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.
The modern world is convinced…
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…of one father and two mothers. The ages-long struggle between them began at their birth and has never ceased. Hagar was the mother of the first born, Ishmael. Sarah was the…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreA memory of meeting…
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…I can smell things frying: corndogs, doughnuts, turkey wings, and any number of other members of several food groups. The first tingles of the coming winter and blowing dust…
By Russell Willis
Read MoreI live content with…
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…remarkable how reliably our standing-in-life improves upon being buried. Scoundrels become saints. Misers become prudent. Nasty characters of all sorts become decent…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreHealth concerns…
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…things are as inevitable as closing time. Lives, films, Empires, and everything else comes to an end. "Last call for alcohol" is the classic example. Boasts, clever talk, and hopeful lusts…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreHealth is as much a…
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…words are known to most of us as a single line from a truism made famous by Benjamin Franklin in his popular…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe last day is usually…
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…storm hit Florida with hurricane wind, rain, and flood. The talking heads on TV wrung their hands and opined, "The worst disaster in five-hundred years". The Man-Made Global-Change crowd said…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe sadness of resignation…
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…found this an annoying thing to say. It’s a statement of helplessness. Every serf, peasant, and slave probably said much the same thing. You might as well say nothing at all and…
By K. L. Shipley
Read MoreThe saddest moment may…
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…the young of any kind of animal are invariably cute. Not infants, but babies past the baby stage, and grown enough to toddle. They're round and cuddly like stuffed toy…
By K. L. Shipley
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