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Esther Mills is a published poet/essayist as well as the author of a best-selling children's book which has not yet been published. Formerly from Tacoma, WA, she currently shares a house in Ohio with two children and a dog that provide her with rich entertainment.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My first kiss: 1 of 48
I had three first kisses, or two first tries and one first kiss, depending on how you count things. The first try has been almost lost somewhere in the mist of elementary school, and was with a neighbor boy a few years younger than me. He had red hair and cried easily, and I played with him chiefly because he lived next door.... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Never give up: 6 of 107
The Almost Dead You were drowning or maybe it was me, slipping under dark and leaden waves until one hand brushed by another and caught hold. The shock of skin ran fast through waking veins, into the muscles we had lost within our sodden, beaten selves, and strength poured in. I took a breath, or maybe it was yours draggi... More..
Entertainment > TV Characters & Personalities Superheroes: Superman vs. Batman: 2 of 27
At the heart of the eternal Superman vs. Batman debate is an oddly simple question, and if you look hard enough at it, it may challenge the answer you thought you knew. As avid sci-fi and comic book fans, the members of our household have patron superheroes. While some mothers and sons are arguing about eating vegetables or t... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) The origins of Grandparents Day in the United States: 1 of 12
Some might balk at minor holidays such as Grandparents Day, snidely commenting that this is just another way for Hallmark to peddle its wares. Americans, however, typically do not have the same respect and reverence for the elderly that other countries display. Many see grandparents as beginning to wane from public life, thei... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Talking to God: 1 of 12
Flesh and Blood If you were flesh and blood, I'd rail at you, beat angry fists into your chest and ask why. I'd say I hated you and it wasn't fair and how dare you. I'd fight you with an equal's abandon, not to be right but for the freedom of the fight. I'd sob childish, irrational things, undoing the rehearsed niceties you... More..
Pets & Animals > Pet Ownership How to choose the best name for your pet: 2 of 22
Depending on your personality, naming your new pet may be an on-the-spot decision or a month-long research project; but whatever your style in deciding the label for this new family member, it may be helpful to ask yourself a few things: 1) Do I want to name it based on its looks? This is a common preference. By using your pe... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Writing while inebriated: 2 of 21
So you want to learn to write while inebriated? This is not at all a difficult skill to master, and with just a few tips under your belt, you too can join the ranks of inebriated writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway. If you are feeling intimidated, have no worries; writing wh... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: For my child: 6 of 57
I wait for this... when you run in toddling hops to climb the couch and beg with dimpled, reaching fingers for me to stretch beside you. A miniature arm pushes under my neck and you knead your hand through my hair, pulling at a cluster of strands like a marionette - ouch - but I do not pull away and I never understand why the... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Truck drivers: 2 of 17
The Trucker's Daughter As familiar as her mother's voice, the highway's hum. Her nightlight, the green glow of the instrument panel, its gauge faces unblinking through miles and hours. After her last eye-flutter the alien sentinels burned still in her lids, their strangeness disconcerting, reassuring. Stranger still was th... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Addiction: 48 of 329
A Short Leash It would be one thing if you held the leash and pulled tight the steps of your sin, could keep its messes to certain spots in the back yard or beside your computer once the kids are in bed but sin is not that kind of pet. It is the kind the authorities warn against, the kind of pet you hear about in the news,... More..