My inspiration comes from my wild imagination, a heart full of love, laughter, life,

nature and all of the amazing people who have passed through my life.

Thank you to all of you, you know who you are! 

Most of my poetry is completely fantasies.

 I hope you enjoy reading my poetry as much as I enjoy writing it!

Thank you to all of you that stop by and comment.

  I have been finishing my 4th book and it will be coming out soon.

Any poems that will be in it will be deleted from

Authorsden and only available in the book.

 But I will be writing more to replace those. 

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Art is:"To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced,

and having evoked it in oneself, then,

by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds,

or forms expressed in words,

so to transmit that feeling that others may experience the same feeling

-- this is the activity of art. - Tolstoy

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Flying Without Wings lyrics

(by Westlife)

Everybody's looking for that something
One thing that makes it all complete
You'll find it in the strangest places
Places you never knew it could be

Some find it in the face of their children
Some find it in their lover's eyes
Who can deny the joy it brings
When you've found that special thing
You're flying without wings


Some find it sharing every morning
Some in their solitary lives
You'll find it in the words of others
A simple line can make you laugh or cry

You'll find it in the deepest friendship
The kind you cherish all your life
And when you know how much that means
You've found that special thing
You're flying without wings

So, impossible as they may seem
You've got to fight for every dream
Cos who's to know which one you let go
Would have made you complete


Well, for me it's waking up beside you
To watch the sunrise on your face
To know that I can say I love you
In any given time or place


It's little things that only I know
Those are the things that make you mine
And it's like flying without wings
Cos you're my special thing
I'm flying without wings


And you're the place my life begins
And you'll be where it ends


I'm flying without wings
And that's the joy you bring
I'm flying without wings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1LEISP6e9c

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Come, Runaway With Me

Come and runaway with me,
and forever in love we will be.

Trust your heart to guide the way,
slow dancing to soft music we will sway.

Gazing at the stars on a warm night,
only you will my heart excite.

Come, see what life can be,
Come and runaway with me.

If you want a love deeper than the ocean,
with an enduring and complete devotion.

Take my hand and fly so high,
I will your life and world beautify.

Come and I will take you into a fantasy,
you will experience a life of ecstasy.

A world with a lassie, who is kind of classy,
a life with one who is kind of sassy.

Quiet home in the wide-open country,
so warm, bright and comfy.

So, Come and runaway with me,
your love and best friend I'll forever be.

Debra Bateman

copyright 2000

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbjZPFBD6JU