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Creative Writing Challenge #22--Write what you like , but you must use the words eloise, escalator, evelyn, edmund, executioner, and eggplant.

Eloise was just stepping onto the escalator in the lobby of the hotel where she'd gone to have her usual Friday "nooner" with her ex-boss, Edmund, who had, over the years, begun to approach their trysts with all the excitement and interest of an executioner  (hmmmm, wonder would he perk up a bit if she made him wear a black hood?), when she heard her name begin called and, turning 'round, discovered her neighbor, Evelyn, wearing a hat that looked for all the world like a huge eggplant and… Continue

Added by Sheree on February 10, 2011 at 11:14am — No Comments

Creative Writing Challenge #21--Your subject: a priest, a rabbi, and batman go into a bar...

A priest, a rabbi, and Batman go into a bar…  I've worked on this for days and I've got nothin' so I'm putting it up on FB and I'll bring you what my more creative friends write.

Added by Sheree on February 10, 2011 at 10:48am — 1 Comment

Indulgences

Indulgences



Brownies éclairs chocolate ice-cream

Massage facial steam room mist

Brazil Samba Salsa Tango

Lobster pot wine kiss



Meringue Marengo Marimba martini

Ocean waves bikini sun

Snap jazz blues Bossa Nova

Rainbows blue sky fun



Saturation

Mystification

Inclination

Vacation



Passion Fruit incense fragrance

Sandals scandals bandits books

Eyes smile arms embrace

Mountains nature antique nooks…

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Added by Sherry Somach on February 9, 2011 at 10:06pm — 2 Comments

Creative Writing Challenge #20 - Talk about a life lost that would change your life significantly if that person were still here.

In the late 1980s our family was blessed by a baby boom that brought us five little boys.  As they reach their landmark years of high school graduation and legal drinking age, it's hard not to reflect back on the one that didn't survive and wonder what our family would be like if he had.



All of these boys were special in their own way; Xavier was my mother's first great-grandson, Jesse was my baby brother's first child, Shane was my older brother's first grandchild, Josh was my… Continue

Added by Sheree on February 7, 2011 at 9:33am — 1 Comment

Creative Writing Challenge #19-"I don't make New Year's Resolutions for myself, but one I'd like to make for someone else is...."

I would like us all to resolve to be kinder in the coming year.  Let's pretend that 9/11 happened only three months ago and we're all still in such a state of shock that we can't possibly be rude or nasty or dismissive of each other.

Added by Sheree on February 7, 2011 at 7:32am — 8 Comments

Creative Writing Challenge #18-"The person who has made the biggest difference in how I view the holidays has been..."

The person who has made the biggest difference in how I view the holidays has been my older sister, Belinda.



Our dad was a big fan of Christmas, which didn't make much sense to me when I considered his poverty level childhood.  But now, in hindsight, I can see what the holiday really meant for him.  And I have my sister to thank for that.



Daddy's mother, my grandmother Maggie, spent all year making quilts and toys out of her fabric scraps and those pink or blue dry cleaning… Continue

Added by Sheree on February 7, 2011 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Days Work/Changing Times- New Lyric

'Days Work/Changing Times'

 

copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley



He went to the police station

With his momma's severed head in a bag

Asked them to…

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Added by Rick Reiley on February 5, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Song; Don't Let It Snow Blues

Don't Let It Snow Blues

1) Punxatawny Phil didn’t see his shadow

So he predicted an early spring

Been freezing and snowing since last December

That groundhog doesn’t know a thing

Chorus

I shovel on Sunday, but more falls on Monday

When will this misery end?

We get a break for a day or two

Then the snow starts falling again

2) The Farmer’s Almanac used to be on target

And I believed what I…

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Added by Sherry Somach on February 4, 2011 at 2:15pm — 1 Comment

Granny in the Snow

'Granny in the Snow'

copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley

 

Granny looked funny

Layin' there in the snow

I don't think she ended up

Where she really wanted to go

When she stepped down the stairs…

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Added by Rick Reiley on February 2, 2011 at 8:28pm — No Comments

Granny in the Snow

'Granny in the Snow'

copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley

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Granny looked funny

Layin' there in the snow

I don't think she ended up

Where she really wanted to go

When she stepped down the stairs

To feed the kitty cats

She tripped over my snowman

And fell on her face-

'Kersplat!'........



I was laughin' so hard

I couldn't stop

Watchin' granny roll around

With the snowman on top

The cats got scared

And jumped into… Continue

Added by Rick Reiley on February 2, 2011 at 8:23pm — No Comments

Shiver : Haiku stuck on the fridge

Between rain and sun

Skin shivers with the thunder

Of her sleeping breath.

Added by Jami Ward on January 27, 2011 at 4:37pm — No Comments

"Some Things" - by my brother, Richard T. Krause

"Some things drift away in the wind, everyone watching it in awe.
Some things drift away in the water, everyone looking in wonder.
And some things, well some things stay put to be seen and never forgotten."

- Richard T. Krause

 

Added by Steen Krause on January 26, 2011 at 12:13pm — 2 Comments

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And then, just like that,

Haiku a day was over.

The year passed quickly.

Added by Jami Ward on January 21, 2011 at 7:47pm — 1 Comment

Edge of Eve

There's a hill where I watch the sunset

A golden sky beyond the trees

A bird that takes flight through air…

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Added by Heather Wenske on January 20, 2011 at 6:46pm — 2 Comments

The Pointless Debaters Ball- New silly lyirc

'The Pointless Debaters Ball'

copyright 2011 by Rick Reiley

 

Is the right more right than the left sometimes?

Or is the left more wrong than the right?

What color should you…

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Added by Rick Reiley on January 20, 2011 at 11:53am — 1 Comment

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Happiness abounds!
Folks say nice things about you.
What a way to go!

Added by Jami Ward on January 19, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

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The greatest result
Was exactly what I got -
Total nothingness.

Added by Jami Ward on January 18, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

New Lyric- Be A Light That Shines- Good advice that I can't follow......

'Be A Light That Shines'

copyright 2010 by Rick Reiley

 

 

(Chorus)

When you're faced…

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Added by Rick Reiley on January 18, 2011 at 4:34pm — 1 Comment

My Old Dog

'My Old Dog'

I said good bye to an old friend last week. My dog Allie. A mutt with a crippled foot, sort of a long haired dachshund but not quite. She found me in downtown Cushing nearly 11 years ago and I took her home with me. She added much to my life that I have yet to fully fathom.

One week after taking her home I had a heart attack and in the ensuing weeks and months while Karen was working herself to death to nurse me back to health and keep the house and business afloat, this… Continue

Added by Rick Reiley on January 17, 2011 at 7:29pm — 5 Comments

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She is a singer.
I know because when she laughs
She creates music.

Added by Jami Ward on January 17, 2011 at 1:00am — No Comments

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