writing

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    Last night I dreamed of some far place where time at last stood stood. Before me stood a golden gate atop a grassy hill. And I felt peace within my heart like never once before. I wanted to stay in that place, now and forever more. But then I opened wide my eyes, and, oh!…

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  • Into the Woods

    Into the woods I wander searching for a special place that calls to me. And the trees, they guide me to the light within the dark. To my left a river runs, and the wind whispers in the leaves telling me I have found the way. Though the path is long and dark and I…

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  • The Golden Place

    Across an ocean black as pitch, some say, there lies a land that even time forgot, an ancient place where dwell forgotten dreams. And if one finds perchance safe passage there by searching darkest depths of memory, a golden city will at last appear. Though don’t be foold by beauty’s shining light, for ‘neath the…

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  • Where the Sun Shines

    A breeze caresses my cheek and I hear waves breaking on a sandy shore. Breathing deep the salty air, I take one step into a beam of sun. And I know that it has shone forever. I hear your voice and I walk until the sand gives way to stone beneath my feet, and I…

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  • One Word

    One word spoken to the night sky brings the stars crashing down. In their place nothingness. The stars hit the earth and shatter, pieces scattered as far as the mind can see. And the nothingness remains. Now, and forever more.

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  • When the World Was New

    Those heady blossoms, I can see them now! Once, and only one more time, I lie down trusting as one who knows the summer’s day is in my heart again. How surely can one know how and when and where and why? Is it not the case that even angels fear to tread where hope…

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  • On Writing

    Michaelangelo said that every block of marble has a statue inside, and it is up to the sculptor to “let it out.” Could the same be said of other forms of expression? Inspiration is the lifeblood of those in creative fields. For a writer, this could translate into the development of story ideas, characters, plotlines,…

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