It's A Rainy Day
/Marriage proposal is a…
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…a rainy day...
Water pours like hell from above;
Water river is big like the…
By Petrouchka Alexieva
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Just a Joy
/When things are put into perspective
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…smiling clown on my clock face. I don’t know why. I’ve had it for years.
The same beeping alarm too.
It goes…
By Henry Bladon
Read MoreSome Mornings
/…mornings barrel in head on
careening straight out of the mineshaft
hauling up the night shift and unordered cargo.
Inside the echo of clattering…
By Shelly Norris
Read MoreWaking You Up
/Sometimes we are so caught up in the humdrum of life that we become entranced, then fail to see the beauty of life and love around us.
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…aroma of coffee perking, as the alarm buzzed loudly. Elsa knew it was time to get out of bed, but she laid there thinking, with her eyes closed, before turning the alarm off. She loved the bookstore downstairs…
By Nancy Lou Henderson
Read MoreBirthing a New You
/…can be very challenging. When you decide to take on a new challenge, you are going to feel discomfort. It’s this way for many people. It’s a normal part of the process. I invite you today to take on that new challenge…
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…a male. I know nothing of the pain of childbirth. To pretend I do would be extremely dismissive to the women in the world who have. I will not go…
By John C. Davis
Read MoreBegin Anew
/…slowly recedes before light
Glistening stars fade in brightening dawn
Brilliant gold sun peeks above horizon
While gentle breezes stir the still night…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreThe $80 Champion
/…a snowy afternoon in the small town – the location of the largest horse auction east of the Mississippi every Monday for more than 50 years. Almost 400 horses were sold that afternoon. The last bidder had been the kill buyer. His horses would be ground up for dog food, and their hooves melted for…
By Pete Black
Read MoreStarting Anew
/…dust has settled
No stone stands upon stone
Still shadows color empty boulevards
Bereft of…
By Mike Turner
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