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.
My weakness was that I couldn’t be discreet. Which was why when I fell in love with the cook, the affair was like an open secret. Was it love? I couldn’t tell what label to put on a mixture of lust, loneliness and …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreInspired by an evening from …
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I found an old gray sonnet with a faded
ribbon on it from when we first met.
That day old Dobbin pulled …
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreSometimes a love story …
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They did not expect their love to bloom.
It all started as a guarded blind date.
Letters back and forth did not…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreHormonic harmonics.
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The harmonies we once enjoyed
now seem to make my wife annoyed,
like games we used to play in bed…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreBe calm, my trembling pulse
Be still, my beating heart
My mind, my body, electrified
Now we are not…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreA loving relationship should…
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How do you share about someone you adore?
Love is personal and hopefully forevermore.
My lover is someone I honor and…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreI borrowed this from a short …
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The maid of my betrothed stood fully clothed,
her face away from where I entered in
so quietly, not knowing I’d …
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreA kind young man made a vow to …
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The old saying is that “opposites attract”.
He was tall and it looked like her height was hijacked.
Athletics was his passion; she preferred a…
By Debby Hackbarth
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