Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Toys

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Be careful what you step onIt might just be my heartSome wounds have no recoveryno place from which to start.The box, packed with tiny ribbonsyou made sure they did not get lost.You flatter me...to think that much of meto handle them with such care.I thank you for the cobwebsand the way that they were groomed.I know I should ... More..

Creative Writing > Songs Songs: The devil

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1)Where do you gowhen you're not with me?Who do you seewhen you're not seeing me?Who do you smile atwith those eyes... that Iwish I never knew?2)Who grew the flowersin the vase on your table?Who props your pillowand strokes all your moods?Who is the oneyou stare off in the distance to?Who is the oneyou leave here for?Chorus:I... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Self-awareness

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Little pieces in the way, creating clutter.Little pieces of my soul (on fire) set out on display.Magnified a thousand times to me - I guess you see?Little pieces on tables and walls, collecting dust.I scrubbed them all, but time won't come out of the crevices.Collected emotions that I felt yesterday.Collected in the crevices,... More..

Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Protest

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It is not as if I believe war has no place in the world at all, but we must consider long and hard before we commit to one.....for the children. My husband is a disabled Vietnam Vet due to Agents Orange, White and Blue.After returning from Vietnam he decided to be a teacher. He wanted to become a teacher because of the faces ... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Shopping

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I was at a department store the other day checking out pots and pans. The salesman came up to me and told me about a set on sale for $99. marked down from $300. It was EXACTLY what I had been looking for to replace our teflon bare pans! I said let me go call my husband. A hundred bucks is still a hundred bucks, right?So my hu... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Regret

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There is a man who waitsat the stem of Kuamoo Roadand he is waitingfor his lifeto begin.There is a woman who sits in the darkand she drinks all alone,she is waiting forher lifeto end.I stand alonein shadowsand I sketch out their framessitting nearin the secretof disguise.I'll be a lilacbe at least a petalor an amaranthin thei... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Living with a gecko

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I want to start this out by saying that I have never had bugs or lizards of snakes or anything like that in my house. I am indeed one of those women who screams if I see a spider. I have never liked little crawly things and have always considered the best place for them is outside."Well of course!" ... I can HEAR you thinking... More..

Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Divorce

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No one ever imagines when they say those vows that mean FOREVER that it might one day end. There are so many reasons to hang on, but once those feelings of enchantment dwindle to a little heap that you cannot define, it is hard to get it back. I wrote another song, "It Smells Like Silence", which is posted on Ezine Articles, ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Self-reflection

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She said she knew you.I of course took up her timequoting our best/ worst moments.Yet, only in my head.She never really heard our history.My memories burn still unspoken"Be sure to call her everyday", she said"Every' day?Every single day?"I blinked and fell silent."Just keep it shortthat's really all that's needed"How do you ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Consolation

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I woke up this morning thinking, WHERE ARE MY RAINBOWS?!I just want to know that there is an open possibility of seeing rainbows each and every day, maybe every second, ya know? I realize it is all within my own power, I merely need to obtain an objective viewpoint and spirit. I wake up each day with the same potential as the... More..

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