Teamwork Saved A Life
/Be aware of your …
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A fragile-looking woman was lying on the damp ground.
“Pete, come here, I need you to help me.”
“I think this little lady has …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreWriting Gallery
If I Never Write Again
/… is not what I do, it's who I am. I've been writing out poems and thoughts since I was old enough to hold a pencil, long before I could even spell words. It's the only part of my identity that I've never…
By Simple Sue
Read MoreThe Horrendous Pounding
/An exceptionally loud…
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I couldn’t escape from the deafening pulsation.
I saw the curtains swaying from the…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MorePalpitations
/Be calm, my trembling pulse
Be still, my beating heart
My mind, my body, electrified
Now we are not…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreSurvival Instinct
/Everyone wants a sense of security. As humans we want to feel like we have some sort of control over our lives. People go to work, come home, pay their bills, keep their home clean and maintained. They do this because it's where we think our…
By Simple Sue
Read MoreDay By Day
/…days I'm skipping along and all I feel is sunshine.
Some days I'm in the past - this life doesn't feel like mine.
Other days all is right and it seems the stars all…
By Simple Sue
Read MoreMy First and Only
/Who was on first, first? Who cares?
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Our first date wasn’t her first date
although it had been mine.
The same was true when …
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreVows Eternal
/The Pillsbury, Connecticut, graduating class of 1938 didn't have much to dance about as the country was still slogging through a nine-year national economic depression. Duncan Arbuckle had even less to dance about at prom…
By CraigE
Read MoreWife Of An Addict
/In sickness and health, for better or worse,
I promised forever — it became my curse.
I’m sure that sounds like a horrible wife,
Don’t judge my words without…
By Simple Sue
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