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.
… not sure why, that night, I insisted on taking you to that small bistro on the pier of the stormy bay at the town’s northern edge. It was closed, as was customary on such evenings, but I asked George, who lived next door, to open it for…
By Fadi Abu-Deeb
Read MoreIn my life, superheroes have…
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…folks would love to have a secret guardian.
A companion to serve as a committed champion.
A partner who is more than a personal…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read More… winds came from nowhere.
Another surprise nor’easter.
We get a lot of them here each fall
so I am prepared for them …
By Andrew Scott
Read More…hugged her friends good-night. She was ready for home. It had been a good night catching up over a few drinks in the city centre bars. Now with her feet hurting from her new shoes, and her ears ringing from the noise of the music and chat…
By Chris Platt
Read More…I won't make any sense, my head is dark and raining.
Thoughts are tangled, all a mess, surviving feels so draining.
Tell me please, one more time, the ways that I am broken?
When the words fall off your lips they find…
By Simple Sue
Read MoreAfter the end of a bad…
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…in Fairhope, breathtaking.
Milky-white dogwood petals float ubiquitously.
A season of warmth…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read More…ne'er deludes the moon.
She endured the dark, perpetually,
Dwelling in exigency of light.
Ne'er did she turn to…
By Orbindu Ganga
Read MoreThe poem "Elysium of…
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…realms where shadows conflate,
A nymph traverses, spun from fate.
Her laughter, a murmuration of…
By Emmatobs
Read More... kill me quiet in the cold
I always have to fold
my lucky hand a full house
And you tell me to put ...
By Slyvia Rose
Read More…backdoor shuddered as I slipped
through another night of searching alone.
Hannah’s tongue cut me with accusations.
If narrow crinkled eyes…
By Andy Cooper
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