British Writer on American Soil

Tag: Emotions

  • How to Develop a Writing Habit!

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    Writing is a craft that requires practice and discipline. Whether you’re an aspiring author or someone who simply enjoys expressing their thoughts on paper, developing a writing habit is crucial. I’ve been writing since I’ve been in the USA. I’m from the UK/Ireland I’m half-Irish along with some Welsh and British thrown in. I was…

  • Poem – What’s the Point?

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    We can pour our hearts out.But when no one is there to catch it.What’s the point? We can give away our love.But when no one wants it.What’s the point? We can offer to help those we love who are self destructive.But when they refuse it.What’s the point? God can allow us to awaken tomorrow.But what’s…

  • Poem – Familiar Strangers

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    Our bodies sit right next to each otherWhile our minds are worlds apart Years of memories but nothing to sayFamiliar voices with new faces Everything is differentStruggling to find our old selves in each other We were so closeNow we couldn’t be further away Time apart drove us to opposite endsBoth of us struggling to…

  • Friendship

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    What we are was forged togetherWith open minds we grow forever In a sandbox we played and started timeIn the woods we explored and learned to climbAdventures quickly change to tricksIn a basement we find new use for sticks Sticks are whittled to paddles sharedAlong a river deep together we daredDare to challenge what’s fun…

  • Poem – You Never

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    You never said I’m leavingYou never said goodbyeYou were gone before I knew it, and only God knows why. A million times I needed youA million times I criedIf love alone could have saved you, you never wouldhave died. In life I loved you dearlyIn death I love you stillThe memories is all thatremain. In…

  • Covid New Victim – Lost Friend

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    We haven’t posted in a long time here. We lost a long-time good friend. Our friend Jake we’ve known from school. We meet Jake when we were seven at boarding school in the 1970s. He would visit us here in America as she got settled in with our fresh new life with our partner and…

  • Poem – You Hate Me!

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    I get it,You don’t like me,You don’t like the writing style I have tried creating,One letting everyone into a path of darkness,“It’s too scary”,“It’s too dark”,But you are the one who told me for my writing,To have a rhyme or reason,But when I do as you say,You see it as treason,Holding me back to the…

  • Poem – Dancing with Demons

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    They say we all dance with demons when nightfalls and the lines between our worlds thin.When alone in the comfort of our own spaceand company, we fall easy prey to their call.But only some are tortured with their constantpresence in the daylight and how they linger.Demons piggyback, latch themselves to souls.One hand wraps tightly around…

  • Poem – Appreciation

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    There is a specific personThat I love more than anything elseThey mean so much to meI can barely describe itThey’ve helped me when I needed itThey’ve done so much for meI owe them my lifeAnd I’m so happy to have them

  • Poem – My Forest is Dark

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    Today my forest is darkThe trees are sad andAll the butterflies haveBroken wingsAnd there I sitIn the middle of it allCompletely emptyTrying to grasp ontoSomethingAnythingBut I always slipAnd fall backDownDown to the groundI think I’ll justGive up nowAnd sit hereIn the middle of my forestFull ofBroken dreamsAnd memoriesI’ll stay hereSurrounded byThe shadowsOf the peopleWho broke…