuses stu... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Wants & needs: 1 of 65
Wants and needs, Needs and wants;We all have them abundantly. Sometimes not discerning,The one from the other,We add want upon want, redundantly. Wants become needs,When desire's are unbridled,And we let them override reason. We "need" this new trinket,For, I mean, after all,The one we have is from last season. Food, water, c... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Lost souls: 2 of 119
Lost Souls. We walk amongst them every day,Lost souls who do not know the way;Searching for they know not what,In a world of decadence and rot. Giving sway to the world of man,Grabbing all the gusto they can;Foolishly defying the Word of God,As ignorantly through life they plod. Accepting not the truth, you see,That could... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) Are homosexual acts natural or sinful?: 1 of 55
The general world view of homosexual acts seems to be that they are natural for humans because they occur in nature. The reasoning apparently being that we are only animals ourselves, ascended from the lower animals, and therefore, these baser acts are a natural part of the human makeup. All of this, of course, is due to the ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dragons: 2 of 104
In ancient times of sword and spear,When adventurers showed no mortal fear,They sailed off into the unknown sphere,With maps that warned "Dragons be here!"And hunted the beasts for king and peer;Dragon slaying was a lucrative career. Dragons with wings and some without,Some breathing fire out of their snout,'Tis said they hoa... More..