The Abstract Art Gallery
A writing gallery created by writers from around the world. From poetry to song lyrics, from essays to entire novels and short stories.
A woman mourns the loss of her wife.
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…a girl scout today. Well, I ate 5 boxes of Samoas and 3 boxes of thin mints. There are 3 boxes of thin mints left in the freezer. I showed some restraint. The Samoas were her favorite; perhaps that was why I couldn't stop eating. I couldn't wait for her to wake out of sedation. The truth is I didn't want to…
By Leah Holbrook Sackett
Read More…did not know there was a secret in Uncle Otto's family. Or was it a secret? Did anybody care, or was the fate of a three-year-old girl not that important in the hardscrabble world of rural Sweden in…
By Anita G. Gorman
Read MoreHer faith in him is gone is a sad poem about a person who cannot face the illness…
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…heart shatters like glass
watching him break out in a cold sweat,
too petrified to stay on the course…
By Brenda Arledge
Read More…and violence,
The very thought of walking into
A church and facing all those sharp-dressed
Hypocrites…
By Dee Allen.
Read MoreA folk/rock song lyric, written at a turning point: is all hope lost, or does faith still sustain us?
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...flowers brush blue skies
Emerald waves lap golden sands
Scenes played out in my …
By Mike Turner
Read MoreLoss of Faith in Technology
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…connection was lost in the wood.
In sorrow, I cursed an angry oath,
And turning in place as I…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreFood For Thought... Enjoy this tale which is a small morsel as a nice entrée filled with nice dinner conversation, Bon Appetit
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…rumblings from above Paulie could find peace reflecting inside the barn that was cut in half during a domestic dispute that bordered on two neighbors on the same family tree that continued to grow and blossom. Somehow the agriculture landmark was once the centerpiece to where one would…
By Marc OBrien
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