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Poem / Poetry

December 06, 2024

Tags: self, portrait, popcorn

Painting the portrait of our next President -- a Portrait in Madness Read More

Tags: mind, madness, portrait, president, child-like

Growing old is hard to accept -- especially when I remember the innocence and the promise of me. Read More

Tags: life, innocence, portrait, color, gray

We are nothing but time -- etched upon a canvas of color, emotion, sound, and substance and texture . . . Read More

Tags: time, stars, portrait, suspended, illuminated

My personal reflection on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech -- 60 years later . . . Read More

Tags: hate, justice, portrait, same, mugshot

Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: portrait, mosaic

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"This is such a good story, Hully, I love the supernatural mystery of it--and making the picture a mosaic instead of the usual painting added int..." Read More

Oliver becomes crueler as his addiction to human blood gets worse. Roy decides to embrace nihilism in the face of misfortune. Sheffield and Tricia negotiate with Charlie to rent the land he owns for the new Davie's Sports Bar. Kelly struggles with her magics. Read More

Tags: comedy, addiction, college, portrait, bloodless

The cure for obesity is here... but it won't last forever. Read More

Tags: human, portrait, microchip, chip, obsolescence

this piece is a story about a man who once knew what it meant to own the world. the statue in the story was inspired by the movie "scarface". Read More

Tags: crooked, portrait, jester

Tags: man, art, woman, portrait, 2012

Short Story / Flash Fiction

January 31, 2016

Reads: 785

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

close your eyes and look around. there's no hope to be found. Read More

Tags: portrait

Theme: The wants of people creates suffering. Read More

Tags: people, suffering, portrait, creates, wants, theme

Poem / Poetry

March 26, 2015

Reads: 407

Comments: 1

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Portrait of an unusual child. Read More

Tags: poetry, relationship, child, portrait, chid_adult

Book / Children Stories

November 01, 2013

Reads: 1091

Comments: 2

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There was a King who had 1 Eye and 1 leg.. He asked all the painters to draw a beautiful portrait of him. But none of them could -- how could they paint him beautifully with the defects in one eye and one leg. Eventually one of them agreed and… Read More

Tags: moral, strength, picture, cant, drew, eye, classic, hiding, others, beautiful, portrait, everyone, surprised, none, king

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Tags: portrait, human_nature, persona

taken from my book, "The Flies Are Bothering The Pig!" Read More

Tags: self, portrait

Poem / Poetry

April 05, 2012

Reads: 524

Comments: 4

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Tags: eyes, blue, sickness, portrait, smoke

This is a Chapter 4 summary for the book Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Read More

Tags: man, artist, young, portrait

Iraqi security officers were very helpful, professional and respectful to all mourners. On Monday, at least 28 people were killed and 78 wounded in a wave of bomb attacks in central Iraq against mourners. I Ajmal Mehdi condemns in the strongest terms by volunteering my time in Karbala for help… Read More

Tags: love, wedding, halloween, children, family, humor, trees, language, band, god, nature, environment, ireland, food, military

An imitation of a painting, a false criminal, a counterfeit crime- endless falsities, lies upon lies... Read More

Tags: mystery, crime, art, portrait, painting, france, paris, picasso, forgery

Poem / Poetry

October 12, 2011

Reads: 444

Comments: 1

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a true artist discovers hidden truths in his work - what would a portrait of you say to the world? Read More

Tags: poetry, artist, art, portrait

Book / Fantasy

July 15, 2011

Reads: 422

Comments: 1

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Elizabeth and Zach have grown up together in the little village of Blackthorn, safe from the outside world. However when Elizabeth's grandfather is murdered over a portrait in their attic, Elizabeth must meet her destiny and risk losing everything in order to take back the throne. Read More

Tags: fantasy, magic, murder, snow, portrait

All about myself. Read More

Tags: poetry, myself, portrait, autobiography, auto

Poem / Memoir

May 02, 2011

Reads: 487

Comments: 4

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If our hearts were divided into rooms with walls, what a story they would tell... Read More

Tags: god, heart, prison, portrait, paradise, rooms

I crave sight, not taste. Attention starved. Upon my canvass Let eyeballs carve. Read More

Tags: horror, murder, artist, self, suicide, art, portrait, painting, curse, haunted, egotisical

The story of a boy who saw something he never should have, and ran away from home with his brother to escape what he had once called home. Discovering much more than they had ever thought possible. Read More

Tags: love, wedding, halloween, family, fall, trees, band, nature, ireland, food, raw, music, australia, chicago, travel

Poem / Poetry

October 25, 2010

Reads: 639

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

The poem reflects the thoughts of a girl who's lonely and eagerly waiting for someone she loves and is trying to console herself. Read More

Tags: rain, alone, sky, wind, portrait, clouds, breeze, flame, chimes, embracing, wisher, westerly

Poem / Poetry

September 06, 2010

Reads: 552

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I don't know what I'd do if the words died. Read More

Tags: love, death, feelings, words, gun, graveyard, missing, treasure, church, portrait, paintings, landscape, hearse

Tags: life, lost, question, longing, liar, breathe, emotion, change, breath, living, kind, portrait, answer, changing, honest

A woman is standing by her dead husband, thinking of their relationship over the years. Also she is thinking of the way he died and her own situation ... Read More

Tags: death, man, woman, portrait

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