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A young girl makes an unexpected social call when she finds a mysterious passageway in the town cemetery. Read More
A charitable baker and his wife find themselves in a tough spot when their business starts to struggle. Read More

Poem / Poetry

February 21, 2023

Reads: 510

Comments: 6

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A traditional style poem of Maritime loss and love Read More

Poem / Poetry

October 21, 2020

Reads: 1650

Comments: 2

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Collab piece. Read More

Reads: 747

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

An overbearing landowner meets an unearthly fate following an encounter with a peculiar stranger Read More

Poem / Poetry

September 17, 2019

as a poet, i find inspiration in many things, thus creating different characters to enable more diversity in my work, poetlander offers on the subject of outlander. times i'll use edits to enhance or simply add something to give each piece more depth. Read More

Reads: 693

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A young woman finding the love of her life, for it to turn into a major issue. Conflicting interests of pursuing her love and freedom, versus maintaining the bond with her family. Read More
Just a quiet Talk with God I had one day. He is the band aid on my soul.u Read More
Just another love poem for that special someone in your life. Enjoy! Read More

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Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Yuan Xie Feng ,the only son of Minister Yuan and Guan Ping Yue,a daughter of Guan Inn owners, are onesidedly promised by their fathers to be man and wife. Little did they know , their arranged marriage is not as simple as it seems...As it involves stories from way way… Read More
About our work at The Latin Mass association of Northwest Kansas and what our mission is and what we hope to do in the future. Read More
(This is the whole story, not a chapter) - While Taro was reading an old local story, he wondered what "dirt-spider" character means in the story. His father indicated that "dirt-spider" may be a metaphor of a certain group of people. Taro got interested in the story and those old… Read More
Once upon a time, there were two countries along the sea. They were always fighting over the border. One day, a person suggested to pick up a dog from each country and let them fight... rural traditional story, 354 words. Read More
Once upon a time, there was an old man. One night, he was walking down a way home from a local wedding party. When he came to Shin-kawa (new river), he heard someone call him… – 386 words. Read More
This is an old story from my home town in Fukui, Japan. This is about when and how rich and fertile rice paddies were developed. Read More
Distance learning is a new mode of learning that is gaining favor ability because of the ease and flexibility it offers. Read More
A collection of poetry I've written from late 2012 to present. Take precaution before reading some of these, as they may contain depressing themes. The image used as a cover for this was made by me, but the pictures involved were not taken/created by me. Read More
The world of dating, is dating old fashioned? Read More
Its about My marriage how it all started and how has the journey been so far in the past 2 years . Its going to be in parts and will see how the response is and will post them accordingly. Read More
A description riddled with metaphor and memory. Read More
Just a poem that one can use when he is missing the spark that started the fire. Read More

Poem / Poetry

June 04, 2011

6 Haiku's, traditional themes and styles. Read More
Opening for my fiction on the family that worships the Old Religion during modern times and the trials the children endure during a fictional 'witch war'. Read More
In memory of Irish composer Read More
A historical account of the Sweat Lodge ceremony and a modern perspective of the healing effects of the Native American Sweat Lodge ceremony. Read More
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