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The Tale of the Snaggleflump – Chapter 5: The Labyrinth of Roots
Continuing The tale of the Snaggleflump: Navigating a maze of living roots, Clara and the Snaggleflump discover the Heart of the Forest, only to face a trial of old magic that tests their courage and trust.
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The Tale of the Snaggleflump – Chapter 4: The Silent Stream
Continuing The tale of the Snaggleflump: A magic-laden stream reveals visions of the Heart of the Forest, guiding Clara and the Snaggleflump toward the Labyrinth of Roots to restore the forest’s balance.
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The Tale of the Snaggleflump – Chapter 3: The Shadowless Trees
Continuing The tale of the Snaggleflump: Clara and the Snaggleflump encounter Elder Voryn in the eerie Shadowless Forest, solve his riddle, and learn they must restore the stolen Heart of the Forest to heal its fading magic.
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The Tale of the Snaggleflump – Chapter 2: The Whispering Stones
Continuing The tale of the Snaggleflump: Clara’s curiosity leads her to touch ancient, glowing stones, transporting her and the Snaggleflump to an eerie, timeless forest where secrets and dangers linger.
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The Tale of the Snaggleflump – Chapter 1: A New Friendship
The tale of the Snaggleflump: a creature born from forest dreams, with jingling bells, floppy leaf-ears, and a red button nose. Follow its magical journey with a young girl named Clara as they embark on a journey to restore balance to an ancient enchanted forest.
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Shadow of Tomorrow
Shadow of Tomorrow is a rhyming narrative poem set in a futuristic city where AI governs daily life. With a blend of vivid imagery and structured stanzas, the poem tells the story of a society disrupted by a cunning, adaptive virus.
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Nobility
In Nobility, Cary conveys the importance of character over material wealth or social status. She champions kindness, honesty, and a life lived with integrity as the true measures of nobility. This poem resonates with her belief that real honor and “kingliness” lie in everyday acts of goodness and truthfulness, embodying the essence of her quote about kindness and truth. True worth is in being, not seeming,— In doing, each day that goes bySome little good—not in the dreaming Of great things to do by and by.For whatever men say in their blindness, And in spite of the fancies of youth,There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing so royal as…
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Whispers in Velvet
A yearning love transcends shadows, time, and separation, weaving passion, loss, and eternal connection in whispered twilight.
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The Drifter
Revenge doesn’t pay. Not even in the wild west. My intention was to write a sliver of life from the wild west, focusing on setting the mood and attitudes through descriptors and limited speech, and reflecting that period of time. This is a minimalistic approach to poetic story-telling. Similar to the method in which I wrote Revelations and Still, The Waters Call. 1: The Stage The day stretched as long as a hangman’s noose stifling in its sincerity as a spring dayLazy day shadows crept ever deeper A slow, melodic picking of a guitar set the toneWeather-worn fingers strum across a gut string tunerLeathered face under the wide brim…
