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 Our Christmas 2009 poetry and short story pages will go on-line 11/27. Submissions for both genres are being accepted now. Please click on the graphic above for a preview of the pages.
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As a courtesy, any listing below flaged with the * symbol(s) indicates material or language that may not be suitable for the young or sensitive reader. The number of symbols indicates the intensity. Material identified as such is always listed at the bottom of that day’s list of submissions. Nothing that might be considered obscene, detrimental to any race, creed, religious affiliation or sexual orientation is ever published on this website. ~*~ To access the newest poetry submissions click on the author’s name and you’ll be linked to their poetry page/s. ~*~ To access short stories and other genres, you’ll need to click on the underlined title and you’ll then be linked directly to it without leaving this page. ~*~ Most Recent Submissions The Week of 11/22 - 11/28/09 (Published in the Order Received) |
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Anthony Watkins - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Tomorrow Comes Thanksgiving” Will Patrick - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “The Power Within” “Romantic Angel” “This Gravity We Feel” Scarlet - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Thanksgiving Rules” Toni D. Helfrick
 ~SHORT STORY~ “People of the Street” Kimmy Van Kooten - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “A Rose, on the Third Day” Marcia Miller-Twiford
 ~SHORT STORY~ “In The Attic” Betty Lou Hebert - Page 19 ~POETRY~ “Departed Years” “Wild Turkeys” “First Snow” Jeanne Jordan - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Chronicles of Life Written From a Coffee Café Corner” Stan Grimes - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Final Song” Chris G. Vallancourt ~POETRY~ “In The Middle Of The Beast“ “Think! Be Free! Dance A Multi-Coloured Dance Of Rainbow” “Enslaved People Of The Mirage” Theo Constantinides - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Your Day” Leslie Ann Arbogast - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Faeries” (acrostic) Kevin R. Downs ~POETRY~ “Not Crazy Just Wise” “Everlasting Gift” “Untied” Sue Graves - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “When In Need” (an etheree) “From Afar”
 ~SHORT STORY~ “Pressed For Time” Cathy Brady - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “The Grandest Barbeque” Lew Duffey - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “The Lamp Unto My Path” “The Dream” Submissions Published Previous Weeks |
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Betty Lou Hebert - Page 19 ~POETRY~ “Sighing Trees” “Wonderland” “Soaring Eagles” and ~SHORT STORY~
 “Heritage of Hawk Hill” (The Final Installment) Karen Vanderlaan - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Time is a Gift” Christopher Thomas - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Life is Here” “What Life is…” “Flower” Kimmy Van Kooten ~SHORT STORY~
 “Floating by...” Theolinda - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “War” (2 tankas) Toni D. Helfrick - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Mem’ries to Dream On” Ronnie Doe - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “I Will Pray for Cindy” Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “A Basket Called Love” “Breaks in Little Pieces” Jennifer Fox ~POETRY~ “You mean everything to me” Marcia Miller-Twiford - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Rest in Peace?” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Healing Prophecy – 8000 Drums” Jude ForÉse - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “where love resides” Jennifer Fox ~POETRY~ “Greatest Uncle in the World” Mary Etta Metcalf
 ~SHORT STORY~ “Becoming One” Theolinda - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “Dreams Unanswered” (tanka) Paul Curtis - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Beware the Ides...” “Filthy Rick” “Comfort Eater” Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 15 ~POETRY~ “Simplicity” (Nocturne) “Unhurried” “Songbook” (Nocturne) Kathryn McL. Collins - Page 10 ~POETRY~ “Twixt Fall and Winter I Stand” “Rainy Days in a Row” “Grandma” Lew Duffey - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Find Happiness” Ingrid Showalter Swift - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Long Horn Roads” Kevin R. Downs ~POETRY~ “Who I Am” Bill Cottringer - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Growing Love” Paul Curtis - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Litterbug Jitterbug” “Technical Tip” “Oh No He Isn’t” Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Thanksgiving” Melissa R. Mendelson - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Dreaming of You” Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “Mind in Chaos” “Quiet Times of Our Love” Jennifer Fox ~POETRY~ “Thanksgiving Acrostic” Marcia Miller-Twiford - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Being Thankful” “This Thanksgiving” “The Thanksgiving Feast” Michael Mack - Page 14 ~POETRY~ * The Cows of Uganda * Felix L. Perry - Page 16 ~POETRY~ “The Legend #48 and Jimmy Johnson” “Sandscript” * “The Deceiver” * Theo Constantinides - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Aruba” Edward Jolin ~POETRY~ “Guardian of Your Heart” Michael Mack - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “Across a Field of Lilacs Spread” Jude ForÉse - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “be or not be” “dreams of deceased admirers” “drops of sky” Paul Curtis - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Lothario” “Sweethearts” “Money Can’t Buy Happiness” Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “Colors of Autumn” Tanka 33009 Tanka 110508 Eugenia Pantecan - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Fall” “Cheap Theatricals” “A Rampart” Marcia Miller-Twiford - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Spirit Hawk” “Return of the Sun” “Winds of Time” Stan Grimes
 ~SHORT STORY~ “Annie” (**adult content) Gypsy - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Blinded” “Vision Quest” Betty Lou Hebert ~SHORT STORY~
 “Heritage of Hawk Hill” - Part 8 Lew Duffey - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “What Are You Thinking?” Kathryn McL. Collins - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Lonesome Room” Leslie Ann Arbogast - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Missing Me” Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “Moments of Serenity” “Angel Beware” Dan Rosenhagen ~POETRY~ “Yesterday- NOW- Tomorrow” “The Progression” Paul Curtis - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Reunion Trepidation” Toni D. Helfrick - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Beauty of Ireland” “Your Dreams” “Paddy's Walk” Kimmy Van Kooten - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “All Together, Autumn” Georg Edvard Mateos - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Summer, Beloved Little Summer!” “Old Lover Reminiscences” “The Little Boy in Me” Scarlet ~POETRY~ ~The Continuing Mo Tee Suh Series~ “Mo Tee Suh’s Mama Says No” Ted L Glines ~ARTICLE~
 “Scam” Michael Mack - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “The Nursing Home” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Jesus is Manna is Jesus” “Be a Snowflake” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~
 “Family Dinner” Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Love’s Gauntlet” Jude ForÉse - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “merry-go-round” “poetic consequence” “dreams of deceased admirers” Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “Rejoice!” (English sonnet) haibun “Hands” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Who We Are” Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “Let Him Free” “Our Twilight Hours” Joyce Johnson - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Thanksgiving Blessings” “Thanksgiving Guests” Dale Clark - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “dream # 9” “living on the fringe” (a re-post) Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ haiku string (4) * ”Familiar Seduction” * Betty Lou Hebert - Page 19 ~POETRY~ “Willows Sighing” “Reflections” “Winter Morning Fantasy” Michael Mack - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “Abraham, Martin, and John” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “A Beautiful Light” Karen Vanderlaan - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Zack” “Run Like a Girl“ ”A Selfish Hand” Bill Cottringer - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Dark Cloud” “Monkey on My Back” Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “Never Sure Which You Are” “Where Love Is” “Where Have We All Gone” Sakkthi Subramaniyam ~POETRY~ “Songs of Silent Blood” “Nature Speaks Pain” Paul Curtis - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Gods Grace” “My” * “Want” * Rose Marie Rideout ~SHORT STORY~
 “Goodness and Kindness All the Days of Our Lives” Anthony Watkins - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Quiet, But Not Empty” Ed Ratledge - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Beachcombing” Betty Lou Hebert ~SHORT STORY~
 “Heritage of Hawk Hill” - Part 7 Will Patrick - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Exempt me from this Distance” Debra Faulconer-Baker - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “I Remember” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “The Sun and the Moon” “Grant Me Eyes to See” Sakkthi Subramaniyam ~POETRY~ “I Am a Murderer” “Whimsical Holiday Tale” Titia Geertman ~POETRY~ Special Page - Poetry Graphics ~Remembering Marge Tindal~ “Moon of Love” Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “Once Upon A Dream” * “The Remnants of Terror” * (dark poetry) Christopher Thomas - Page 4 ~POETRY~ Temporary * “The Dance” * Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “My Rainbow Spirits” “Does Our Spirit Fly Away” “Grumpy Old Man” Chris G. Vaillancourt ~POETRY~ “The Answer Is At The End” “Maple Leaf” “Parasite“ Irene “Nikki” Koufala ~SHORT STORY~
 “Class Reunion” Gypsy - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Thru Me” “Garden of Trees” Ted L Glines
 ~PERSONAL ESSAY~ “Important Things” Ingrid Showalter Swift - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Bike Wheels” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “When I Hear A Seagull's Cry” Sue Graves - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “The Things You Say” “Until the Stars Grow Dark” Bill Cottringer - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “My Secret Power” D.S. Mullis
 ~SHORT STORY~ “The Last Winter” Stan Grimes ~POETRY~ “Leaves” “Oxymoron” Kevin R. Downs ~POETRY~ “Procrastinate” Toni D. Helfrick - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Autumn, My Season” “A Hospice Nurse's Prayer” “My Tears Are Gone” Felix L. Perry - Page 16 ~POETRY~ “Love Centered and Aligned” “The Preacher’s Questions” *** “A Romantic Bedtime Story” *** CG McGovern-Bowen ~POETRY~ Haiku/Senryu string (20) Betty Lou Hebert ~SHORT STORY~
 “Heritage of Hawk Hill - Part 6” Theolinda - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “Words” “Just a Memory” and ~SHORT STORY~
 “Happy Birthday” D.S. Mullis ~SHORT STORY~
 “The Essence of Timing” (Article) Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Caribbean Moments” Jeanne Jordan - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Redemption” - haibun and ~SHORT STORY~ “Dear Jon” Ingrid Showalter Swift - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Serengeti Song” “Some Days ehe Air is Thick With It” Dawn Wilson ~POETRY~ “The Road to There” Melissa R. Mendelson - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Skies Over Destiny” Scarlet ~POETRY~ ~The Continuing Mo Tee Suh Series~ “Mo Tee Suh Gets Asked Out” Johnny Diaz - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “A Thankful Heart” Paul Curtis - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Imprudent Heart” “I Could Have Lived a Lifetime” “Betrayal” Richard Lloyd Cederberg - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “when hearts cry out” - a triolet-tanka hybrid Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “The Threads That Hold” Titia Geertman ~POETRY~ “Winning the Lotto” Georg Edvard Mateos ~SHORT STORY~ “The Life of Walther Alexander” (reposted) (excerpts from the book in process) Irene “Nikki” Koufala ~SHORT STORY~ “Harvest Time” (revised - complete story) Richard Lloyd Cederberg - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “abandoned beach” (2 haibun) Jude ForÉse - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “moving violation” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Wood Nymphs” “Golden Memories” Kevin R. Downs ~POETRY~ “Board Games” Sakkthi Subramaniyam ~POETRY~ “Dreams of Abandoned child” Paul Curtis - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “I Love it at the Seaside” “Dreaming of You” * “Stroke of Luck” * Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Sad Moments” “Walking a Foggy Beach” “She Dreamed” Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “Black Rock Desert” “Trail To Tomorrow” “Hanging On!” and ~SHORT STORY~ “Heritage of Hawk Hill - Part 5” Dan Rosenhagen ~POETRY~ “Where My Secrets Lie” “Who’s in the Mirror?” Toni D. Helfrick - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “The Interloper” Anthony Watkins - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “A Laugh at the Dark” Scarlet - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Scary Times” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Words, The Reflection of the Soul” “The Quest” Michael Mack - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “There Used to Be a Ballpark” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “The Little Children Say” (Halloween poem) and ~SHORT STORY~ “The Snow Angels” Bill Cottringer - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Life is Simple” Aleta O’Brien - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Child’s Play” “Storyland Park” Ingrid Showalter Swift - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Thin as Parchment / Red as Rubies” Scarlet ~POETRY~ ~The Continuing Mo Tee Suh Series~ “Mo Tee Suh’s Secret Wishes” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Starting Over” D.S. Mullis ~SHORT STORIES/ESSAYS~ “My First Memory” and “Buried Alive” Leslie Ann Arbogast - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Wrap Around Poem” Felix L. Perry - Page 16 ~POETRY~ “Black Day Song” “Weary and Weighted” “Pillows, Teardrops and Tomorrows” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~ “On Being Homeless” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ * “Silent Vows” * Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “Symphonies” (Nocturne) “Sonata” (tankabun) Tanka 113008 Theolinda ~SHORT STORY~ “Halloween Comes But Once A Year” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “I Thought My Heart Was Broken” “Pretty Angel” Jeanne Jordan ~SHORT STORY~ “The Wedding Night” Lew Duffey ~SHORT STORY~ “The Spookiest Thing” Martie Odell-Ingebretsen ~POETRY~ “Done” D.S. Mullis ~POETRY~ “Happy 50th Anniversary, Grace & Allen Speller!” “Happy 50th Anniversary, Ellen and Don!” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Remembrance Day - Never Forget” Jeanne Jordan - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Henry The Conqueror” “Forbidden Fruits” and ~SHORT STORY~ “Death Dream” Samuel E. Stone - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Without Making Any Gain” “Wonder and Doubt Lingers” “World of Its Own” Betty Lou Hebert ~SHORT STORY~ “Heritage of Hawk Hill - Part 4” Stan Grimes ~POETRY~ “I Write Black” Sue Graves - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “A Hand of Friendship” “Reaching Out” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Thank the Heavenly Father with Praises” “Building Blocks” “Dare to Dream” Dale Clark - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “the forever west” “ice cometh” “identity of life” Dawn Wilson ~POETRY~ “Growing Season” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~ “Just A Minute” Theolinda - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “Mom Please Sing A Song For Me” “Soul Dance”/Halloween - 2 tankas (Halloween poems) Eric Paul McCarty - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Listening” “Remembered” “Yet Nothing Less” Cathy Brady - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Happy Halloween” (Halloween poem) Toni D. Helfrick - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Only Then, Shall My Heart Smile Again” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “I kneel before God” “Looking for Happiness?” “Oh, no… not now” Johnny Diaz ~SHORT STORY~ “Summer of ‘67” Georg Edvard Mateos - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Killing the Murder Time” “About loving” “The lost son” Aleta O’Brien - Page 4 ~POETRY~ haiku Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “True Credit” Ingrid Showalter Swift - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “White wind” Betty Lou Hebert - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Winter Warning” “A Dreamy Day” “Red Sunset” and ~SHORT STORY~ “Heritage of Hawk Hill - Part 3 Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “He Who Endures” “It Does Not Go Straight” “The Sky of Blue” Leslie Ann Arbogast - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Tocatta amd Fugue” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Faith or Frustration” Ingrid Showalter Swift - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Our Love Trumps Time” Karen Vanderlaan - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “A Wild Rose” “The Clip-Clop of Her Hooves” Michael Mack - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “She’s Coming Tonight!” Melissa R. Mendelson - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Leaving You Behind” (lyrics) Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~ “The Blind Date” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Dancing Naked With Trees” Jude ForÉse - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “shadow being” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “The Wind Blew” “When Demons Come to Visit” Ed Ratledge - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Paper Man” Felix L. Perry - Page 15 ~POETRY~ “Beach Shack Dreaming” “Jimmy Johnson for Pres!” Timea Szûcs - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Here I am” “Tomorrow” Betty Lou Hebert ~SHORT STORY~ “Heritage of Hawk Hill - Part 2” Ed Ratledge - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Shooting Daisies” “Ash On The Mountain” “Balloon Hat” Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Song of My Heart” “Things Never Done” “Conversations” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Concerning Spurning” “Our Love Is Tough” “I’ve Always Loved It At The Seaside” “Christmas Herald” (Halloween poem) Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “October, God’s Art Masterpiece” “It Seems to Dance in the Spriit” “Will it be?” and ~SHORT STORY~ “Nightmare of Halloween” Felix L. Perry - Page 15 ~POETRY~ “What Do You See…In Me” “A Light in the Window” * “Song of Desire” * Stan Grimes ~POETRY~ “A Morning By The River” Jude ForÉse - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “grasping on air” Ed Ratledge - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Pelican Dining” Rose Marie Rideout - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “But Then Every Once in a While” Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “Beautiful Eyes” “Take a Chance on Love” “Two Hearts” and ~SHORT STORY~ “The House Guest - Part 3” Kevin R. Downs ~POETRY~ “We all see in a different way” Sue Graves - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Picked Up The Pieces” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Yesterday” “My Fairy GOD Father” Leslie Ann Arbogast - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “Hurting Child” Marcia Miller-Twiford - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “The Town Where Evil Dwelled” “Winter Wonder” “Does Our Story End” and ~SHORT STORY~ “Along Came Bridgett” Ed Ratledge - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “park, ducks” Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “Soul” “Hearth” “Tanka 121108” Toni D. Helfrick ~SHORT STORY/ESSAY~ “Midlife Crisis at the Job: The Second Coming” Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Tis Not” “Steps of Solitude” “Road Warrior” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Blackberry Cat” “A World of Love” “For Love’s Adventure” Michael Mack - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “The Legend of Jenny Lee” Irene “Nikki” Koufala ~SHORT STORY~ “Why?” Felix L. Perry - Page 15 ~POETRY~ “Just a Black and White Snapshot” “Borrowed Time!” * “Let's Floor It Baby…” * Aleta O’Brien - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “Vacation” “Fall Haiku” Paul Curtis ~SHORT STORY~ “The House Guest - Part 2” Theolinda - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “A Message from Mom” Karen Vanderlaan - Page 9 ~POETRY~ “The Best I Could Do” “Seasons of Life” Ed Ratledge - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Banjo” Stan Grimes ~POETRY~ “Tribute to My Roots” Deborah L. Kelly - Page 6 ~POETRY~ “Back To The Beginning” Kevin R. Downs ~POETRY~ “The Joy of Truth” Ronnie Doe - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “I’m a U.S. Soldier” “The Apple Tree” “Are You Not Worth More Than a Sparrow” “Halloween” (Halloween poem) Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “Speakers for the Word” Dawn Wilson ~POETRY~ “Undone” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~ “Danse des Papillons” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Our Night of Firsts” “Too Much Love” “Squall” and ~SHORT STORY~ “The House Guest - Part 1” Ed Ratledge - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Alleys” Betty Lou Hebert - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Golden Dreams” “Running With the Breeze” “Where Mountains Rise” and ~SHORT STORY~ “Heritage of Hawk Hill - Part 1” Sakkthi Subramaniyam ~POETRY~ “Every Woman’s Dream” “Love - Queen’s land of realm in men.” Irene “Nikki” Koufala ~SHORT STORY~ “Honey” Melissa R. Mendelson - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Linger” Ingrid Showalter Swift - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “You Kissed Me” “What Perplexes...Me” “Channeling Polly” Toni D. Helfrick ~SHORT STORY~ “The Older, Inner Child” Lew Duffey - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “The Sun Appears” “God’s Will is God’s Grace” “Do Good” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “A Love Sonnet” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~ “Lake View” (adult material) Theolinda ~SHORT STORY~ “And So It’s Over” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Harry’s Last Post” “Ask a Stupid Question” “Girl on Horseback” Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Essence” (Sci. Fi.) Linda Hoyland - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Hope” “Little Angel” Felix L. Perry - Page 15 ~POETRY~ “A Penny’s Worth of Teardrops” “Mind Drifting” Sakkthi Subramaniyam ~POETRY~ “Alone in the Dark” “Butterfly Dreams” “Land of Mystic Pains” Jim Morton - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Cinnamon” “Cacophony” “Celebrate Your Eyes” Ronnie Doe - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “Rose Has No Petals” “All I Need is You” “The Sun Shines Throughout the Year” Jennifer Fox ~POETRY~ “Abuse” Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Wind In The Leaves” Myrna D. Badgerow - Page 14 ~POETRY~ “Discovery” (Nocturne) “Wasted” (Haibun) Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “The Woman I Am” “Haiku – Summer’s End” “Haiku – Winter Willows” “Shape Shifters” (Halloween poem) Melissa R. Mendelson - Page 2 ~POETRY~ “Question” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Crime Watch” Lew Duffey - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “October’s Full Moon” “Not alone but knew it not” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~PERSONAL ESSAY~ “All The Generations That Were” Georg Edvard Mateos ~SHORT STORY~ “The House” Dawn Wilson ~POETRY~ “Rest Certain” Jennifer Fox ~POETRY~ “Mom” Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Lok” (Sci. Fi.) Irene “Nikki” Koufala ~SHORT STORY~ “Will the Defendant Please Rise” Felix L. Perry - Page 15 ~POETRY~ “Essircym’s Lullaby” “Unspoken Offers” “The Ache of Love” Lew Duffey - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “What Means Christian?” “Halloween” (Halloween poem) Kevin R. Downs ~POETRY~ “Untitled Wake” Sue Graves - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Never Again” “Unlovable” Jeanne Jordan ~SHORT STORY~ “The Black Widow” Theolinda ~SHORT STORY~ “Where Do Snowflakes Come From Grandpa?” Liz Cosline ~ARTICLE~ “Maybe We Got It Wrong” Will Patrick - Page 8 ~POETRY~ “The Moon is Full Again” Kimmy Van Kooten ~SHORT STORY~ “Stan, Regina and Friends” Paul Curtis - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Sunflowers” “Looking Afresh” “The Angel of the North” Irene “Nikki” Koufala ~SHORT STORY~ “What a Night!” Ted L Glines ~SHORT STORY~ “Another Place” Richard J Huggins - Page 17 ~POETRY~ “Night Dance” “Dream Walker” “Lady of the Mist” Lew Duffey - Page 7 ~POETRY~ ”Passion Lives” “Brother Sun… Sister Moon” “Prayer Evolves” Ronnie Doe - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “I’ve Never Found True Love” “It’s the Little Things” “Here’s to Our Love” Titia Geertman ~POETRY~ Special Page - Poetry Graphics ~Remembering Marge Tindal~ “October Moon” Edward Jolin ~POETRY~ “Mon Amour” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~ “The Call” Jennifer Fox ~POETRY~ “Being afraid of the world” “Too late to tell him how I feel” “I miss you and I love you... forever...” Annabel Sheila - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “The Road Ahead” Irene “Nikki” Koufala ~SHORT STORY~ “Plain and Simple” Betty Lou Hebert - Page 18 ~POETRY~ “Hawk Hill” “Voices of the Fall” “Frosted Glass” Lew Duffey - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “The Fires That Cannot Destroy” Felix L. Perry - Page 15 ~POETRY~ “The One” “Autumn Hints” “The Next Tide I Saw Essircym” Liz Cosline ~POETRY~ “The Calmness” Marcia Miller-Twiford ~SHORT STORY~ “The Fury” Christopher Thomas - Page 4 ~POETRY~ “My Moment” “One of those days” Ted L Glines ~SHORT STORY~ “Rats” Joyce Johnson - Page 5 ~POETRY~ “Twelve Months” Joe Breunig ~POETRY~ “Prism to Our Past” “Only Your Adoration” Jim Morton - Page 3 ~POETRY~ “Dream Trap” “My Best Friend” Ronnie Doe - Page 7 ~POETRY~ “Kissing’s Not Against the Law” “Morning Prayer” “Sweet Temptation” ~*~ PLEASE NOTE: Poetry and other genre submissions are only listed on this page until it is full. Please click here for the alphabetical list of members to access all the poets on this website.
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