• My Writing,  Home Featured,  Life Series,  Poetry

    Jade Vine

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    As radiant dawn warms the summer skyEcho the song from a waking magpie As dew drops glisten and slowly dissipateAnd the crest of a new morning slowly breaks A lovely young woman lays peaceful in her bedWaking with the sun arching overhead A smile, a kiss and heart-warming embraceIn greeting for this day she must surely face A love so pure for sweet JulianeAs rare and lovely as blooming jade vine A beautiful woman of God’s own designThe rarest of flowers and purely sunshine. Life Series #2 Previous in the series: Driver Next in the series: Woven

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  • Flash Fiction,  My Writing

    Appleby

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    Mrs. Gay, a widowed philosopher and shepherd owned the largest flock of sheep in Grimm’s countryside.  It was twice the size of the 2nd largest, tended by Appleby Jacks, a known brigand and philanderer. Appleby wanted Mrs. Gay in the worst way and often tried to woo her to the best of his abilities.  But Mrs. Gay wouldn’t give Appleby the time of day.  She went about her business tending sheep and laying by the babbling brook whenever she could, reading books by Nietzsche, Humethe, Kierkegaard and Aristotle, and wondering why Appleby was such a thorn in her side. One day, after failing miserably to woo Mrs. Gay yet again,…

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  • Free Verse,  My Writing,  Poetry

    Love Letter – C

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    It has been months since we last drew breath togetherMy body and mind ache for you, my loveI fear my own sanityMy maid servants fear me… and well they should !From sun’s birth to its death, I crave youIf only it would do my bidding and bring you to meFor am I not a goddess who commands all ?And you a god? I smell you in my mindMy obsession is completeYour very thought a torture upon my soulWhy do you do this to your goddess? I know notThe thought of your touch brings me to the precipice of ecstasyA whirling painful ecstasyI want you flowing inside me, over me, beside…

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