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thank you for the critical perspectives. Granny - always; inbetween - i like the bloofer dream. and chaplin, your comments are well made and worth consideration. however, the practice was...

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not, but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.

Epicurus


Small waves lapped outside the window, and...

This is amazing. I especially like the way it brings closure; encapsulating.

"I know that line the way I know
"my familiar. Her hawk call
"waiting on

"When the heart hungers
"and the eyes...

One of the first pieces I ever wrote. Remedial, to be sure, but I remember it warmly. Any comments...

In a small lea of clover and grass together they did rise,
Protecting each other, watching...

I agree with Virgil on the last line, it seemed an awkward finis. But perhaps that's the intended tone. It's a beautiful piece, quite simply gratifying - d

the passion of anger just reverberates, and the line "the only person I am getting rid of is you," simply resonates the overall theme.

Bravo! The marching cadence is so powerful!

thanks to all for the superb comments; it's encouraging to know one's work reviewed by many critical eyes. virgil, your suggestion about removing the confusing stanza is well made, and i'll look at...

Any story that generates discussion is well-worth reading. Bravo, Nikhar!

Thanks, S. I was trying to think of something new to post, and I remembered this essay I wrote back in 2001. It was really hard, being so close to those behind the scenes events, and also being put...

This is a dated piece, written shortly after the event, but timeless in the message, I think. For me, it was first-hand, in a detached kind of way, and this a perspective in personal recollection. We...

An excerpt from a piece of fiction I'm working on. Any and all comments or suggestions warmly appreciated - d

Bhindu Mali was a thief, and it was attention that she stole. A precocious 8...

It was a challenging portrait to paint, but I'm satisfied. Thanks, Steven - d

Good story...lots of urgency. i turned on every scene. thanks for sharing

thanks, granny5. it's a special place.

I remember now.

This is one of the stories he told me, and it's about war, and scar-calamity, and the healing after death. It’s about a time afterward, when things came to reveal how we were,...

A crescent moon hung above the Tidal Basin, the sweet scent of cherry blossoms wafting lazy on a cool night breeze. Bathed in floodlights, the Washington obelisk pierced the haze like a shimmering...

an amazingly whimsical piece!

Very haunting, Sophia. It churns emotions. It is beautiful.

What an amazingly powerful sonnet.

Ashes of Amber

In emptiness and sorrow, on a quest to find comfort and ease the pain, Scott did a vile, despicable and unspeakable thing. He went to bed with a whore.

He found her on the...

With apologies for repeating this piece, it's only an attempt to move it from one location to another...


A glass calm sea, slight wind fills sail, high cotton cloud on tropic air.
She calls to...

thanks, all. i'm new at this, so finding the appropriate home for things is going to take some time, but i genuinely appreciate the feedback. prince-thanks for the suggestion. is there a way to...

thanks virgil, and granny 5. i'm just a tad nervous about puttin my things in a public arena...

Glass calm sea, slight wind fills sail, high cotton cloud on tropic air.
She calls to me. I will not fail the wondrous scent of flowing hair.
She dances light on ballet step, with dip at tiny,...