Tag: writing
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The Sailor – A Poem
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The Sailor – A Poem You’ve sent me off as an aimless navigator Traveling upon treacherous and torrential seas. Once was a proud and confident sailor, But now find there’s no compass I can read. Needles spin with the wind and poles have no meaning When they are altered by my heart’s magnetic field. And…
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The Clouds of Mourning – A Poem About Depression and Pain
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As we go through life, there are inevitable seasons where it seems the skies are always cloudy, always raining, and the forecast will never change. Anyone that has ever dealt with depression (or any mental illness for that matter) knows that it is like a ghost that haunts you no matter where you go or…
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The Lamp Light – A Christian Poem About Wisdom
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The Lamp Light – A Christian Poem About Wisdom The lamp light is lit. The atoning wick sucks up the anointing oil And is overflowing, Spreading a blazing fire within my chamber. I am mesmerized with the knowledge of wisdom – The calming vision that you lay upon my eyes. Tear down these fragile, crumbling walls…
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Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear
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Beauty’s Battle – A Poem About Endurance and Fighting Fear She sits engaged in a battleBeneath the shadow of her own face,Slowly conceding to her own demonsBrought back by their blows, crushed beneath their weight. She wonders what’s the use in tryingWhen defeat has already been secured?For what’s left of the light is dyingAnd her…
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The Pearl – A Poem
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The Pearl – A Poem Precious pearl that glimmers somewhere At the bottom of the sea. How many shells must I pry open Before you reveal yourself to me? Your shell is hard and dirty, Protecting the smooth gem that resides within. You may fool the world with your tough exterior But I know the…
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Rosebush – A Poem
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Rosebush – A Poem On Nature And Flowers I am mesmerized by your petals – Stained crimson red with beauty. Delicate like soft velvet, Detailed in form, hiding mystery. Your aroma arises to meet me. Scents of seduction, the fragrance of romanticism you send. Your hands stretch out across the winds, Captivating, caressing, and undressing…
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One Day At A Time – A Poem
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One Day At A Time – A Poem The cool breeze of fall Grips me in a trance, Lost in a dance that I wish I could take part in. But these feet waltz alone And these fingers intertwine with no one, Holding nothing but empty space. It’s just me beneath an October moon, Admiring…
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“What’s Brewing Next Door?” – A Childrens Short Story Ebook Free
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My children’s short story, “What’s Brewing Next Door?“, is free through Monday only on Amazon through the Kindle Store. “When mysterious neighbors move in next door in the middle of the night, Katherine and Josh are sure there’s something not quite right about them – no one has ever seen them and their garage door is always…
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INK – A Poem
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INK A Poem Why must you smear charcoal Over a painting that was a masterpiece to begin? Why must you detract from your natural beauty With uncarefully crafted scribbles across your skin? A stamp upon your hide like cattle, Isn’t attractive nor does it make it come alive. For truth lives in the heart –…
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The Mummy in the Museum FREE EBOOK – A Children’s Adventure Short Story About Egypt and Pyramids
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An adventure / scary fiction short story that centers around Egyptians, mummies, pyramids, and the power of mystery and imagination inside museums. “An adventure of a 9 year old child on a school field trip to their local history museum to visit the new Egyptian exhibit. Trouble strikes when the exhibit turns into a real…
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The Storm – A Dystopian Fiction Short Story That Centers on the Dangers of Judging Others – FREE EBOOK TODAY ON AMAZON
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The Storm – A Dystopian Short Story by Justin Farley. “When a unusual storm hits the Utopian town of Nod, the forces of evil are released and allow an unthinkable tragedy.” The Storm is a short story that centers around the concept of the damage that can be done when we judge others based on…
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My Conceited Heart – A Christian Poem About Turning Away From God
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Is it your will that we should become strangersThe moment I become a stranger to pain?The wind howls your lonely lullabyAs I drift on forgetting your name. Your deliverance is a selfless actWrapped up and gifted as incomparable love -Your omniscient knowledge knowing we will turn awayThe second you stop the tears of our flood.…
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Something, Somehow, Somewhere, Somehow – A Love Poem
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Something, Somehow, Somewhere, Somehow – A Love Poem Something about you soothes me Like a long gulp of cool water Down my parched throat. Something about me moves you, Some miraculous ability to keep your eyes Blind to my mountains of misfortune. Somehow you capture me, Lasso my heart and rope me in With the…
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Love’s Reprise – A Love Poem
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Love’s Reprise – A Love Poem There was a time when the stars never shined And beauty withered and decayed, But now her love is mine – goddess surely divine, Beauty’s finest role ever played. Heart of gold, soul as old As yonder oak in forest green. Another story told, a new chapter unfolds About…
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The Writer and the Wild – A Poem About Nature and Writing
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The Writer and the Wild – A Poem About Nature and Writing White winged wonder wandering, wobbling west beside water. Flitting feathers flying – flocks fleeing for fields of gold. Sun shinning. Stream shimmering. Chinook salmon swimming, spawning sacks, spewing semen. Man musing merrily, mindfully mapping manuscript In a mad, maniacal manner. -Poem Written by…
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The Door of Discovery – A Love Poem
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The Door of Discovery – A Love Poem She reigns, riding a white horse Across the barren landscapes of my mind And brings a glimmer of hope To a kingdom lost in darkness. She is the break of morning That belts out, “Awake! Arise! A new day has dawned. Your long, dark night is over!”…
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