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The Man Who Carried the Light

...I walked that road when crisis struck—
voices blurred, strangers recoiled,
and help summoned cold authority.

Then a kind man appeared—
heart vast as hope’s horizon—
he paused his world to meet...

A Fevered Night, Unscheduled Departure II

...I creep into your room, my steps are unsteady,
You went to bed with symptoms of the flu,
A soft child’s breath is what I seek,
To touch, to comfort—to ensure peace.
But as I peel back the covers,...

A Strong Woman

...She rises with the morning sun,
Unfinished battles, never done.
With quiet strength and fearless grace,
The fire of purpose on her face.

She walks through storms without a sound,
Her dreams ar...

Beneath the Rubble of Hate

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Written: May 17, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Michael Fulkerson

Quote: “Do good to the people for the sake of God or for the peace of your own soul that you may always see what...

Theory of God

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I. Of Circuits and Litanies

Somewhere between the limbic lobe
and the ache of late-night Eucharist,
you touched me—
not in flesh
but in the soft mutiny of neurons.

They do not teach us
t...

Water, 30 random word prompt

...The weight of the water is heavy in my chest, a force pressing against the ribs. It rises when I don’t expect it, like a flood breaking through cracked, neglected seams. The truck of my memory rumble...

The Cost of Progress

...Through ages past, we forged ahead,
With gleaming tools where dreams were led.
Soft metal pipes, they carried flow,
Yet silent poison crept below.

A glowing spark, in dials bright,
Lit up the ...

FOREVER GONE

...    At fifteen, fate dealt a cruel, swift blow,
To Kansas City, Kansas, forced to go.
 
Graduation dreams, with friends, forever gone,
A life disrupted, a lonely, weary dawn.
             
A mo...

Antique Ink Euphoria

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Written: April 1st, 2025 for contest sponsored by Brian Strand

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esoteric lines are etched
with antique ink
as wise men dither to think
euphori...

Let the Words of My Mouth

...Let the words of my mouth have backbone
Buoyed by the sinew of thoughtless thoughts
May they be freely formed and fashioned
On the smooth surface of an unyielding anvil

Hammered in the heat of ...

Where the Ocean Meets the Mountain

...You, Mariana—deepest trench of my knowing  
   I call you by name not to possess it
but because it is the only prayer  
   I have ever known how to say  

You are the sea—each wave not an argume...

January Dragonflies

...These wanderers defy winter's chill
    Suspended in the frosty air —
    I count the hours, lost in despair
Since carefree days we can't fulfill

My old radio crackles, weak
    Amidst the noi...

Traveling the Stillness

...A rooted backyard rock,
blooms
in the morning sunlight.

All night
it has been time travelling
through the history of the earth,
now it is flowering,
for the light has reshaped it
into still...

Stillness in November

...Over harvested fields —

I walk beneath the fading afterglow
of a forgotten lantern   a path worn
by wanderers older than the scroll of Zeno
its damp salve seeping through my coat
into m...

Bridges and Mosaics

...I will no longer seek your gaze,  
no longer linger on the edge of silence,  
the absence stretching like a vast horizon.  

I will not reach for your warmth,  
no longer draw maps in the air  
...

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