creative writing
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Philip the Fly Ebook Ready for Purchase!
Ebook version went live today! Physical copies should be ready to order Friday 1/6/23. Stay fly and order that book for the kid or kid at heart in your life! Continue reading
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#TankaTuesday 1.3.23
Fresh like a diaper On a clean baby’s bottom. This year will be my Opportunity to scrub Old dirt from my life’s corners. Continue reading
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The Boardwalk
Carnival Games Pit, pat, pit, pat, the clap of the man’s feet matched the rhythm of the tide. His shoes sunk into the grains of sand. When he turned around, he could catch a glimpse of the waves claiming the prints as their own. The sky matched the cotton candy he’d sold earlier in the… Continue reading
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Children’s Book: Philip the Fly
Do you like children’s stories? Do you like children’s stories with unique illustrations? Do you like children’s stories with unique illustrations written by your’s truly? If you answered yes to any or all of the questions above, prepare for my first illustrated kid’s book dropping in January! I’m super stoked to get this published and… Continue reading
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Tomorrow Is Not a Day I Dread- 2013
Tomorrow is not a day I dread. I wish for clearance in my brain. My head has more clarity than Baltic pearls. She talks. She imparts a wisdom words written only cheapen, but alone I know she steers an invisible ship towards white sandy beaches and peace among pastures, Green or placid. She was raised… Continue reading
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A Bad Date – 2013
I pulled the blinds On you 8 years ago. You crept in through every Crack and crease in my mind. So I hung curtains, too. Finally I blacked you out, And I almost forgot out you. One of the cords got loose And you poked your way through Like a small string of sun. You… Continue reading
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Ode to an Old Me
I miss my lungs feeling like charcoal in the morning because I stayed up until birds sang on my porch. I miss my Honda Accord station wagon with a cassette player in it. It was 2012. I miss poetry. I miss the dirt beneath my fingernails and it getting stuck. I miss drinking warm Carlo… Continue reading
About Me
An English diarist and naval administrator. I served as administrator of the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament. I had no maritime experience, but I rose to be the Chief Secretary to the Admiralty under both King Charles II and King James II through patronage, diligence, and my talent for administration.
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