Poems

Banana Palm

Your leaves grow longer than my arm. Where is your head? Split and cut, your blood should be leaking, but you crinkle instead. Taller than a basketball player and splayed wide, indiscreet, dwarfing me as I stand next to you, you live and you die, and then repeat.

Gnome/Folk · My Books · News

In a Literary Newsletter!

Hi friends! Last week I was featured in a local Dayton literary newsletter by Fred Marion and thought I would share...(P.S. I was tickled!) I also want to mention that in the new year I will be reducing the blog to once per week - except in case of news... "How can we live more… Continue reading In a Literary Newsletter!

News

An Interview

Hello friends! To begin, I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year - I hope it's a year to make your dreams happen. Recently I was asked by a fellow NaNoWriMo winner to answer a few questions about myself, so here goes… Do you have a gnome collection? Tell us about… Continue reading An Interview

Poems

A Moon’s Prerogative

Man's a puppet to the gravitational moon, as it brings forth his uncontrollable emotion. He feels over and over, month after month, as joy against rage plays day after day. Waxing and waning as it turns full then new, man makes his choices - at least a poor few -  causing news to scare and… Continue reading A Moon’s Prerogative

Christian · News

Merry Christmas!

May God's peace and joy cover you this day.

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“Writing Out Cancer”

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Christian · Essay

Christmas

The Christmas Tree is an ancient custom that in modern days represents Jesus as an ever-living life, just as the evergreen tree continues to stay green through the winter. Over the years I have developed quite the affinity for the trim-a-tree tradition; so much so that some years I may have six or seven different… Continue reading Christmas

Poems

North Star

That bright star that shed light to lead the wise Magi three into King Herod's "city of peace," as they brought gifts from the east. It also led the shepherds when the angels told them the Savior's been born in a stable, near Bethlehem. They all journeyed forth to see this great miracle that the… Continue reading North Star