Divine Right
/To the modern mind…
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…officially ended 1806 A.D. when the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, was defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the battle of…
By K. L. Shipley
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A writing gallery created by writers from around the world. From poetry to song lyrics, from essays to entire novels and short stories.
To the modern mind…
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…officially ended 1806 A.D. when the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, was defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the battle of…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreIt’s unreachable from…
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… early years I read a lot of historical fiction. One book I remember well was five hundred-plus pages long. It bulked with promise. Surely I thought, a book of this size must have much to tell. The title of the book...
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe Fuegian's had …
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…first word after stepping from cabin to deck was probably - brrr . . . Tierra del Fuego is cold all year long; spring, summer, winter, and fall, nearly indistinguishable winter temperature soar to as high as …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreYou’re hopeless…
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…you never notice anything. We were roosted there, minding are own business, then click, click, click. that lady started clicking…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThere is a dark side…
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… business, this business of humor; dangerous, too, comedians are always talking about, “killin’ their audience. Ordinary folk, in a fit of laughter say, “Stop, stop, please, your killin’ me!”! When a comedian fails to get laughs…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreLegend never dies.
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… the 2nd of July, not a cloud was in the sky. Amelia Erhart went flying high that day. ith her partner, Capt. Noone, She sailed off into the sky, And fell into the ocean, far away. Here’s to you, here’s to you, Amelia Erhart, America’s first lady of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MorePlain stuff is shrouded…
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…of snow set the bamboo in motion. It seems as though the bamboo is dancing in savage celebration of the winter storm. Nonsense of course. The bamboo does the same dance in summer…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreGroups selected by…
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There seems to be confusion about the meaning of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreYour move next. What‘ll it be?
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…squares of black, white and gray. Black squares lead to failure. White squares lead to success. Gray squares lead to indecision. None of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe mind works best…
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… fiddled with his tie until he’d managed a hopelessly entangled knot. Gordan’s mom sighed! With a single snip of her scissors she freed the tie from Gordan’s…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreGrey Thoughts is a place for a multitude of creators in numerous different mediums to display their creative projects for the world to see.