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Tam's head lay at the base of the slope, eyes half open, dazedly gazing at the gathering of turtles.…

Struggling with a new sense of purpose, Tam struggled to attain a precarious upright stance. She had…

There once was a forest dwelling little baby deer, all alone and frightened in the snowy wood. She w…

And when my time comes for a nat'ral death,

Some future era of our shared, shamed land,

I hope and f…

INVEST your time in righting wrongs

Inflicted by the greedy throngs

INVENT a scheme to give love pow…

BILLOWS buffet 'gainst the wall

The water roils below the fall

BELLOWS blow & stoke the flames

That …

Swaying slightly in his tracks, Oedipus gazed upward. Haggard, unkempt, exhausted, the former king o…

I seized my single chance ere it could flee,

Amazed I'd been accepted. And before

A year had passed,…

But graduation seemed a new beginning:

A different major to enrich my mind,

Fresh challenges and con…

It hasn't been so easy, shifting from

Our college days, our ev'ry hour together,

And sharing all our…

There's no one else who's helped me know my self,

My heart, without dissembling or disguise.

You sho…

I'd like to call and ask if you'd stop by.

It's been too long! We really should catch up,

But ev'ry …

I've learned to trust that love exists aplenty,


And that most people long to be adored.


Some think…

When you departed, love, you'd been afflicted

And mute so long. My strength and hope had flagged.

I …

I'm torn, my dear. I don't know what to do.

I wish you were alive, that you'd respond

To guide me, a…