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About me - Lucy E. Zahnle

I have been writing stories and poems since first grade. I added articles and novels to the mix in high school. I love the magic that the joining of words and imagination can conjure.

I have an Associate's Degree in computer programming from Bryan College,

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: My son: 3 of 169

Immortality – A Shakespearean Sonnet Had I the sky in my outstretched palm Along with the mountains and vast blue sea; Had I the power the winds to becalm, My glorious gifts were dross without thee. King in the Garden of Earthly Delights, If sweete...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Haiku about icicles: 1 of 16

Sparkling frozen rainbows Weep under warm sun’s caress. Winter’s heart thawing.
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Haiku about hurricanes: 1 of 16

Bits of human lives Twist in fatal freight-train winds. Fragile worlds shatter.
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Haiku about cactus: 1 of 11

Desert emerald Bright blooms of life in death’s heat Prickly perfection
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Waiting: 18 of 185

Waiting is what we do from birth, Waiting for sadness, waiting for mirth, Waiting to grow up, waiting to live, Waiting to see what fate will give; Waiting for love and children sweet, Sticky kisses and muddy feet; Waiting through our days on Earth, Waiting to find our life's true worth, And when all of our waiting's done, We...
Celebrations & Holidays > New Year's Celebrating the New Year throughout history: 1 of 9

Throughout history, great civilizations have had different opinions as to when the new year should begin. Ancient Mesopotamians who lived in Babylonia celebrated the new year on the new moon nearest the spring equinox (mid-March,) but those Mesopotamians who lived in Assyriaset the full moon nearest the autumn equinox (mid-S...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Haiku about emus: 1 of 9

Haiku Poem: Emus Gawky, graceful birds Feathers ruffle, flutter, bounce Ugly majesty!
Arts & Humanities > English Language The history of the English language: 2 of 16

The first glimmerings of English arrived in the ancient Celtic British Isles with the invasions of three Germanic tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. Their language would have been unrecognizable as English, but as they interacted with each other and the Celts they were trying to supplant, they were taking the firs...
Food & Drink > Coffee The history of coffee: 5 of 39

Coffee beans were first documented in Yemen and to a lesser extent in Ethiopia in the fifteenth century although many people in mountainous, isolated villages probably chewed raw coffee beans as early as the tenth century. Coffee was first brewed as a drink amongst medieval Sufi clergymen. From there, it passed into the gene...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Haiku about autumn: 2 of 14

Autumn leaves sway on Bare limbs, a tattered shroud Of brown, gold, and red.