The Ravyn: Riding the Cyclone by Jennifer Sloan (Book) - 12/13/2009 12:59:13 AM
I may well check out this book. Being a very fussy reader myself, It has to be said that this may well need reading.
You should look out for another sale here!
regards steve.
The Ravyn: Riding the Cyclone by Jennifer Sloan (Book) - 5/17/2006 6:54:13 AM
What a haunting poem. You can feel the dancer's pain, and you want to know what brought her to this point. Very, very good work.
Thomas "Sonny G"
The Ravyn: Riding the Cyclone by Jennifer Sloan (Book) - 12/31/2005 3:44:43 PM
Erin, thank you for posting 'She spins'...it is a gripping sample, heart-wrenching and, with its crystal pure wording, still beautiful to read...
Wishing you much acclaim!
Gina
The Ravyn: Riding the Cyclone by Jennifer Sloan (Book) - 10/17/2004 6:46:55 AM
A much needed book on a disturbing and alarming subject which has to be addressed head on to combat the evil and long term damage of child abuse..
Peter
Poetry Pages: A Collection of Voices From Around the World (Book) - 7/18/2003 2:05:05 PM
This was good!!
remind me of my insignificance
as i stand between earth and sky
riding the waves of the earths heartbeat
sailing through minds naked eye
Enjoyed very much!!
Flash Fiction: Bookmarked (Short Story) - 4/4/2009 7:55:46 AM
Good story, Erin; well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Not so sure what "flash fiction" is either; enlighten me!
Flash Fiction: Bookmarked (Short Story) - 4/4/2009 5:59:37 AM
Erin,
Not understanding what 'flash fiction' is, I guess it's a slice of life written as quickly as possible?!? You've done well, here - set the mood, told the story, and told it well - was caught up in your words. Well done!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Flash Fiction: I Miss... (Short Story) - 10/27/2008 11:10:54 AM
Enjoyed the writing.
I miss-missing!
Thank goodness you can remember the 70"s because there was good smoke back then.
CarolHawks
Flash Fiction: I Miss... (Short Story) - 7/2/2008 5:07:18 AM
Beautiful. This is indeed a moving, touching piece that flowed with each gentle word emanating of life and what is now gone.
I miss a lot too. I look back on my own past and wonder, "If I knew then what I know now, would things be different? Would things be better?" Missed chances, missed opportunities, and lost time and dreams.
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 1/26/2008 6:07:38 PM
Great lesson taught in few words.
Cryssa
Flash Fiction: I Miss... (Short Story) - 12/23/2006 1:01:12 PM
Thanks for reminding me about those earth shoes Erin! I was writing something about the Seventies and couldn't remember what those clodhoppers were called.
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 12/12/2006 8:37:59 PM
Good piece. It hits hard in the end.
Brett
Flash Fiction: I Miss... (Short Story) - 10/17/2006 2:40:52 AM
And, I see that you miss a lot of non-fiction, too. This is so poignant and loving. Don't know why I missed it when posted, but so glad I ran across today. Thank you for this tender confessional of minor infractions along the way. I'm older than you, but didn't we all do them and lived through... somehow? You speak for millions, and you do it without lamentation or regret, the curse of my generation. Thank you so very much for bringing my family's time back for pleasure and reassessment. Yes, you have affected the life of a grateful individual... and that isn't easy these days.
Blessings of a special kind to you and yours.
- Bill
FF: Fake (Short Story) - 7/7/2006 5:59:48 AM
I don't live in Arizona, but have felt this disappointment many times during droughts in my part of the world. A very powerful piece of poetic prose written by an extremely talented writer.
FF: Fake (Short Story) - 3/19/2006 9:22:12 AM
For me, FAKE gives material life and spiritual depth to a moment that could be filled as much with threats of killing danger as it could be with promises of life-saving revelation. An exquisite literary sculpture of agony embracing ecstasy beneath the blazing Arizona sky.
Aberjhani
Flash Fiction: I Miss... (Short Story) - 2/4/2006 12:36:16 PM
A very moving write, brings back lots of memories and makes us realise how many simple things we miss.
Birgit and Roger
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 2/4/2006 12:34:09 PM
A very moving story, truely loved it!
Birgit and Roger
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 11/20/2005 7:18:06 PM
I enjoyed this. Please write more...
Chrissy K. McVay
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 8/12/2005 7:45:00 AM
loved the detached feel of this write, and yet the emotion churning directly beneath was imminently experienced through description and implication ... your writing contains depths, and always, a lesson.
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 10/9/2004 2:00:58 PM
Very good write. You tackle the hardest challenge a writer can know; exposing your heart in your writings to a too-rough world.
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 6/26/2004 4:57:49 PM
This indeed is the gift of vision. It grabs the reader and takes them to the time and place your words are painting. I am in awe of your ability to communicate.
Thank you for sharing that gift with us
Carol
FF: Fake (Short Story) - 6/2/2004 5:36:45 AM
Erin: I can surely understand what you are talking about, as I live in the same area as you. The monsoon season isn't any time soon yet, but you described its capriciousness (that IS a word , isn't it?) very well. Very nice poem!
FF: Fake (Short Story) - 5/16/2004 2:55:24 PM
Very powerful piece Erin!!
Love Tinka
Flash Fiction: Crystal (Short Story) - 5/16/2004 2:29:21 AM
You have the gift of vision, Erin. It's something not every writer has. Some can write things we enjoy at the moment, then quickly forget. But not you. You make the reader 'feel' and live the moment, and immediately understand it in terms of his/her own experience. A priceless talent. Keep writing, please!
Carmen :-)
Flash Fiction: I Miss... (Short Story) - 5/3/2004 4:42:14 PM
nice write, erin! well done!
(((HUGS))) and love, your tx. friend, karen lynn. :D
Hanley (Doc) Harding (Article) - 11/2/2013 7:48:13 AM
I fear that a number of former AD authors have left us without notification here. Thank you for informing me. At some point in the past, both you and Doc Harding cut me out of your list of favorites, probably because I was critical of your writing at some point or another. That's okay. I'm still concerned about the quality of writing displayed here, but realize that AD is more of a social network then than a serious writers' collaboration.
Harding seemed to have had some "axes to grind" and this forum allowed him to do that.
As time marches on, I hope that when someone dies that there will be a way that everyone will be notified like reading an obituary in the local newspaper. That may not be possible if the only one contacting the site is the author and his or her loved ones to not know how to enter and make the announcement.
Ron
Hanley (Doc) Harding (Article) - 11/2/2013 7:03:19 AM
The essence of loss and you've captured it.
Best regards,
Leland
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 4/27/2010 12:37:40 PM
Or, as in one expounding I wrote titled “GOD…?”, each planet, sun, moon, every atom of being in our universe is each a single cell of GOD. We, as a universe, are God."
Incredible article. I was searching for something by you to read, and found this which also includes a good poem. You ask: "Is God selfish?" He is in a way, but "his" selfish must include all things, so it is of the right kind. So many great questions you ask, and as I've recently been reading on ancient history, I too wonder what happened to those ancient sons of god or gods?
But is a civilization as a whole an expression of his Will? If not even "unselfishness" may be wasted. We can learn a thing or two from the deep past, but it is people like you who keep us on track...
So I too live in an isolated country area; maybe it gets us thinking too much.
Nice reading...
Michael Guy
5th IFLAC PAVE PEACE Impressions, LA, 2005 (Article) - 9/27/2005 7:23:30 PM
Appreciated this write very much. Your very clear understanding of the issues at hand and your impressionistic portraits of those attending made me feel almost like I was there. Thank you for sharing the passion and the knowledge.
5th IFLAC PAVE PEACE Impressions, LA, 2005 (Article) - 9/27/2005 3:11:27 AM
Good morning Erin. It sounds like it was a wonderful enriching experience. Thanks for sharing this information. Trish
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 3/8/2005 7:46:50 PM
Mind is not all, only part of the equasion. With all our knowledge, we are still limited to numbers and symbols and myths to try and understand our existence. We sense the shadows of other dimensions and have discovered other universes! But we choose to anchor ourselves to the illusion of constancy, when life is in constant flux and continual evolution...
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 12/16/2004 2:09:06 PM
Erin,
Definitively thought-provoking and wonderfully penned, "Conceptual Godhood" certainly does define "The wonder of Being . . ." Thanks for this excellent write!!
Faith,
Robert
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 11/20/2003 9:26:16 AM
We were created in His image... and created with a free will. Unfortunately... many of us use that free will to chase shadows or search for magic and emotion instead of grasping solid truth that is laid out plainly before us. Oh to be a robot! Pre programmed and with no doubts about my creator... and no blame for my actions. A deep write with lots of meat to chew on!
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 11/9/2003 8:27:43 PM
This one's over my head Erin, much too deep for my simple faith to grasp!
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 10/5/2003 8:17:08 PM
very thoughtful. i agree with much of what you say here, with only the added caveat that God with capital G is infinite, while we are but partial reflections, each containing the seed of holiness to differing degrees. wonderful work!
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 10/4/2003 11:19:13 AM
Hi Erin:
Great thinking, great questions. It's a measure of deep satisfaction and intrigue that you and I get to ask questions, rather than having to depend on the "clergy" or "leaders" to do so and pass to us their conclusions if they deign. We could not have done so in times and places past. Let's hope and work to retain that right by doing just what you are doing with this great poem and discussion -- ASK QUESTIONS!!! I think the questions may be as important as the answers.
Best regards,
Leland
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 10/4/2003 4:27:14 AM
dear Erin- the dividing line between the way life and people go from assembling,learning, problem solving, via a looking back mechanism -counting backwards to take our forward steps, and the actual future that only starts from an assumption of we just are-exist-can have no
exact definition of an exact start because something always had to be before from this method of counting...the dividing line lay in the existence of the way we think itself. Youve heard the expression we are children of the universe..that is what is...our steps forward are from looking backwards-and that is what exists-is ,however untangeable that is-the further forward we go the greater change to the things of the whole-which just is-like a container and its contents are always together no matter how you divide them. In this scientific age we have not learned the distunction getween conquering(as in nature) and controlling-controlling is an end to forward counting(the future) and comes from scientific method which is of learning intellect and is only a looking back phenomonom. We cannot clone genes-cannot control the weather, cannot continue to make new elements in the accelerators. God is from a perception of that we all do go forwards to an unknown and all come from the same place(have the same big and little pieces of the past (in common exactly or not like the human family DNA tree)in our separate societies and has no application with science(a baby after birth starts to cry,how?,-all the scientists on earth or ever lived now or before could never predict actual instinct response or the happenstances of life. By the real definition of god of the very old-he is never an actual person-but a commonality passed down father to son. "God helped me"my feet are on the ground, the baby walks upright, all these are where god is-on the ground upright, among the living. My cognition luck and chance are my god. Science s only among these things in our lives.
We all struggle and worry with things wrong in the world-of which today science is a very prominent component of-and the lines of our vulnerabilities to nature have shouldered changes appeared to be almost impossible magic by science, but things are not really any different, and men who bear their fears(which are usually no more in total than the feeling itself that derails many) grow strong as those who lean are weakening us all. Good men as scientists arent scientist to change the world as their initial primary thought-they like to think scientifically like some people like to knit, the rest see where all the esteem money and gain is."my son the doctor"..in ol culture scholars were always respected and cared for. The amount of honor and number of scholars today is in near infinite amount(like the difference in the amount of gold and building materials) compared with the actual changes in scholarship, and our actual perspective our feet on the earth to bear the presence of god is greatly diluted.
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 10/3/2003 8:36:12 PM
As long as your asking questions your doing okay :-) Thanks for the sharing.
Conceptual Godhood (Article) - 10/3/2003 8:31:34 PM
So ERIN, WOW!! I started something, glad I could spark your creative juices herein. I read the above and enjoyed it immensely. I love to philosophisize (is that a word?) about things like this with anyone who cares to join in with my conversation. I was thinking while reading the above, if maybe we are ALL gods in some way and with regards bees and like that, maybe if we are all gods, then each organism is in its own universe as well...? It just hit me that way, and I loved reading it and hope to hear more from you! Thanks for a fun, thought provoking read, Peace, ED
Romance Scammed: Comfort (Poetry) - 5/12/2024 9:50:08 AM
The vacuous nature of romance on the Internet. Coolly written… Kudos!
You've been missed on AD but I'm glad you're back with this very revealing write!
Ron
Crazily Blue (Poetry) - 9/4/2023 7:39:11 AM
What is the blue? Is it the bits of blue that must come into every life? Beautifully penned, Erin.
Crazily Blue (Poetry) - 4/23/2023 10:46:28 AM
So good to see you posting again. I'll be brave and take a stab at it. That "speck of blue" was actually our planet that call Sagan described as a "tiny blue dot."
Ron
Crazily Blue (Poetry) - 4/12/2023 1:43:58 PM
Your words are fun and full of imagination and possess a drama that is so very unique! I love it!! Write on!
Love ya!
Jane
Crazily Blue (Poetry) - 3/23/2023 4:12:39 AM
I like the unique format and the way you use key words as breaks between stanzas. In this world gone mad I think we are all facing and dealing with different levels of madness...see you on the other side.
Fee
Baby New Beautiful Year (Poetry) - 12/24/2022 3:37:48 PM
Each New Year is different and full of exciting and unknown possibilities.
Glad life got out of the way for just a while, so you could release this poetic gem for us all here on AD.
Peter
Baby New Beautiful Year (Poetry) - 11/29/2022 9:08:43 AM
So glad to see you writing again and such a wonderful way to greet the new year, 2022. Also glad that, in spite of when you wrote it and "life got in the way," I'm pleased that you posted it because it reflects so much the way I feel. Life goes on regardless of all the ups and downs that happen to us. In my brief time on this earth, individual living circumstances have improved so greatly, that those of us in the 21st century eat like kings and queens did in 1900. We have a choice of fashion that is far beyond what those kings and queens could even imagine. Jet planes and high-speed motorcars rather than steamships and steam powered trains.
We have landed on the moon and are going back soon. I looking forward to what next year will bring, the year after that, and the year after that…
Very philosophical and rewarding to read.
Ron
Baby New Beautiful Year (Poetry) - 11/28/2022 9:23:07 AM
A timely message, with some unique phrasing - "span handled days - "frazzled motes of consciousness - sandpaper life with sawdust-eyes." Nice to read you again. It's been many years. Hope you're well. Happy Holidays. r
Baby New Beautiful Year (Poetry) - 11/27/2022 1:24:44 PM
Meant to post this in January, Life got in the way. Now it's the end of November, and, really, nothing has changed. Just another year. Like the next New Year will be...
Erin
Word Worth (Poetry) - 1/11/2022 3:36:04 PM
Things of wonder, well penned.
Word Worth (Poetry) - 1/8/2022 2:42:46 AM
Hmm, I wonder what existed before - the big bang.
Could there be gazillions of big bangs occurring throughout the infinite?
Answers on a postcard.
Word Worth (Poetry) - 12/25/2021 11:13:02 AM
Yes, haven't seen you here in a long time. But I'm trying to fathom the meaning of your poem. There is something in the "accidental birth" that you are attempting to tell us about and of course, carbon, essential for all life and seeming to cause a non-reversible situation growing in our very lives.
Ron
Word Worth (Poetry) - 12/24/2021 8:43:28 PM
Good to see you writing again, Erin, as I rarely write anymore, just lost my muse somewhere...might be the dialysis machine I am on three times a week of late...-Ed-
R U Ok (Poetry) - 11/1/2020 4:37:14 PM
Well, that's good!!
Love ya!
Jane
Cash Cow (Poetry) - 2/23/2020 11:22:04 AM
As far as I am concerned....It doesn't matter to me what color a 'Cash Cow" is....Very good write....
A … Conversation (Poetry) - 11/25/2018 12:18:36 PM
It's the unspoken word that is the hardest of them all.
Happy Thanksgiving Erin.
Peter
All Hallows’ Eve (Poetry) - 9/12/2018 3:47:42 PM
Love the details and word choice in your poems, whatever the subject. It always surprises the reader with rich visuals.
Restful Desert (Poetry) - 11/23/2016 2:56:10 PM
speaks to the soul, erin... feeling lost in the desert wind just now!
unclad journey, indeed.
carolyn
Restful Desert (Poetry) - 11/22/2016 4:13:04 PM
a nice place to rest one's bones within this interesting poem ...
Restful Desert (Poetry) - 10/21/2016 3:54:17 PM
Another place on my bucket list is the desert that I want to visit, especially during the monsoon, love to see if the desert can, after all the rain, bloom...-e-
Restful Desert (Poetry) - 10/20/2016 5:54:52 AM
I could feel the heat and the beat. It seemed to me it was almost more like Restless Desert. But then, having been there, I realize even with the wind, the silence is golden.
Ron
All Hallows’ Eve (Poetry) - 10/18/2016 9:01:33 AM
A most apt and timely write for the upcoming special time, Erin. Well done! Love and best wishes,
Regis
All Hallows’ Eve (Poetry) - 10/18/2016 6:02:36 AM
A time describe filled with all sorts of evil references that burst forth into consciousness during this special eve of the coming of winter.
Ron
My Kathy-Love (Poetry) - 6/9/2016 10:36:09 PM
This is very ingenious.
I Need to Write a Sonnet Soon... (Poetry) - 6/9/2016 10:31:07 PM
This poem could leave any who reads it to wait anxiously for the sonnet. I would like to read more of your poetic works.
My 'Amidst'! (Poetry) - 1/13/2016 10:17:32 PM
My best friend, my soul-friend, for forty earthly years, Kathy, died of colon cancer 7/21/15. The loss was/is terrible, soulful and painful, beyond measure or control, leaving me alone. Amidst. Lost.
Alone (Poetry) - 11/7/2015 8:45:12 AM
Although many of us feel alone... we are not alone... we are alone TOGETHER!
Alone (Poetry) - 10/27/2015 7:29:01 PM
YOU WERE NEVER ALONE AND YOU STILL AREN'T, LOVE...PRESS ON!(SEE, 'BUT NOT ALONE'). THANKS FOR THE SHARE, LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Alone (Poetry) - 10/27/2015 10:50:21 AM
Poignant! And I know what you are saying here. I'm writing my autobiography. It ferrets out memories long forgotten, many about my parents. Try it. You'll like it.
Best regards,
Leland
Alone (Poetry) - 10/27/2015 10:24:04 AM
Erin, Never knew my parents and I lived with them...know exactly how you feel!
Always,
Deborah
Alone (Poetry) - 10/27/2015 9:57:03 AM
I think we all would like that wish. Unfortunately, we are born alone and we die alone. All we can do is make the best of what we know will happen. That's why I'm surrounding myself with younger people.
Ron
Alone (Poetry) - 10/27/2015 7:19:02 AM
Soft and sentimental. Nice poem many can relate to. Ashiff
Alone (Poetry) - 10/27/2015 7:10:03 AM
Ehhh . . . A lot here that I can relate to, especially about "known my dad."
Alone (Poetry) - 10/27/2015 4:17:24 AM
Wow! I feel like you wrote it for me.
A Cat’s Death (Poetry) - 6/27/2015 4:17:13 AM
poignant read
Autistic-ism (Poetry) - 11/23/2014 4:35:54 PM
our many selves always come to join us ...
In a Poet's Eyes (Poetry) - 10/29/2014 1:29:47 PM
Recall the sunny hours my grandpa would say to me. Keep thinking in poetry come rain or thunder. :)
In a Poet's Eyes (Poetry) - 10/19/2014 9:28:21 PM
Good write with great insight. Well done!
In a Poet's Eyes (Poetry) - 10/16/2014 3:30:11 PM
Most enjoyable read excellent write
Love & Peace be with you
William
In a Poet's Eyes (Poetry) - 9/27/2014 8:07:41 AM
All I can say is: "Here's looking at you, kid."
Ron
In a Poet's Eyes (Poetry) - 9/24/2014 8:35:13 AM
This is real good. I enjoyed the last two lines most of all.
dWb
In a Poet's Eyes (Poetry) - 9/23/2014 10:47:57 PM
Enjoy to see you dropping in every now and again to share your "wares" with us...Good to see & read you...Peace, -e-
such a little fish (Poetry) - 9/23/2014 6:48:25 PM
I get upset, when i see posts telling me 'I should... Not my favorite phrase. I should exist. . I'll soon be dead, so what's the big deal?
Losing the Age War (Poetry) - 7/23/2014 10:38:53 AM
If she has children, she will reach your conundrum in time.
Ron
Losing the Age War (Poetry) - 7/21/2014 9:30:41 AM
They all go through a phase of rebellious stage. In a few years, they'll be asking you how you have dealt with their terrible selves.
Not to worry, daughter will come around and be again as sweet as she once has been to you in a couple of years.
Sandie
Losing the Age War (Poetry) - 7/21/2014 6:48:10 AM
it gets better when the daughter has her own ...
Losing the Age War (Poetry) - 7/21/2014 3:46:42 AM
Ahhh . . . It's the age-old problem, Erin, the mother-daughter relationship. Usually they come around and understand that mother was quite right all along, but it takes them a little growing to get there. By then, sometimes the rift between them is so wide they can't cross it. Hope that doesn't happen to you.
Losing the Age War (Poetry) - 7/20/2014 10:56:32 PM
Kids don't understand that their mothers/fathers only know more because they have been through it and have gotten past it...but they, the kids still have to learn on their own...hope your mother/daughter problems work out, if I read this correctly...ed
My Kathy-Love (Poetry) - 7/17/2014 1:44:25 PM
...every word counts...making an emotional
point...with an enduring message of love...
Thank you Erin, for sharing your poem.
WickedyWoo (Poetry) - 7/16/2014 9:06:30 PM
I miss Bug so much! This was him healthy, a butter-licking boy of ill repute! Then he kept getting skinnier, sicker, an ethereal spirit still walking on earth, or in the tree above me. Surprise was his element, love was his all, otherness his path. Love you, baby-boy!
My Kathy-Love (Poetry) - 7/12/2014 11:11:30 AM
Hi EEKM!
Been awhile. This is what should be found under "Poetry" in the dictionary. Beauty personified. It's good to see your words, they are full of life - as much as a poem can hold.
~Brian
My Kathy-Love (Poetry) - 7/7/2014 11:19:15 AM
Full of love and sweet tenderness.
Ron
My Kathy-Love (Poetry) - 7/7/2014 5:10:08 AM
Reminds me of a fairy tale, oh so fun to read...and its so rarely that I see a poem from my friend Erin that I rush to read it and enjoy it always...e
My Kathy-Love (Poetry) - 7/6/2014 9:54:06 PM
This poem truly amazed me. What a tender and sweet ode of Love.
Eclectricity (Poetry) - 5/29/2014 10:04:12 AM
You think and your write excellent poetry worthy of reviews so therefore you are
Peace be with you
William
Eclectricity (Poetry) - 5/3/2014 4:49:50 PM
the magnetic impulses of your poem does indeed stimulate the polarity of my thoughts ...
Eclectricity (Poetry) - 4/30/2014 7:41:16 AM
No you're not because, a pair of dimes is only worth $.20.
Ron
Bodies of Corn on Paper Towels (Poetry) - 4/28/2014 10:12:26 AM
That persistent moth probably knew you in another life and was trying to warn you--of what, I do not know
Bodies of Corn on Paper Towels (Poetry) - 4/28/2014 7:13:39 AM
you gotta turn that cheek all the way around and then you'll find they're really the freaks ...
Where Have You Gone II? (Poetry) - 4/19/2014 9:39:24 AM
Erin, this is truly beautiful and I am so glad I came here to read it, your fan, kimberly
Fumbling Obsolescence (Poetry) - 4/15/2014 8:11:21 PM
at least it wasn't planned obsolescence ...
Fumbling Obsolescence (Poetry) - 4/14/2014 4:38:31 PM
...take good care of your words if...should
hunt you in days ahead...let the silence
speak..."love Lies ahead!"...if you make
enough effort with enough faith...over time
it works wonders!
HAPPY EASTER ERIN!
Fumbling Obsolescence (Poetry) - 4/14/2014 7:11:39 AM
We all are becoming obsolete, some sooner than others.
Ron
such a little fish (Poetry) - 3/8/2014 6:48:07 AM
~Erin~
Cute poem. Enjoyed!!
Lady Mary Ann
such a little fish (Poetry) - 3/3/2014 5:23:54 PM
Enjoyed, Erin.
Always,
Deborah
such a little fish (Poetry) - 3/3/2014 11:47:43 AM
"There are many fishes in the sea." We can camouflage ourselves in many ways, so it's difficult to tell the sharks from the guppies. Your poem speaks well to that dilemma.
Ron
such a little fish (Poetry) - 3/3/2014 3:54:33 AM
Little fish got to learn how to swim in the sea of life, got to learn the art of survival, for there are so many big fish around.
Interesting poem.
Sandie
such a little fish (Poetry) - 3/3/2014 1:59:45 AM
i really enjoyed this one
budd
AZ sometimes.. (Poetry) - 2/27/2014 3:06:50 PM
Phantasmagorical, I love it!
AZ sometimes.. (Poetry) - 2/27/2014 8:12:24 AM
You didn't fake it, but I couldn't take it… Too fractured for me.
Ron
AZ sometimes.. (Poetry) - 2/27/2014 1:50:45 AM
cool
budd
AZ sometimes.. (Poetry) - 2/26/2014 9:35:32 PM
a meticulous potpourri of word and thought ...
R U Ok (Poetry) - 1/28/2014 8:19:24 AM
Okie dookie.
Ron
R U Ok (Poetry) - 1/28/2014 8:05:26 AM
at least we can open our eyes and ask ...
R U Ok (Poetry) - 1/28/2014 3:12:00 AM
good is just that
budd
Reason’s Seasons (Poetry) - 1/25/2014 11:04:25 PM
In appreation of your uni-que Uni-Verse
I Gotta Eat More Lead (Poetry) - 1/25/2014 1:07:26 PM
Enjoyed the poem but, not the lead!
Always,
Deborah
I Gotta Eat More Lead (Poetry) - 1/18/2014 4:28:18 PM
We should all post this poem on our headboards.
I Gotta Eat More Lead (Poetry) - 1/18/2014 11:10:09 AM
Did you notice how quickly Ron stopped writing? But seriously...tis better to eat lead from a pencil than from a gun. Fun write! Clever and witty.
I Gotta Eat More Lead (Poetry) - 1/18/2014 10:54:22 AM
Paper has absorbed more poison than we will ever know. It's a good thing that pencils are made with graphite and not lead because many people seem to have to suck on the end of their pencil before they have an idea to write. Think about it, if pencil tips for those folks were truly lead, by that little act of mindless toying, their brains would gradually become so dead as not to have any thoughts at all.
Ron
I Gotta Eat More Lead (Poetry) - 1/18/2014 8:54:01 AM
an alchemical soup that spells out the transmutation of heavy thought ...
Reason’s Seasons (Poetry) - 12/31/2013 7:37:24 AM
The imagery I see is Erin c. 1 million B.C.
In bear skin clothing and a big stick shaking it at the sky
and shouting "I'll get even!"
Or maybe its Rachel Welch.
Reason’s Seasons (Poetry) - 12/30/2013 8:03:05 AM
life moves on ... we have no choice but to move along with it ... we can always recapture the seasons with our heart and minds ... we return to that which we really belong with, the universal hum of reason ...
powerful sentiment and imagery, Erin ...
Reason’s Seasons (Poetry) - 12/30/2013 3:24:49 AM
you belong, we all belong
budd
My 'Amidst'! (Poetry) - 12/13/2013 3:59:34 AM
Erin, You can feel your emotions and at one time or another we have had a friend like " Miss Kitty," Love your drawing of her.
Always,
Deborah
Abstracts Vibrate (Poetry) - 12/11/2013 8:47:33 PM
I am, therefore, I think.
:)
My 'Amidst'! (Poetry) - 11/17/2013 2:35:21 PM
A menage trios of innocent friendship and lifelong love.
My 'Amidst'! (Poetry) - 11/5/2013 9:46:32 AM
So Sorry that I can not see the picture,
but I loved your poem, Erin
Lady Vivian
My 'Amidst'! (Poetry) - 11/4/2013 7:25:23 AM
Powerfully penned, Erin. Well done.
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Yawwn.. Or: Another Warp and Weave (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 2:51:05 PM
Please let the distractions leave me to my devices that I may find the words; bring me to a better place. Twinkie-twizzle into something wonderful. Some word-smiles-lined up to make the child in me smile for the wonderful thing I have wrought. I love that place to Erin. Bob
Yawwn.. Or: Another Warp and Weave (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 2:04:01 PM
I love it! Of course, I don't have the faintest idea what it means, but then...
Yawwn.. Or: Another Warp and Weave (Poetry) - 10/15/2013 6:22:12 AM
While you're at it, weave me something warp er, uh, warm for my "buddy" below, he is feeling scared of his up coming surgery & needs to feel loved...LOL e
Clouds Crumble (Poetry) - 9/21/2013 9:34:53 PM
~ Apocalyptic ~ Visionary
of significant destructive impact
Lady Vivian
Clouds Crumble (Poetry) - 9/18/2013 6:22:18 AM
I'm beginning to understand you, Erin. This could be the start of something big! I like it.
Clouds Crumble (Poetry) - 9/18/2013 2:36:00 AM
Very well put, Erin.
Clouds Crumble (Poetry) - 9/18/2013 2:33:46 AM
very well done
budd
I Need Some Absinthe! (Poetry) - 8/25/2013 4:26:10 PM
Fly Erin Fly! Drink, drink in life.
I Need Some Absinthe! (Poetry) - 8/25/2013 9:43:44 AM
And so,
the romance of belle époque naughtiness
must give way to what's in the glass..
Loved your poem, Erin
Lady Vivian
The Eye of God Verses the Computer Screen (Poetry) - 8/23/2013 7:50:50 PM
God as machine? God as image? God as the all-seeing eye? I've always preferred to think of God as the diffuse consciousness who inhabits the vast and tiny interstices of the universe. So thinly covering the web of reality as to be only imperceptibly detected by the strongest will to see. A step away and a vast remove of light years breadth from us and all we know. Near and far here or, there. No need to scream my dear. It changes nothing. Just everything. protect me father, even such as i...........
I Need Some Absinthe! (Poetry) - 8/23/2013 7:39:51 PM
Many years aqo I needed the haven of euphoria to make me feel outside the world and above the petty things. I remember the first taste of absinthe many years ago on a warm California evening. That and the thin whisp of hashish. We finished the bottle in small cut glass juice glasses. Seemed like a week later I was heaving my guts out. Might have been the same night/morning. A waste of fine liquor as my last stepfather would have said. I don't need that soaring feeling these days I believe. I have more fun from a well done line of words Erin. Bob
I Need Some Absinthe! (Poetry) - 8/21/2013 8:18:14 PM
Nicely expressed Erin. Well done!
Absinthe is a bit stronger than my usual glass of wine.
I cannot say if I ever tried anything that refined.
But I love the taste of anise so let's toast if only for one time.
I dare to say, this drink may put me away so I probably cannot stay!
Amen
I Need Some Absinthe! (Poetry) - 8/21/2013 1:28:35 AM
Very well put, Erin. An excellent, inspirational piece.
#Marsss= (Poetry) - 8/10/2013 8:45:19 PM
Perhaps the conversation of thinking rocklike beings when first encountering carbon-based bags of walking water? The parent as old as the dim beginnings of the universe to the stripling of only a billion years, yet transported by light backward to the beginnning and there when the plan was "formed". Perhaps the tale of a madman? Shush child, you'll blow your mind. Loved it. Very clever Erin. Bob
Quantum Entanglement! (Poetry) - 7/28/2013 3:42:12 PM
Virtuoso..Pandora's Box,
Erin,
world without end
Lady Vivian
Equalizing the Equation of the Written Word, in Thirteen Parts (Poetry) - 7/26/2013 4:17:20 PM
Brilliant self-flagellation Erin. Tortured rationalizations always pierce our walls. In the end we find contentment even though the infant will scream a lot before being birthed. The duality of human beings is never truly ended till death. Maybe that's as it should be?
Bob
Quantum Entanglement! (Poetry) - 7/26/2013 4:04:06 PM
Everything goes somewhere and nothing in this reality, ceases to exist. As to where it goes, maybe my head, or the tenth dimension. Worlds renewed = worlds ended. Life is too tenuous to overburden anything, not even the heart of God. Stuff that up your Einstein/Rosen bridge and smoke it. So said the two elephants holding up the universe to the giant turtle moving them along. Yes Erin, there is a world beyond and more beyond that. Worlds without end...Bob
Quantum Entanglement! (Poetry) - 7/25/2013 7:37:49 AM
Hi Erin:
Great work. I enjoyed the speculation. My thoughts, too. Perhaps black holes are (fatal) portals to the other part of our universe, and the Big Bang was one that went out of control?
Best wishes,
Leland
Quantum Entanglement! (Poetry) - 7/24/2013 12:04:01 PM
You have succeeded in tangling my brain quantumly.
Ron
Quantum Entanglement! (Poetry) - 7/24/2013 3:44:53 AM
There is a world beyond, indeed. Nicely done, Erin.
Uninspired or: Moth Dust (Poetry) - 7/21/2013 9:49:55 PM
Embodiment of moth abstract,
Erin,
different but interesting..
Lady Vivian
Another Day, Fever-Felt (Poetry) - 7/6/2013 5:22:03 AM
The heat is terrible as one gets older, I know.
Always,
Deborah
The Disappointment (Poetry) - 6/30/2013 5:46:32 PM
Wonderful....the rise and fall of disappointment has its own charm...very clearly penned
Neerja
The Disappointment (Poetry) - 6/30/2013 1:40:21 PM
A poignant poem about lack of self-worth. It is one with which I can identify because I have had those feelings all my life.I am a war baby and have experienced discrimination throughout my life because of my sex. I do feel that the diamond-shaped question marks are not required to get the message across to readers.I enjoyed reading your poem.
The Disappointment (Poetry) - 6/30/2013 12:39:15 PM
Have we met? Ha.
Of course there is a fine line between frankness (truthful speaking), and being rude and opinionated. Sometimes it is a fine line, and crossing it can be seen as arrogance, but those 'wonderful' people often seem to good to be true. Most of just do our best, but still disappoint someone. Good and unique piece.
Another Day, Fever-Felt (Poetry) - 6/26/2013 8:06:55 AM
Such a talented writer that you are
not to be wasted on a hot summer's day!
Erin needs to play in the rain...
Lady Vivian
Another Day, Fever-Felt (Poetry) - 6/25/2013 11:03:59 AM
It could be somewhere in Arizona, or it could be menopause. I'll let you decide.
Ron
Another Day, Fever-Felt (Poetry) - 6/25/2013 7:40:15 AM
For life to go on, do whatever it takes...e
Another Day, Fever-Felt (Poetry) - 6/25/2013 3:09:48 AM
Whatever it takes, Erin. Do your best to stay well.
Another Day, Fever-Felt (Poetry) - 6/25/2013 12:49:17 AM
hide as best you wish for your own safety
budd
Mine Muse (Poetry) - 6/23/2013 5:02:53 PM
What wrought this thought? I've often fought with feelings only to be overcome. And then again my mind misgives, and once again my thought within me lives. No feeling of a loss so great as a muse who did not wait, but on ahead forged resolute until I gained her confidence. She knows me more than I myself have known how feelings come and go.
Don't despair! Your muse is there, but weighted down perhaps with care.
The smile is waiting for your face to crown your frown with its disgrace. A smile is such a fickle thing. Karaoke can't make it sing. But when the yellow bird of paradise sits bloated with the wedding rice, a shotgun blast will scatter his repast, and his last thoughts your muse will bring.
Moral of the story: Don't look a gift bird in the mouth, especially if it's bequeathed at your shotgun wedding! (time to sing now!)
By the way, I enjoyed reading your poem. You have a fine style.
Roger
Mine Muse (Poetry) - 6/20/2013 7:38:27 AM
Please check the filing cabinets of your mind *Erin*
interesting penning, but don't want to lose you..
Lady Vivian
Mine Muse (Poetry) - 6/19/2013 11:57:36 AM
A muse is a terrible thing to waste. But when you've lost it, it's even worse.
Ron
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/15/2013 7:41:49 PM
No other..or will be!
Lady Vivian
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/15/2013 8:36:26 AM
that's great because you're a mother yourself (plus it said you have six cats!) yet you still miss your own. A Mother's lasting impression never dies. Mine passed in 2005 and I have never felt as loved since...
Later, michael
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/14/2013 2:53:21 AM
I'm a firm believer in...everything
happens for a reason...and Mother's eternal love.
Such a beautiful and relevant poem, Erin.
Thank you for sharing.
With warm regards Isabella.
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/13/2013 10:21:17 AM
Crisply stated, cleanly said in powerfully poetic form. Very moving.
One of your best!
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/13/2013 8:14:31 AM
I see redemption at last in a very creatively designed poem.
Ron
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/13/2013 5:51:56 AM
She is in your heart...
Always,
Deborah
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/13/2013 2:42:25 AM
Well done, Erin.
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/13/2013 2:25:44 AM
she and you still are
budd
Mother-Love (Poetry) - 5/12/2013 9:52:25 PM
She is smiling down on you have no fear.
G
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/4/2013 8:05:43 AM
Erin, you are such a wordsmith...pure joy!
Always,
Deborah
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 5:05:40 PM
Fall back..but spring ahead
for re-birth, I do believe
Lady Vivian
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 2:27:15 PM
"I'm bent by winds of words...."
Erin, the hope of new spring will shape
the state of tension into a horseshoe for you,
and truly hope it...isn't a bend of truth...
that bothers you.
Love your poem of experience.
Thank you for sharing. Isabella.
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 12:36:21 PM
~Erin~
The spritely winds of spring through your writing
is pure wonderment soaring.
Lady Mary Ann
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 12:11:49 PM
A delightful tale told with wit and charm! You flies!
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 7:01:54 AM
Spring certainly brings a beautiful rebirth. But I'm with George, everything dies.
Ron
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 1:39:12 AM
We are born, hopefully, We live, hopefully- but death is guaranteed.
Conceived in hope.
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 1:20:06 AM
One never knows what the howling winds will bring. Nicely done, Erin.
Sprightly Spring Winds (Poetry) - 5/2/2013 12:50:38 AM
continue to let your winds of words gust
budd
Silence (Poetry) - 4/25/2013 10:56:48 AM
Not hearing one's worth..
the quiet can be deafening!
Appreciating your poem *Erin*
Lady Vivian
Silence (Poetry) - 4/24/2013 5:25:16 PM
The World is filled with "noise" making us being
distracted from .....our own selves.
We need to stand still to hear the Universal Dialogue;
the voice of wisdom, pulse of life speaking to us....
so, we ..."would found the equation of life"...
Your meaningful poem, Erin, reflects the mood
of our contemporary life (reality).
Warm regards. Isabella.
Silence (Poetry) - 4/24/2013 3:04:27 PM
I wish the world of noise would dissapate & allow us all to just enjoy sweet & utter silence...e
Silence (Poetry) - 4/24/2013 10:59:16 AM
We have become a noisy world. Where I live, you can go outside anytime and it is " Silence." Enjoyed, Erin!
Always,
Deborah
Silence (Poetry) - 4/24/2013 3:48:36 AM
can we ever figure this out
budd
Tremulous Iris (Poetry) - 4/24/2013 2:46:13 AM
Hail Poets and readers!
In the garden of this castle Poetry one can see art meeting science; knowledge embracing wisdom; and flowers diffusing aesthetical perfume, like this literary flower singing the wonders of Nature's majesty.
Much gratitude to the authoress for this golden Scroll titled, "Tremulous Iris".
In respect and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Copper Mountain's River (Poetry) - 4/24/2013 2:31:33 AM
Hail Poet Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen!
I hope to live up to the day when the literati will bow to Your golden pen, and pay You the due accolades.
Much gratitude to You for keeping the Lamp of Poetry on, and for this exquisite Scroll, "Copper Mountain's River".
May You enjoy a long healthy life through a creative blissful living!
In respect and admiration.
Your proud reader,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Silence (Poetry) - 4/24/2013 1:51:35 AM
Deep and well said, Erin.
Silence (Poetry) - 4/23/2013 11:33:47 PM
Healthy blissed day, Poet!
I have enjoyed the reading of an exquisite poem... "Silence" leads one to cerebrate on ontological subjects, and to rethink life; and the ways of our society of Human Race.
Viva the Poet!
In respect and appreciation,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/30/2013 9:44:59 PM
Double WOW
*Erin*
Your gift is so
Very Powerful!!
Lady Vivian
Your God is a Cruel Beast! (Poetry) - 3/30/2013 8:03:15 AM
An oblique surface on TV..
Loved this one *Erin*
Lady Vivian
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/29/2013 5:31:56 PM
Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen, it doesn't get any better than you. Author House I thank you for providing me with the best of the best.1,640 poems and still going strong. Wow
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/28/2013 3:32:31 PM
Imagination is a wonderful gift from God and you use it so well.
George
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/28/2013 7:44:49 AM
Many years ago, I was washing my Teflon frying pan used for many frying tasks, when I saw the image of Jesus Christ etched in the baked on grease on the bottom. I knew it was Jesus because I had seen so many images of him portrayed by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and many lesser artists.
I thought the image an interesting curiosity and didn't tell anyone about it. Like all other patina on the bottom of frying pans, the image eventually disappeared or I threw away the worn-out pan.
If only I had that pan today, I could take a picture of Jesus, and write a poem like you did featuring the picture. Moreover, I could go online on eBay and sell the image for 4 or $5000, or more! I would probably be featured on the evening news, at least on the local channel, and might get an audience with the Pope so that he could kiss my frying pan.
Just a thought.
Ron
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/28/2013 6:10:18 AM
Erin, I see it Too!
Always,
Deborah
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/28/2013 5:57:00 AM
Nicely done, Erin.
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/28/2013 5:08:03 AM
but oh i bet that one moment 'swept the crap-rampant' and if only for a moment, there was relief
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/28/2013 4:58:10 AM
~Erin~
A delightful poem of Angel's among us.
Lady Mary Ann
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/28/2013 2:29:37 AM
very inventive and well written
budd
An Angel’s Wing (Poetry) - 3/27/2013 8:06:55 PM
You have a hell of an imagination or you are trippin, maybe a flashback...whatever you get, take it...tell me, did you by chance eat the butter or did you just wash it away...? might be very important in ur psychological work up...e
Your God is a Cruel Beast! (Poetry) - 3/26/2013 12:43:47 PM
I gotta agree with both Paul & Edward below, they both say that you are really onto somthing here, maybe you should expand on these thoughts...and as I said to others today, it must philosophy day on the den, maybe its the time of the month...? e
Your God is a Cruel Beast! (Poetry) - 3/26/2013 7:56:27 AM
I recently watched scenes from the Bible and realized that your title for this poem is correct.
Ron
Your God is a Cruel Beast! (Poetry) - 3/26/2013 4:02:17 AM
the what was, what may be and what is , is now depending on your perspective
budd
Your God is a Cruel Beast! (Poetry) - 3/26/2013 2:35:06 AM
Very profound and well thought about, Erin. I have to agree with, Ed; you're on to something.
Your God is a Cruel Beast! (Poetry) - 3/26/2013 12:08:07 AM
Yep life is no bowl of cherries where everything is the same and always so sweet. We are people of choices be they good or bad. Yet we are only guaranteed the pursuit of happiness, the rest we have to forage for.
George
Your God is a Cruel Beast! (Poetry) - 3/25/2013 10:04:11 PM
I think you're onto something, Erin. Good insight. The dumbing down of life?
Repeating Self (Poetry) - 3/4/2013 1:21:10 PM
Seasons in moods *Erin*
an enjoyable must read!
Lady Vivian
Seasons of My Childhood:Winter (Poetry) - 3/3/2013 7:16:14 PM
I remember winter too, though surely NOT as violently cold as they were in Wisconsin...hell we used to surf in winters storms, but of course we wore wet suits...e
Repeating Self (Poetry) - 3/3/2013 2:56:39 PM
Interesting, making me think...e
Repeating Self (Poetry) - 3/3/2013 8:31:39 AM
Very well done, Erin.
Repeating Self (Poetry) - 3/2/2013 3:54:53 PM
We can do all these things in time.
Repeating Self (Poetry) - 3/2/2013 10:35:34 AM
We as writers and authors see the world in different lights. We dissect things and put them back together. We write about our passions, love, nature, sunsets, and the human condition. We write and people read every season---Great Erin!!
Always,
Deborah
Repeating Self (Poetry) - 3/2/2013 4:45:02 AM
every time we write we give birth to feelings within us
budd
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/16/2013 4:44:29 PM
Is their a doubt in the poem. It could almost be set to music
Knowing (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 8:48:46 PM
The older I get,
the more I realize
I don't or will
never know..
Just go with it *Erin*
Lady Vivian
Knowing (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 4:18:59 PM
Erin, Knowing is knowing and we continue to move on and know.
Deborah
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/15/2013 12:20:12 PM
Honey Do? much left
to the imagination..
time passing...
Lady Vivian
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 11:01:19 AM
The ? Indicates that you may have some doubt.
Ron
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 10:08:33 AM
? ! I love you too! Question mark...
Deborah
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 6:38:10 AM
Which part of your heart beats so true, Erin -- The part that palpitates or the part that fibrillates? He asked, half-heartedly. :)
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 4:06:36 AM
well question mark
budd
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/14/2013 2:47:38 AM
This is wide open to many an interpretation. Well done, Erin.
I Love You, Honey! (Poetry) - 2/13/2013 10:36:54 PM
You sure...question mark...;-) e
Knowing (Poetry) - 2/13/2013 1:15:51 PM
As time moves on we have little choice but to move with it. God bless.
Knowing (Poetry) - 2/12/2013 9:03:31 AM
Knowing oneself is half the battle.
Ron
Knowing (Poetry) - 2/12/2013 8:10:26 AM
and we come into ourselves as we should be
budd
Knowing (Poetry) - 2/11/2013 9:23:42 PM
...and today is the day we worried about yesterday & tomorrow is tomorrow, we can worry about that when it gets here...? e
Fluid Rose (Poetry) - 2/7/2013 10:40:35 PM
What the camera
did not capture
You did..well
Lady Vivian
Fluid Rose (Poetry) - 2/7/2013 9:05:10 AM
Methinks you are smitten by this rose. I too have found a rose that I grew to be overpoweringly beautiful and sweet smelling. Unfortunately, a freeze came along and the rose was no more. At least I have the memory of its deep color, velvety petals, and sweet fragrance to remember it by.
Ron
