Marcia Miller-Twiford Welcomes You To "The Writing Forum" Showcasing Today’s Best Writers Webmaster’s Email: marcia@thewritingforum.net WRITER OF THE YEAR 2011 Paul Curtis Forum Message Center For Members Use Only POET OF THE MONTH March 2012 (to be announced on 3/01/12) SHORT STORIES, ETC. Links to our members Articles, Essays, Short Stories, and More ~IN MEMORIAM~ The Writing of Our Members Who Have Passed On POETRY FOR CHILDREN Introducing Children To the Art of Literature Through Poetry ALPHABETICAL LIST Lists All Members With Links to Their Pages SUBMISSION GUIDELINES How  to Submit to This Website. Page Includes 36 Graphic Sets For New Members to Select From ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Members Who Have Donated Funds to Help Defer Costs of Keeping This Site Online ~HELPFUL NAVIGATION TIPS~ For poetry - click on the member’s name at the top of their submission/s below. For short stories and other genres - click on any title instead of the member’s name. SIMPLY PUT - - - anything on this website that’s underlined is a link. The * symbols (one to three) indicate material that may not be suitable for the young or more sensitive reader. The number of symbols indicate the intensity of the material. In addition to what’s listed below, there are hundreds of additional poems, short stories, essays, etc. you can access through the Alphabetical List of members. MOST RECENT SUBMISSIONS The Week of 2/19 - 2/25/2012 Submissions Posted - 2/22 Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “They’re in a Better Place” “After” _________________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “At the Annual Pancake Race” “I Thought I’d Try Tossing a Pancake” “Tossing a Pancake” ______________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “The Orchard” “Summer Dreams” “Moonshell Memories” _______________________ Sue Graves ~POETRY~ “A Heart Filled With Joy” ______________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~POETRY~ “He Stands” _______________________   Submissions Posted - 2/20 Bill Cottringer ~POETRY~ “The Truth Will Set You Free” “Two Journeys Alone” “Love Comes Three Times” ______________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “Bandit of Youth” “Kindergarten Recess” “Upon Diagnosis” _____________________ Myrna D. Badgerow ~POETRY~ “Silent Musings” “Other Days” “Only She Knows” _______________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Tomorrows Lost” “Held Close” “I Miss” ______________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “The Cow and The Moon” “Drowse” “Dirty World” ______________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Breakfast at Noon” _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “The Girl” ______________________   Previous Submissions Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Simple Joys”  “Why” “The Right Words” ______________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~ “Drifting On a Silver Sea” “Through White Forest of Red Fire” “Let the Jammed Cogs Be Damned” _______________________ Myrna D. Badgerow ~POETRY~ “Inheritance” “I Will” “Healing” _______________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Never in Stone” _____________________ Karl Krahn ~POETRY~ “God’s Last Warning?” _________________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “Smarter” _______________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “Jane and I” “Be Gentle With the Earth” “Only Skin Deep” _______________________ Dawn Anderson ~POETRY~ “A Restless Winter” _________________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “In the Dark Of the Night” “An’ I’ll be Thinkin’ o’ Ye!” “The Road to Nowhere” ~SHORT STORY~ “Visiting With My Dad” _____________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “Benign Spirit” “They Follow Their Hearts” “But Don’t Tell Me” _________________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “Pink Twilight“ “Wind and Whispers“ “Burned Bridges“ _________________________ Ch’erie de Perrot ~POETRY~ “He gives... ______________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “I Blew It” _________________________ Jim Martin ~POETRY~ “A February Morn” ______________________ Sue Graves ~POETRY~ “No More Tears” ______________________ Kimmy Van Kooten ~POETRY~ “Bones to Skin” _____________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “Don’t Look Away” “After the Movies” _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Her House“ “That I Miss You” “Shadows of Time” _____________________ Myrna D. Badgerow ~POETRY~ “Collaboration “Landscapes” “Journey” ______________________ Dan Rosenhagen ~POETRY~ “Men and Beasts”  “Once upon a twilight” ______________________ Samuel E. Stone ~ARTICLE~ “Never Run Out of Bullets In a Gun Fight” (a contunuing series) _______________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~POETRY~ “The Keepsake Valentine” _____________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “The Stranger” “Boats” “Valley of Dreams _______________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “Ad Astra, Per Aspera” ‘Tis Not the Spirit Ending” ~STORY POEMS~ “Another Day” - Parts 7 & 8 ________________________ Claire Fitzgerald ~SHORT STORIES~ “The Institute” “Summertime and the Living Is Easy” ______________________ Jim Martin ~POETRY~ “Poet’s Lament” ________________________ richard lloyd cederberg ~POETRY~ “Love remains eternal...” “Mockingbird” (haibun) “Unspoken” (haibun) “I’ll bid thee farewell) (triolet) The Tarzan Story-Poem Series “in the house of Greystoke ... 14” ________________________ Karl Krahn ~STORY POEM~ “Ignoring God?” _____________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~ “In the Cast of Mechanized Light” ______________________ Samuel E. Stone ~POETRY~ “Life” “Those Lingering Thoughts” “Dreams to Cope” ______________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “The Fast Walker” _______________________ Rose Marie Rideout ~POETRY~ “Until Tomorrow” _____________________ Bonnie Rogers ~POETRY~ “Review” “Thoughts Pondered” _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “The Place They Go” “The Time of Partings” “Distant Memories” _______________________ Dawn Anderson ~POETRY~ “An Open Door” _______________________ Sue Graves ~POETRY~ “A Gypsy” ______________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “The Tree” ~STORY POEM~ “Another Day” - Parts 4, 5 & 6 ______________________ Kimmy Van Kooten ~POETRY~ “Orion Allies With Aldebaran Once Again! ...                            and The Book of the Dead Has Fresh New Authors!” _______________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~STORY POEMS~ “Another Day” - Part 1 “Another Day” - Part 2 “Another Day” - Part 3 ______________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “The Choice is Mine“ _____________________ richard lloyd cederberg ~POETRY~ “angelic conversation” - allegory “gangly man” “selflessly” _____________________ Claire Fitzgerald ~POETRY~ “Titanic poem for my sister” “Battle, Grace, Jail, Bang” “Burning desire; lyrics of fire” _____________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “My Honey” _______________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “Disillusioned People” “Why?” “The Four Seasons” (quad triolet) _____________________ Toni D. Helffrick ~POETRY “Precious Memories” “Our Achilles Heel” _____________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “Southern Peas” ____________________ Toni D. Helffrick ~POETRY Haiku and Senryu (12) _____________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~POETRY~ “Louise’s Secret” “Complex Winter” “Return of the Sun” ______________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “Bruno Sits” ______________________ richard lloyd cederberg ~POETRY~ “no overhead casting... “ (Literary criticism)  “the oracle contends”  “a sense of oneness” _____________________ Michael Mack ~POETRY~ “The Hallways of My Mind” “Jack, Jackie and Bob” (an expanded Triolet) _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “December Storm” “Winter Love” “The Dark Side of Manic” ______________________ Myrna D. Badgerow ~POETRY~ “Distance”  “Different... But” “Connection” _____________________ Claire Fitzgerald ~POETRY~ “Blue Monday”  “Falling in Love” ______________________ Michael Mack ~POETRY~ “Understanding Free Verse” _____________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “Ever Decreasing Wildlife” “Night Rider” “Roses” (a nonet) _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY “Anhedonia in the Workplace” “The Early Morn” “Lady by the Seaside _______________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~  “Smoke n Mirrors” _______________________ Robert Lesher ~POETRY~ “The Need to Dream” ______________________ Myrna D. Badgerow ~POETRY~ “For the Flowers” “Even to Yourself” “Empty Spaces, Empty Pages” _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Winter’s Sands” “When Souls Share” “Morning Commute” ______________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “A Brand New Beau” “A Bed of Clover” “Angels Sang” ______________________ Michael Mack ~POETRY~ “Knowing When Love is Through” “Counting Clouds” ~EPIC POETRY~ “The Last Words of Mary Dodd” ______________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “As Joyous As a Song” “Hand Holding” “Three Kisses” ______________________ Anthony Watkins ~POETRY~ “Cold Tile” _____________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “Minnows In the Road Ruts” “Do Ya Know What I’m Sayin’?” ______________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Dear Mother” _____________________ Dan Johnson ~POETRY~ “Welcome Home” _____________________ Samuel E. Stone ~POETRY~ “Ever So Loud”  “Clouds of Grey”  “Remembering Past” _______________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY “The Pox” (trochet) “Barricade of Feelings” “What Does Anyone Ask?” ______________________ D. S. Mullis ~POETRY~ “Emotions!” _____________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “Winter’s Grip” “Do You Remember Dancing Along to Harry?” “When Did Acquaintance” ______________________ Robert Lesher ~POETRY~ “Our Convenience of Deceit” ______________________ Dan Rosenhagen ~POETRY~ “A Seed Must be Buried” ~EPIC POETRY~ “Order of Intention” ______________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~ “Waking Sobered” “Wall Stone” _____________________ Dan Johnson ~POETRY~ “On That Rainy Alaskan Night” “Why Betty Sings the Blues” “Lay Me Down” ______________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY “Writer’s Block” “The First Kiss of Springtime” “A Walk” ~ESSAY~ “The Last Snow of “92” ______________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “Dawn” “Music” “Echos” _______________________ Dawn Anderson ~POETRY~ “A Woman’s Thoughts” _______________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “That Amazing Pondering Mind” _________________________ Mary Etta Metcalf ~POETRY~ “Where Was I” _______________________ Jacqueline Ann Piech ~POETRY~ “Butterfly Swirls” _____________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “Bastille Day” “Table for Two” “Symmetry” _____________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~ “Leaf Wild and Wind Wonder Full” _____________________ Jude ForÉse ~POETRY~ “storm drain” “star doors” ______________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~POETRY~ “Landscape of Tomorrow” “Finding You” “Spirit Hawk” ______________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “A New Day Dawning” “Artistic Practice” “When Will I Reach the Main Event?” _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY “On Gathering Wildflowers” ~Story-Poem~ “Our Emotions, As They Are” _______________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “Tropical Thoughts” “Annual Chances” _____________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Lives Along the Open Road” _____________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “An Afternoon Away” “Frosty Morn” “Poseidon Calls” _____________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~ “Waiting As I Am On You”  “Feather Duster” ______________________ Liz Cosline ~ARTICLE~ (with video link) “What People Want” _______________________ Ronnie Doe ~POETRY~ “Sacred Vow of Friendship”  “Just for Auld Lang Syne” ______________________ Hal O’Leary ~POETRY~ “Blame” (a pantoum) ______________________ D. S. Mullis ~SHORT STORY~ “Stamina” _____________________ Claire Fitzgerald ~POETRY~ “The Man” ______________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “The Stranger 2012” “Views of Nature” “Strangers In the Night” _____________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~POETRY~ “A New Year - A New Chance” _____________________ Bill Cottringer ~POETRY~ “My Hope for 2012” _____________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “Wide Open Spaces” _____________________ Myrna D. Badgerow ~POETRY~ “Autograph” “World of Writing” “After the Rain” _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “The Path Back” ‘’Silent Embrace” “A Life in Stolen Moments” _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~SHORT STORY~ “A Memorable New Year’s Eve” ______________________ Paul Ballinger ~STORY POEM~ (adult content) *** “City of Angels’ *** _____________________ Sue Graves ~POETRY~ “A Loving Heart” “In My Dreams” ______________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “When the Shadows Fall” “Fading” “The Softness of Your Voice” ____________________ Samuel E. Stone ~POETRY~ “New Year’s Eve Once Again” “No Hiding” _______________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~POETRY~ “Ambers” _____________________ Magina Isabella ~POETRY~ “He’s Past” “Contra Diction” “The In-Between” _____________________ Paul Ballinger ~POETRY~ “Santa Claus Hates Me” _____________________ Robert Lesher ~POETRY~ “Christmas is Over” ______________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “New Year Resolutions” “He Came to Earth” “Wrapping Paper” _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Tomorrow Never Came” “Mournful Maiden’s Cry” ”Lover’s Waltz” _____________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~ “Again Never Again” “Yellow Strings” “The Homeless Man’s Chant” ______________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “Before the Flowers” “A Promise” “A Gift of Light” _____________________ richard lloyd cederberg ~POETRY~ “she meditates in a cave”  “raven on a snow perch”  “two in a skiff” _____________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “For Ted” ________________________ Kimmy Van Kooten ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Twas the Night Mom Cancelled Christmas” “His Mother’s Tear Still Waits to Fall” ______________________ Jim Martin ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas, 2011” ______________________ Dan Johnson ~POETRY~ “Haiku in December” _______________________ Rob Bristol ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Santa’s Big Question” _____________________ Will Patrick ~POETRY~ “On This Winter Solstice” “That Poem You Wanted” ______________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “5 a.m.” _____________________ Paul Curtis “Hope Sits” “A Rose” “I Love You Darling Warts and All” ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “The Christmas Ornaments” “Christmas” (acrostic) “I Would Give to You on Christmas Morning” ________________________ Jim Martin ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas Is...” _________________________ Cathy Brady ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “A Ferrety Christmas” _____________________ Bill Cottringer ~CHRISTMAS SHORT STORY~ “A Christmas Gift Puppet Play” ____________________ Dan Rosenhagen ~POETRY~ “Entity of God” “Rejection” ________________________ Jim Martin ~POETRY~ “A Young Know — It — All” _______________________ Annabel Sheila ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Fond Christmas Memories” “The Joy of Christmas” _______________________ Ronnie Doe ~POETRY~ “The Wonderful Poet Ted Glines” _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~STORY-POEM~ “River For the Lonely” - part five “River For the Lonely” - Epilogue ______________________ Rob Bristol ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas Triolet” _______________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY “The Struggles of Womankind” ~STORY-POEM~ “River For the Lonely” - part four ______________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “My Christmas Birthday” ________________________ Samuel E. Stone ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas Trinity” ______________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~POETRY~ “Diary” _____________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “What Rich Tapestry” “Drawn Like a Moth” “On That and This” ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Alphabet of Christmas” “Christmas Recipe” “Merry Christmas and Goodwill to All Men” _______________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~POETRY~ “Do I Miss You” _____________________ Joyce Johnson ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas In the 1900’s” _________________________ Toni D. Helffrick ~STORY-POEMS~ “River For the Lonely” - part two “River For the Lonely” - part three ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Christmastime” “It’s Christmas” ________________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “Mother” “The Dark Side Of the Mind” ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas Candles” ______________________ Ronnie Doe ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “The Birth of Jesus” “Christmas Day” “When Christmas Ain’t Merry” ______________________ Will Patrick ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “A Christmas Poem” “The First Christmas” _____________________ Jude ForÉse ~POETRY~ “libretto” “breeze of light” “dashboard dreams” _____________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Latin Midnight Mass” _____________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “The Bravery of Being Out of Range” “When Love Turns Sour” ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “The Christmas Fairy” _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~STORY-POEMS~ “River For the Lonely” - part 1 “The Colorado Gambler and The Lady” - part 6 “The Colorado Gambler and The Lady” - part 7 and the conclusion _______________________ Rose Marie Rideout ~CHRISTMAS ESSAY~ “Stress Free Holidays” ~CHRISTMAS SHORT STORY~ “Yes Dear, There is a Santa” _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Lost” “Memories From a Book” “Fears” ______________________ Paul Ballinger ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” _____________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “Communion” “To A Lost Brother” “In The Artic Night ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “The Christmas Calf” ______________________ Ted L Glines ~CHRISTMAS ESSAY~ “Cultural Christmas” _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~STORY-POEMS~ “The Colorado Gambler and The Lady” - part 4 “The Colorado Gambler and The Lady” - part 5 _______________________ C. G. McGovern-Bowen ~POETRY~ “Noise” ______________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “She Looks Like the Girl Next Door” “A Copper Cascade” “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream” ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Christmas Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” “Who Ate All the Pies?” “The Salvation Army Bells” ______________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “At Home With Nature” “Strangers by Choice (The Stranger Returns)” “Oblivion” ______________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~STORY-POEMS~ “The Colorado Gambler and The Lady - part 1” “The Colorado Gambler and The Lady - part 2” “The Colorado Gambler and The Lady - part 3” _______________________ Will Patrick ~POETRY~ “Tom the Giant” ________________________ Robert Lesher ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas Tree in 1953” _______________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “While Lighting Christmas Candles” “Climbing the Christmas Tree” ______________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Ever Present” “Return” “Her Absence” _____________________ Robert Lesher ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “James Bay December” _____________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~POETRY~ “Think Away” ______________________ Joyce Johnson ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “This Christ Child” “Christmas Stockings” ______________________ Bill Cottringer ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmas Time” ____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “The Silence is Mine” “A Slew of Senryu” _______________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Christmas Is . . .” “On a Christmas Eve Morn” _____________________ James E. Martin ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “We Still Say Merry Christmas” “Is It Christmas Yet?” ______________________ Jacqueline Ann Piech ~POETRY~ “Opening” _______________________ Paul Curtis ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Christmas Gateau” “When Christmas Wears Its Tinselled Gown” ”More Nuts Than Can Be Cracked” ______________________ Jude ForÉse ~POETRY~ “yap” “inspiring conspiring” “oh wow” _______________________ richard lloyd cederberg ~CHRISTMAS SHORT STORY~ “from Lapland, love to you... (flash fiction) _____________________ Bill Cottringer ~POETRY~ “I See You” _____________________ Ted L Glines ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Carols” “We Say” _____________________ Rose Marie Rideout ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “A Special Time of Year” _____________________ Ingrid Showalter Swift ~CHRISTMAS POEMS~ “Christmas Cometh” “Christmas Past” “A Christmas TRUTH” _____________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Tracing an Echo” _____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “Daisies” “A Hard Day’s Night” (a limerick) ~SHORT STORY~ “I’m Sorry, Mama” ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Christmases That Used to Be” ~CHRISTMAS ESSAY~ “Christmas Through the Eyes of a Nurse” ______________________ Samuel E. Stone ~CHRISTMAS POEM~ “Reason For Christmas” ______________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “Visitors” “Mother Disappearing” _______________________ Rob Bristol ~POETRY~ “Posties Busy Day” “Hallucinations” (haiku) “Thanksgiving Day” (triolet) _____________________ C. G. McGovern-Bowen ~POETRY~ “Gleeful” ______________________ Christine Tsen ~POETRY~ “School Girl” _____________________ Karen Vanderlaan ~POETRY~ “Don’t Touch” ______________________ Jim Martin ~POETRY~ “Thankful Through the Storm” _____________________ Liz Cosline ~POETRY~ “It’s About Believing” ______________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~POETRY~ “The Thanksgiving Feast” _____________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~SHORT STORY~ “Across the Bridge” ______________________ richard lloyd cederberg The Tarzan Story-Poem Series “with the swiftness of atalanta … 12“ “the lost descendants of Feradach the Fair … 13” _______________________ Paul Curtis ~POETRY~ “Dawn Patrol” “Anonymous Angel Hidden From View’ “Not Virginia Plain” ______________________ Dan Rosenhagen ~POETRY~ ‘This mystery” “Lost and found’ ______________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “Gerry Doesn’t Live Here, Anymore” “Harry and Dean” _______________________ Scarlet ~POETRY~ “Thanksgiving at Grandma’s” _______________________ Ted L. Glines ~ESSAY~ (a continuing series) “Funnin #19 - Dead Skunk” _______________________ Marcia Miller-Twiford ~POETRY~ “Being Thankful” _____________________ Richard J Huggins ~POETRY~ “Holding Hands” “Melancholy” “Love’s Fool No More” _____________________ Betty Lou Hebert ~POETRY~ “Blue Shadows” “A Stillness in the Air” “A Silver Spell” ______________________ Myrna D. Badgerow ~SHORT VERSE POEMS~ “Mornings” “Left” “Hands” _____________________ Felix L. “Fee” Perry ~POETRY~ “Goddess” “The Set” “Carried Away” _____________________ Melissa R. Mendelson ~POETRY~ “Seven Grains” ____________________ Toni D. Helfrick ~POETRY~ “The Trip to the Heavens” ~SHORT STORY~ (non-fiction) “The Elusive Storm” ______________________ Kathryn McL. Collins ~POETRY~ “Reading” “The Kidnapping” “Cocktails at Seven” ________________________ Jude ForÉse ~POETRY~ “case” “internal circumstances” _____________________ There are hundreds of additional poems, essays, articles and short stories you can access from the Alphabetical List of Members. Select any member and you’ll find links to all their works. ~*~  Please note, nothing obscene, overtly violent, containing explicit profanity, or is deemed to be detrimental to any race, creed, religion, or sexual orientation is ever posted on this website. ~*~  Website Registed to, Designed, and Operated by Marcia Miller-Twiford 1999-2012 XXX