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This is an entry for the Springfield Writers Guild Spring Writing Contest 2025. The contest rules: * Your entry must include the following words: timepiece, ancient, shadow, and family. * Must include all four words listed above * No more than 750 words total (not including the title) * You… Read More
As soon as something goes wrong, we start getting strange information. My poem. Read More
A couple, on a hiking trip in the Scottish Highlands hope that the solitude will help them reconnect and rebuild their failing marriage but as the mist rolls in and they venture deeper into the desolate landscape they soon find themselves truly alone together. Read More
Dr. Sophia Ellis, an archaeologist, uncovers the lost city of Eldrid, but her team soon discovers that they are not alone. A malevolent entity, The Devourer, is stirring, and team members begin to vanish one by one. Sophia finds the Eldridian Chalice, which holds the key to unlocking the secrets… Read More
A speaker grappling with self identity and growing up. What is it like to be separate from your shadow, one that thrives in darkness but always seems to be two steps ahead? Read More
If only we could accept the simplicity of being shadows of time . . . and enjoy the moment of our brief reflection . . . . Read More

Poem / Poetry

January 13, 2024

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Poem / Other

October 25, 2023

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The Booksie Classic House

Working away from the one you love is difficult and time passes by toooooo slowly! Read More

Poem / Other

October 09, 2023

Tags: night, shadow, quiet

The Epilogue to my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

Tags: fear, shadow, madness

Day Seven of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day Six of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day Five of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

Tags: fear, shadow, madness

Day Four of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day three of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

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Day Two of my spooky narrative in verse. Read More

Tags: fear, shadow, madness

A spooky narrative poem that took over six months to write. Read More

Tags: fear, shadow, madness

Hey so… what do you guys think of this? I genuinely can’t tell if it’s good or total nonsense. Might be both Read More

Poem / Poetry

February 12, 2023

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Comments: 2

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The Booksie Classic House

"The phrenological combativeness has for its essence the necessity of self-defense. It is our safeguard against injury. It's principal regards our well-being; and thus the desire to be well is excited simultaneously with this development. If follows that the desire to be well must be excited simultaneously with any principal… Read More

Poem / Poetry

October 24, 2022

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The Booksie Classic House

Thoughts about my treasure in the twilight shadows Read More
Fallen and bruised, in the dark and deep depths, can it find back hope, to rise up again? Read More
Author’s Notes: Mirrors reflect everything about us that’s desirable and acceptable aesthetically because that’s what others first look at. Meanwhile, our actions cast shadows of us on others before they cast us as shadows in others’ lives or dust blown across life’s paths. In this poem, perspective is a light… Read More
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