Silver Heart (Short Story) - 5/18/2015 3:55:19 AM
Reads like a true story. There are people like this around, but their stories often get lost in all the bad news. Sad though.
Drove through the area one time many years ago on my way to Port Angeles and Vancouver. Wish I could've stayed longer but I was on my way to Wisconsin.
Ron
The Missing Letter (Short Story) - 9/10/2014 8:30:45 AM
Tom,
I thoroughly enjoyed your story. I admit I came here because it resembled a title to one of my stories, "The Lost Letter", and I disagree with Ron. With love, all things are possible or probable! Fantastic Write!
Mary
The Missing Letter (Short Story) - 3/5/2014 8:14:38 AM
I'm not into romance, and this is a most improbable story. However, it is well written and very creative. While they are remote, chance happenings like this do happen. Enjoyed.
Ron
The Doctor From The Harbor (Short Story) - 3/4/2014 6:54:16 PM
I really got caught up in this story line, Tom. "Always, the Universe pries from our hands, that which we cling to." That is a sublime line. You did well creating an introduction, telling us of Allen and of his situation, then brought in story tension right away. Perhaps this is based on a true story, but if not, kudos to you for the plausibility of events here. Your writing flows along, advancing the story and drawing us in. I liked how your treatment of the house falling did successfully have us concluding that Allen could not have lived through the wreckage and probability of drowning, but I have seen a miracle that I would otherwise have thought impossible, so your having Allen survive works for me. I enjoyed how you told us of the food the towns folk brought, that it was specific: "pies, cakes, elk steaks," that enhances the scene greatly. I like how you worked the second part of the story (Allen falling for Elaine) and how succintly you summed up their difficulty and Allen's steadfasted love for her. Also powerful is the line: "There are some loves that are disastrous, but are forever." The greatest strength of this story, for me, is the end. I was so sure the woman with the silver hair was going to be the sister of the boy saved, but the way you brought 11 back into this story was masterful. I enjoyed reading this writing. Thank you.
The Troopers' Daughter (Short Story) - 3/10/2012 3:14:39 PM
I can extensively relate to this story, Tom. Readers recognize those intersections in a piece of writing where they stand in the middle of it, having gone those directions. I liked: "...but rules and the deep things of life, sometimes were at odds." and: "... answering a call, deep down, that logic has no part in." and..."My dad used me from an early age." and: "... as her world was uprooted at the news of it all," and: "... it was righted by the love the man felt for her." and: "There is a tie between father and daughter that is stronger than the steel in the service revolvers I carried,.." Thank you. ~~ Diana Legun
Ribbons (Short Story) - 3/10/2012 2:38:23 PM
Enjoyable read; especially the suspense of wondering what the ribbons were. "...eyes that had looked down a million miles of rail.", "..hands that had steered a thousand tons of steel along two narrow ribbons..." excellent imagery. I just joined this Authors Den, and I am Tom Legun's wife. Keep writing! ~~ Diana J Legun
The Farmer (Poetry) - 5/26/2015 5:36:15 AM
Tom, i love anything written about the farm life, the "country life" , a life 98% of todays generation has no conception of. Though left far behind it has shaped me into who i am today.
You might enjoy reading "that little hand of mine" poem i put on the den. Growing up surrounded by fields of white cotton inspired that one.
Daniel Farmer
PS Yes, my last name is "Farmer" also, no joke
The Farmer (Poetry) - 5/17/2015 1:01:43 PM
Quite idealistic. Makes one wonder why so many have given up on the farm. Even my uncle who spent 80 years farming, finally gave up and planned the farm in trees like it was when his father found it over 100 years before.
My father always wanted to be a farmer. I'm sure glad he never did.
Ron
The Farmer (Poetry) - 5/17/2015 7:41:39 AM
And the land was a cruel taskmaster at times . . .
A Yankee's Loss (Poetry) - 12/12/2013 6:25:53 AM
A legacy of love, written words that will forever grace the paper that holds these precious words. Beautiful…
Ingeborg
A Yankee's Loss (Poetry) - 11/25/2013 3:33:39 PM
Tom, this is very beautiful, starting for me with the contrast of flowers and trees more brilliant, but the man's life is lived in pain and loss. "She was a gift from all that is fine..." What a graceful way to word her value to this man. Even more stunning are these words: "Her memories still affect his daily walk...." This poem makes me want to know what her hair does smell like; and only when I read this again did I catch the last line's delivery of "married." Effective poem, Tom. ~~ Diana
A Yankee's Loss (Poetry) - 11/25/2013 10:22:40 AM
He didn't know that once you take a girl from the warm South to the cold North she will wilt and wither away. Or, so they say.
Ron
