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The color and substance of the human soul -- and why it lurks within the human form . . . a revelation or simply an exaggeration? Read More

Poem / Poetry

January 03, 2025

Reads: 69

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The The House of Poetry House

Water is life, but we misuse it. Read More

Tags: life, poem, water, misuse, wr1

There was nothing there when God and his angels came. My poem. Read More
This is how the story begins; this is how it always ends. Read More
Speelgoed heeft Tony niet. Wel een klein aquarium met levendbarende visjes dat zijn oogappel is. Op een dag komt er een vreemdeling op bezoek... Read More

Essay / Memoir

April 29, 2024

Reads: 107

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

We get to wear many hats... metaphoric ones with lables on them and I have described some of them here. Read More
Omdat ze steeds pijn heeft in haar linkerheup krijgt Annelies Pieters van een arts de raad om geregeld op vakantie te gaan in een warm en droog klimaat. Dat heeft ze ook gedaan, en nu is ze in Albufeira in de Portugese Algarve. Daar komt ze Rik Corbijn tegen, ook… Read More
Picking and eating blackberries is something Fiona likes. One day, when she has picked some of this delicious fruit near Skeelan Lake, she meets Raymond... Read More

Poem / Poetry

March 02, 2024

Reads: 84

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

You have to be born of a seed. My poem. Read More
Dunstan is a stud from Sarasota who falls in love with his tutor. The two are separated when the tutor falls into the ocean and loses his memory. Dunstan remembers that he actually killed his tutor ten years previous. Read More

Tags: thriller, water, twist

Kent LaVine has spent the past few years working as a high school gym teacher, but he eventually gets bored. He decides to quit his job and become a fisherman who travels all over the United States. With each place he visits, he encounters unpredictable people and events that take… Read More

Poem / Romance

January 14, 2024

Reads: 367

Comments: 9

Shelves: 1

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Come swim in my ocean... Read More
It’s true, the sun does come out after a rainy day. But the pain never goes away. Read More

Tags: night, sad, light, sun, water

It is what is inside of a person--not the face. My poem. Read More

Poem / Humor

October 20, 2023

i’m a piece of fire hose – with a lyrical outlook – a seventy-foot-long hermaphrodite with male and female attachments. i think i’m gay, but i’m not sure, i just love to get ‘connected’ but that’s beside the point ... come on … let me tell you what happened today. Read More

Tags: fire, water, funny, drill, hose

Erik moet naar het ziekenhuis voor maagklachten. De spoedarts onderzoekt hem en stelt hem gerust. Maar eens Erik terug thuis is uit het ziekenhuis lijken zijn klachten niet te verminderen. Wat is er wel met hem aan de hand? Read More
where does champaign illinois get its water? how does our water get filtered? here are the answers to your questions. this article won the water's worth it essay contest in 2022. Read More

Tags: water

Lorenzo has an encounter with a shark Read More
This is a song based on the biblical story of Matthew 14: 22 - 36. We all contain doubts in our heads, whether from other people or placed there ourselves. Sometimes these doubts can seem so strong that they lock us up in life. There is a way of escape,… Read More

Tags: song, fear, water, waves, safety

We need to get back on the road of love. my poem. Read More
the story is about aria, a girl who has the ability to control fire, and dylan, a boy with the ability to control water. They fall in love and have children, twins with powers that hold great significance. However, these powers are coveted by evil scientists who want to exploit… Read More
There are more! my poem. Read More
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