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Hell Hath No Fury
Hell hath no fury Like sanity scorned While madness is born; Mind’s rotting… Death has no way,Clouded up in a haze,Tripping itself in a daze; Blood’s clotting… Peace destroyed by fire,Burned beyond recognition,Pages filled with admission; Pen’s jotting… Words jumbled and missed,Forgotten, fade and bleed,Hated, envy and greed; Paper’s blotting. Read and recorded by… Read more
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Beyond the Veil
The truth had long been concealed, Whispered a voice beyond the veil; In a grave manner she revealed, What had caused her heart to fail. She whispered of her sorrow, She’d been forced to confess a lie; Time no longer could she borrow, She had been condemned to die. Barefoot to the gallows she went,… Read more
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Endlessness
There are pieces that I have written that seem to write themselves. There are pieces that even several years later, I remember where I was and how I felt when I wrote them. There are pieces that the narration and music for the audio recording hit the emotional mark of the piece perfectly. Endlessness is… Read more
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Because ~ A Writer’s Rebel Soul
Sometimes trudging through my word doc files is a depressing state. Abandoned stories untold, the character’s corpses cluttering up the hard drive. I have been known to resurrect them, even years later. This usually happens after a visit to their perpetual state of limbo (their file) and I remember why I created them in the… Read more
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The Whispering Tree
While this poem is listed in the forgotten files category, it was never truly forgotten. I wrote it nearly 20 years ago, although it has seen a revision or two since then. It was inspired by the large Hickory tree that stands at the end of my driveway. My husband and I named it The… Read more
Flash Fiction and Short Stories
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