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Poem / Poetry

July 04, 2023

I grew up in a land of rivers. Read More

Tags: rivers

An old man living along the banks of New Jersey's Raritan River discovers a gold locket off the end of his bait line, and it summons memories of his youth, but also reminds him of his mortality and he sets out on a journey down river to confront the howling… Read More

Tags: drowning, rivers, old-age, raritan-river, atlantic-ocean

Script / Literary Fiction

May 03, 2022

Reads: 802

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

How does a man bridge the loss of his wife? Read More

Tags: loss, bereavement, ocean, bridges, rivers

Poem / Poetry

February 23, 2022

Reads: 518

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Five Haiku complete the storm's view. However, each can be read individually. Read More

Tags: rain, haiku, clouds, hail, rivers

This story tries to suggest how some legends came about, with a twist of an ending towards the humorous side. Read More

Tags: ghosts, forest, mystical, streams, rivers

Poem / Poetry

April 02, 2021

Reads: 617

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem penned in tribute to my current USA State of Virginia. A beautiful land of rich variety, and a fine place to call home. Read More

Tags: rivers, landscapes, virginia

Alam Zawar grew up in a picturesque valley with forests and rivers set to the backdrop of snowcapped peaks. It was the kind of place that didn't change with time, where old traditions held dominant and were content to be left behind by the rest of the world. What happens… Read More

Tags: childhood, pakistan, coming-of-age, rivers, two

Book / War and Military

February 18, 2018

Reads: 1589

Comments: 15

The Booksie Classic House

an insight into war and life that goes on with it Read More

Tags: love, war, emotions, life, adventure, guns, drama, youth, suspense, friends, rivers, thrill

Poem / Poetry

July 31, 2017

Reads: 1030

Shelves: 1

The House of Ghosts House

Just something I wrote in a Creative Writing class a few years since. Read More

Tags: love, separation, rivers

Poem / Poetry

February 21, 2017

Reads: 1591

Comments: 5

The Booksie Classic House

The title says it all. Read More

Tags: rain, oceans, water, rivers

2 detectives are on their way back from a lunch in Manhattan. just as they are driving up the highway ramp that lines the river, a frightful surprise catches their eye, and thus the cat and mouse game of a guilty murderer on the lose, and the detectives begins. but… Read More

Tags: mystery, crime, rivers, detectives, new-york

Book / Mystery and Crime

April 07, 2014

Reads: 508

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Anna Guessik is your typical 22 year old who grew up on land. One day when horse riding with her 15 year old sister, Maria, stumble upon a male skeleton, half buried in the ground by a creek. They work together to solve this age old mystery with very little… Read More

Tags: love, romance, horses, murder, mystery, rain, girl, boy, snow, crime, mountains, adults, teenagers, weather, small_town

Irishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8… Read More

Tags: depression, feelings, nature, rain, snow, sky, sun, wind, mountains, sea, roads, traveling, sand, clouds, boredom

Irishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8… Read More

Tags: depression, feelings, nature, rain, snow, sky, sun, wind, mountains, sea, roads, traveling, sand, clouds, boredom

Irishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8… Read More

Tags: depression, feelings, nature, rain, snow, sky, sun, wind, mountains, sea, roads, traveling, sand, clouds, boredom

Irishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8… Read More

Tags: depression, feelings, nature, rain, snow, sky, sun, wind, mountains, sea, roads, traveling, sand, clouds, boredom

Irishman Walking is about my walking the coastal roads of Japan through a series of summer, winter, spring, and autumn stages. Stage 1 began in Cape Soya in Hokkaido in the summer of 2009, and ended in Noshiro City in Akita Prefecture seven weeks later. This summer (2012), Stage 8… Read More

Tags: depression, feelings, nature, rain, snow, sky, sun, wind, mountains, sea, roads, traveling, sand, clouds, boredom

Poem / Poetry

April 17, 2013

Reads: 737

Comments: 6

The Booksie Classic House

Haiku about impure life. Read More

Tags: life, soul, haiku, pollution, water, purity, rivers, lakes, impure

Fill me up. I'm begging you. Read More

Tags: sad, personal, cutting, rivers, lace, springtime, depressions

Voices chased him, and dragged him down to the basement. There, he witnessed something he’d never expected. But the shock was when he heard what his best friend said the next day. The world started to contradict itself, and solving that tiny mystery of the basement lead to the greatest… Read More

Tags: love, fantasy, fiction, romance, nature, novel, beginning, words, run, science, dad, amazing, basement, gates, behind

Poem / Poetry

February 17, 2013

Reads: 536

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

My mind went...Poof! Read More

Tags: trees, madness, deliverance, roses, rivers

The answers pretty obvious. Read More

Tags: trees, personification, wildlife, rivers, hills

Book / Memoir

September 01, 2012

Reads: 1018

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Twenty-five years ago they bought a homestead, in the middle of Vancouver Island, on the water’s edge. There are still reflections off the small lake at the foot of Mount Benson- of gardens and vineyards and woodland encounters. Westwood Lake Chronicles is a dreamscape diary, a backyard inventory of life… Read More

Tags: love, children, family, trees, conservation, japanese, god, nature, environment, fish, short, story, adventure, inspiration, rain

this is a story about the nature of love. how one loves another and why. heres the blurb as i sent it to the lit agents. but before you read it i gotta tell you this is a romantic tradgedy. a very sad tale... At the heart of Amber’s inner… Read More

Tags: love, dark, family, trees, teen, romance, nature, fish, hope, rain, guns, sad, party, heart, youth

Poem / Poetry

November 20, 2011

Reads: 568

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

A look back when I visited the Rockies in Canada in July. Read More

Tags: beauty, mountains, landscape, rivers

Ok so this started out as a short story that i started writing at school but i decided to make it in to a novel of sorts. Read More

Tags: magic, free, elves, moon, scared, stars, silver, gold, clothes, wild, rivers, forests

A POEM ABOUT GOD'S PRESENCE IN THE TIMES OF NEED AND OF HOW FAITHFUL HE IS TO US... Read More

Tags: love, devotion, light, spirit, oceans, footsteps, hardships, rivers

A SHORT POEM ABOUT HOW WE ALL END UP FROM WHERE WE CAME FROM. FROM DUST TO DUST. Read More

Tags: life, people, ocean, rivers, origin, flowing, birthplace

I consider myself a very observant person. I see how people torture themselves with relationships and now I speak up against it. Read More

Tags: love, relationships, freedom, acceptance, illusions, cold, observant, apathy, hearted, rivers, anti-love

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