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.
Plain stuff is shrouded…
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…of snow set the bamboo in motion. It seems as though the bamboo is dancing in savage celebration of the winter storm. Nonsense of course. The bamboo does the same dance in summer…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreGroups selected by…
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There seems to be confusion about the meaning of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreYour move next. What‘ll it be?
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…squares of black, white and gray. Black squares lead to failure. White squares lead to success. Gray squares lead to indecision. None of the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreIf Utopia requires…
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…are two inscriptions on the walls of the Temple at Delphi: Know Thyself; and Nothing in Excess. They were inscribed there some twenty-five hundred years ago. These two aphorisms were wise…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreI’ve loyally kept my …
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… remembering seems as much dream as memory. I was four years old. That probably accounts for the haze. We were on a picnic; Dad, Mom, me, and Uncle Gordan. I remember the spindly grill being taken from the trunk …
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreLoyalty is as loyalty does.
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…like Love, BFF, and other declarations of commitment have a season. Nothing on this earth is forever, no matter how much we wish it were otherwise. Passions flair, passions fade. The Sun rises, the Sun sets. Change is the only…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreDark unknowing that happens…
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…if he could, he wouldn't. Wild things don't discuss what they do in the wild. He returns by morning light. Matted fur, fatigue, and traces of blood, betray shadowy adventures known only to himself. Better not to…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreSupernatural is not the…
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…,why does He allow the meanness and horrors of this world to exist? It's an old question. Satan knows the answer. He prefers humans remain in the dark. Satan's preference is made easier when humans think of him as mythical. All predators manage better when the prey doesn't know…
By K. L. Shipley
Read More…you spent an entire evening one Friday, helping with preparations for a key wedding the following…
By Benjamin Nambu
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