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.
…musical career began with John Mellencamp. Over the years, his guitar talent was merged with musicians including John Prine, Steve Earle, Bonnie Raitt, Rosanne Cash, Carl Perkins, James McMurtry, Mitch Ryder, Lou Reed, and John…
By Don Gardiner
Read MorePersonal experience with…
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I recall that it took me over an hour and a half to drive from north of Gulf Shores back to Spanish Fort, a trip that under normal conditions would have taken me about 35 or 40 minutes. And there was virtually no other traffic on the…
By Earby Markham
Read MoreA fun memory from my childhood.
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I woke up excited on the morning of December 1, 1963. America was still reeling from the assassination of President Kennedy just nine days earlier. The nation’s spirit had been shaken, and like many others, I welcomed any…
By Don Gardiner
Read MoreA personal memory of how a single incident can change life’s trajectory.
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Many years ago, I stopped into Roederer’s Tavern in Burlington, Iowa, for a quick Pabst. To my surprise, sitting there at the bar was the former Burlington Junior College basketball coach Ed Sparling. Back in the late 1960s…
By Don Gardiner
Read MoreThe short, better life of a rescued cat.
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Mew doesn’t knock anything onto the floor.
He doesn’t play games; doesn’t stare out the door.
He’ll climb down a cat tree but never climb…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreAs we age, we attempt to …
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Every day I wake up hurting.
It was not this bad a year ago.
Past accidents did cause …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreMatcha, jasmine, gunpowder, hot, warm, iced, cookies, pocky, ice cream—
I love all your forms and textures,
Your bitterness a splendid…
By Dana Trick
Read More…used to crave for attention. I would do anything to get it, although at the time I didn’t realize it was an obsession, tainted with subtle…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read More… on the edge
of the highest mountain
fear has no room in my heart.
I shake not, I stand…
By Lawal Rasheed
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