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.
…acrid scent of medications, loose bowels, and disinfectant engulfed us as Jeanne, my mother-in-law, opened the front door of the stately grey colonial in Connecticut where she and Bob, her husband had lived for twenty-five years. Deep lines framed her violet eyes. Beneath them lay circles dark from lack of sleep. Although it was a sunny June day, the air in the house was stifling and…
By Christine Corrigan
Read MoreToday's views stir yesterday's memories.
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…out of my window I realized it might not be pretty, but there was a lot of good to be said. The sky had a pseudoglow grey tint with a hint of pending snow. Not likely, I reasoned, it appeared cold, but the temperature was holding at fifty-one …
By Robert L. Scarry
Read More…are manifested from up above
New life carried to you from a dove
What happens if you have life but no love?
The uncharacteristic…
By Cece Flow
Read More…small creek meandered through the fallow field
A jagged scar of shadows topped with mops of grass
Overhanging the few rocks and clods of dirt
Which bordered the ribbon of brown…
By James Geehring
Read MoreAnimals on the menu
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…Goose had ended up on the menu is anyone's guess. Everything was going great. The trip down came off without a hitch. They made it to Miami in time for their cousins White party (When all the swans gather together to hook-up by the ocean). The city was beautiful all decorated for the holidays. And the weather…
By Alex Almeida
Read MoreGrieving is not something any of us look forward to. But, the gifts contained in the experience of grieving are rich with opportunities for healing.
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…admit it. None of us like to grieve. It is not something we ask for. It is not something we look forward to. It is not something we hope…
By John C. Davis
Read MoreIt is about child marriages happening in some parts of Nepal and especially affecting the female school students who are unable to finish their schools and fighting the patriarchal shortcomings.
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…see is a mist of darkness,
With nowhere to thread my feet…
By Muniram Sharma Pokhrel
Read More…journey took longer than expected. I left Geneva twenty-three days ago, arriving in Zurich three days later and Vienna after one week; it took us three more days to reach Buda (the Hungarian city west of the Danube) and another nine to arrive here. Apparently, the further east you go the worst the roads become. The Count made arrangements to store the crates in a local warehouse. I can only hope that nothing happens…
By RC Lanzmann
Read MoreRats and Cockroaches team up to take over the world. The great Infestation
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…a 24 year old unemployed young man struggles to find the key to his new apartment. He’s a lazy young fellow who was still living with his parents till a week ago. Though he’s parents were rich and influential they wanted their only son to be able to be independent, get a job, get a house and get…
By El Legados
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