- Santa uses flying caribou, not reindeer. It’s true. Reindeer and caribou are the same species and essentially the same animal. However, and we’ve all seen the pictures and movies, the jolly fella’s...
By: Ping |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 17 Dec 2018
- A young monk was supposed to wander around the world but, he postponed the departure date again and again. The abbot waited impatiently, ‘You’d supposed to start off six months ago. What’s stopping ...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Musings |
Score: 5|
Added: 25 Oct 2018
- As we stand on the edge of catastrophe, A despairing poet, I can no longer Follow my Zen like some hippie troubadour, Riding my Harley across the dusty roads With my battered old Gibson Les Paul guit...
By: Kavyansh |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 23 Sep 2018
- It was said that, since Buddha had given a public education in a country. The common people all became the morals, courtesy, and thoughtfulness. They lived in harmony with the mutual love and support...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Musings |
Score: 0|
Added: 09 Sep 2018
- One day, Buddha passed a respected philanthropist's house fortuity. The master was not at home. He glanced around that sumptuous house. Everything was very cozy and grandiose. There placed a chais...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Musings |
Score: 0|
Added: 15 Aug 2018
- His feeling for her became more and more just a procedure and an obligation after they had been married for ten years. The passions and the joys were gone long ago. Kazrim had also lost his intere...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Musings |
Score: 5|
Added: 14 Aug 2018
- You know what's funny? How easy it is to give up on something you cared so much about. You constantly tell yourself that you could never give up that something, whether it be a hobby, a loved one, or...
By: Collapsed_Universe |
Category: Musings |
Score: 5|
Added: 16 Jul 2018
- Like mosquitoes they hover, Buzzing hither and thither. Preying on flesh, Partaking of blood, Spreading their disease. Not to live but to thrive, Not for good but to feast, Not to help but to ...
By: samokish |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 14 Jul 2018
- Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Buy for yourself. Live for yourself. Earn for yourself. Smile wide for all to see. This is the motto. A material and individualistic lifestyle is the n...
By: samokish |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 13 Jul 2018
- A seething rage engulfs me. Anger, hate and spite consume me. I shake in fury, And tremble wildly. No fairness will grace me. No justice awaits me. I stand alone, with goodness in my hand. ...
By: samokish |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 12 Jul 2018
- You may not like what I have to say, In my story so bitter sweet, In a story filled with truth, In a book with words of rage, And a message of no regret. You think it garbage? You think it b...
By: samokish |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 11 Jul 2018
- Life is like a crystal ball of fortune. When it falls into pieces, the people try to grab it. Someone grab it more, someone grab it less, someone grab it none. Dear friend, how much have you grabbed ...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 21 Jun 2018
- All creatures are the will of HEAVEN. It started from the ancient time to elongate till now. How much can the earthling gain or lose? HEAVEN commands it all. Does HEAVEN truly understand all kind...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 0|
Added: 03 Jun 2018
- Tale 1 A little boy was fond of a little girl who was studying next class. They lived in a beautiful small town. Then, the little boy picked the wildflowers on the roadside for the little girl aft...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Romance |
Score: 5|
Added: 03 Mar 2018
- Everyone has his own name. The name is also his registered label! And how many people will protect it seriously? No matter the one is SOMEBODY or NOBODY! They still have their own reputation!!! ...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 0|
Added: 06 Oct 2017
- The journey truthward is undertaken along a tortuous path connected along the way to the many avenues of ideology. One must be fervent to maintain the path you set out on against the arresting appea...
By: LEMF |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 06 Jun 2017
- Our love This connection Is a free fall Something We both want And need But Is it worth The risk Maybe Our chutes Have Already deployed The decision Has been made And We are floating Back down To ea...
By: Ping |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 17 Apr 2017
- The conversations between a professor and a student in and evening class some time ago... The professor said to the students, “Let's play a game. Who'll be the volunteer for it?” Someone came ...
By: KazeronnieMak777 |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 06 Apr 2017
- Tell me truthfully how it came about, Explain to me where things went so astray, That joyful certainty should turn to doubt, Those bright flowers of love stained by decay. My aching heart is full ...
By: Kavyansh |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 18 Nov 2016
- A picture perfect moment and such a lovely gown of pure white, glamorously gliding over the floor as she spun around. Twirling into strong arms, surrounded by a sea of faces, all of which smiled. Genu...
By: Rebellious_Soul |
Category: Drama |
Score: 5|
Added: 12 Sep 2016
- I am crazy about you Mad about you too You are on my mind Both day and night You're my gift from above I smile at your laughter I shake for your touch When you sing to me I like it very much ...
By: maryruth |
Category: Memoirs |
Score: 5|
Added: 25 Aug 2016
- The Baroness led her ancient Grandmother into her spacious marble bathroom where she drew her a bath. She took the gown the Queen had worn and carefully folded it before placing it in up in a large pl...
By: The_Count |
Category: Supernatural |
Score: 5|
Added: 21 Jan 2016
- If I should find space in your memory once the seconds have drained from my time I pray I'm remembered just as I was I hope I'm not placed too high Not keen on leaving a saintly repute even saints h...
By: ACCooper |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 23 Dec 2015
- I know that you have said that everyone lies and that everyone tells little white lies, and I guess I am the same. My name. I’ve told you. That is true. I am who I say I am. I am yours as you’ve asked...
By: adi_me |
Category: Musings |
Score: 5|
Added: 04 Dec 2015
- You're a chameleon changing your spots Saying the words, you think should be heard Pleasing every one and no one, your heart rots That's fine, of course, whatever, how absurd Taking on hues and to...
By: gillianleeza |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 25 Nov 2015
- Just once I would like, To hear someone say, That I am not evil, So we don't have to play This game today. I so wish that for once Someone would notice My small smile. See the severe drop in mood, Whe...
By: Rebellious_Soul |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 06 Sep 2015
- The past always returns A cycle unbroken And repeating patterns Leaving behind the burns Loves, friends and family People I cannot hate Decide I'm unworthy Like some flaw within me One too many fail...
By: Sicarium |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 19 Aug 2015
- Personal note to the readers, this story is not for the weak of heart to read for the content of this story. By choosing to read it, you agree that you are over eighteen and mature enough to handle t...
By: Rebellious_Soul |
Category: Action |
Score: 5|
Added: 29 Jun 2015
- The cursor on the blank spread of a Word document seems to taunt me as it clicks backwards, forwards, off and on. I heard that back in the day, the same kind of mocking dance would have been played wi...
By: incaendo |
Category: General |
Score: 5|
Added: 02 Jun 2015
- Justice is the lifeblood of society. It runs and fights And bleeds through my veins. Justice is the highest calling of good men. A man who cares not for justice is not a man but a beast. I am also fo...
By: TheGreatValette |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.3|
Added: 05 May 2015
- Quandary in definition: A state of uncertainty or perplexity. I have lived most of my life locked within a state of quandary. Trying to find out who I am, knowing the feelings I feel are real,...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Musings |
Score: 5|
Added: 16 Apr 2015
- Trust What does it mean to you Does it mean to tell the truth No matter what you do To tell each other all To answer all questions true To take away the fear Or is it just a feeling ...
By: maryruth |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 06 Apr 2015
- Who are you to judge My right from my wrong You do not know the truth I see Or how I have lived my life What gives you the right to say The false in everything I do or say You do not know ...
By: maryruth |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 03 Apr 2015
- Chapter Twenty-eight: A Sealed Fate Ethan seemed more angry than sad by Marry’s letter after he read it. He was so upset he stormed out of the mansion on his own. He came out of the mansion at his ...
By: Starfallfantasy |
Category: Fantasy |
Score: 0|
Added: 31 Jan 2015
- I have been indicted by this wise age, By its each rationalist sage Who has written my fate with my own worthless blood, And with my shattered soul as page "Shackle his voice and blindfold his...
By: AshTrayFiasco |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 27 Jan 2015
- Chapter Twenty-five: Dark Truths It was four days since the Reapers tournament and Ethan had yet to go see his dad. He spent all that time just wandering around earth aimlessly. Finally he grew bore...
By: Starfallfantasy |
Category: Fantasy |
Score: 0|
Added: 11 Jan 2015
- The night that I was by the sea, I heard the sea speak to me. The night that I sat by the waves Watching the moon rise red, The night that the waters were splashing Making me listen to them, ...
By: azuma |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 28 Dec 2014
- Talk is cheap that is true; A lesson learned from loving you; You lead me on so subtly; You hold me close though set me free; You say you love me though I wonder why; When I see the truth wi...
By: bella685 |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 12 Jun 2014
- It was a small pueblo in the Sonoran Desert. Juliana and Desiderio lived there. They were both artisans. They had apprenticed with the great jeweler and artist Gabriel. Everyone in northern Mexico kne...
By: Survivor |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 13 May 2014
- What is this alluring place, where red and blue meet? With a cindered path, stretching beneath our feet. Torricelli's trumpet, is seldom here to greet. Crusted tears dry upon hardened faces, ...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 30 Mar 2014
- Can you miss something you have never had? Do the pigeons desire the thumbs, the hands, we swear by, that have gotten us so far? Do they feel its absence as strongly as they feel the sun on thei...
By: Fading |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 21 Feb 2014
- ''Deliver the message, become famous, make a movie , then push your philosophy...'' Married Man A time then came When doubt forged a name Alone at the desk, I blankly stare at this mess A vision so...
By: burnt7 |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.6|
Added: 27 Aug 2013
- Light hitting her face on the glass, This little mirror showing one lass. The ugly duckling not near a swan. Nothing you would lay hands on. What she views she hates, For she is the one curs...
By: Racking |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 02 Aug 2013
- "There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fi...
By: Survivor |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 15 Jun 2013
- You know what? I trusted you. I let my guard down because you told me you didn't want to be like my exes. You told me you wanted to be different. You made me promises from day one. You kept telling me...
By: Poppet |
Category: Musings |
Score: 4.8|
Added: 09 Jun 2013
- I will never again. Why you ask? Because I keep getting hurt by those who promise not to hurt me. I’ll never open up again, and give my heart to anyone. There are those who are never meant to be loved...
By: Poppet |
Category: Musings |
Score: 4.8|
Added: 08 Jun 2013
- Beauty surrounds us, we have but to see. The ugly is around us too, sadly. Paradox of life and death is our view. Enigmas form and still we continue. The true human spirit never gives up. It ...
By: Survivor |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.5|
Added: 02 Jun 2013
- It has not always been a subject that concerned me. I mean since I first got online and started finding people I called friends, or just acquaintances. The fact that these are disembodied people who m...
By: Survivor |
Category: Musings |
Score: 5|
Added: 26 May 2013
- They lay there, comfortable together- he was in a good mood, chatting about football and his truck. Missy (Nymia) nods in all the right places and smiles at him, and kisses him when he leans in for o...
By: Colors_of_the_Wind |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 4.3|
Added: 22 May 2013
- Discovery Back in my youth, while pursuing the truth – I enrolled in a program designed to remove life’s mystique through a formal critique of the body, the soul and the mind. Attendees wo...
By: tradford |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.9|
Added: 27 Apr 2013
- As I travel through this world of wonders Burrowing into arcana of life, Calling for someone to give me knowledge, Doubting the Word that is pressed upon me, Eventually it becomes so clear F...
By: Survivor |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.6|
Added: 17 Mar 2013
- I heard an honest man lie A disguise to hide and mask When did respect die Truth found at the end of a flask Sober stories wrapped up Plastic hearts breathe fake love Dependent on culture to mak...
By: Kachme |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 26 Feb 2013
- “In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Bless me Father for I have sinned. It has been six months since my last confession…” “Nina? Nina is that you?” “Yes, Father.” “I’m so ...
By: d_vaced |
Category: Drama |
Score: 4.5|
Added: 26 Feb 2013
- A Glass Window Screaming, I woke up frantically searching for the lamp at my bedside table. My hands fumbled around until I found the familiar switch, and I looked down to see my palms sweating. To...
By: Dmv1994 |
Category: Mystery |
Score: 5|
Added: 23 Feb 2013
- It's an endless circle. A cycle that has a futile end right from the beginning. To act otherwise than who you are makes the reaction the same then both parties leave wondering where the truth lies ...
By: DianaShallard |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.5|
Added: 25 Jan 2013
- Is it always going to be useless? Will anyone ever really understand? Has the truth been lost in the mist of misunderstanding? Tomorrow, someone will get it. Tomorrow, someone will get me. Tomorro...
By: Survivor |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 12 Jan 2013
- I don’t know how all this started- he saw my bruises, he heard my words, he helped me, he questioned me, and he somehow got me to tell him, but I shouldn’t have. I should have just told him “it’s n...
By: Colors_of_the_Wind |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 5|
Added: 06 Jan 2013
- My friend's soul I feel has been invaded. Paranoia taking over, their vision shaded. This person that I feel coming out right now. Is a stranger to me, foreign, different, Wow! Seeming to attack ...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 05 Jan 2013
- Can you deal with science? Can you know what is real? Will you accept the truth? Are you lost in the past? Would you allow for doubt? Would you give up your faith? Could you let in the new? Wi...
By: Survivor |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 31 Dec 2012
- Here in my lonely heart, Betwixt that narrow moment of light and shadow Wherein lies the truth that is me. Across the blue expanse, in that open space of nothingness Where angels fall and...
By: LittleSister_ |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.8|
Added: 18 Dec 2012
- It is said that we live in a free society. I question that and wonder if we are truly free, why has society attached so many strings, saying to us, you can belong if you do this or that, or feel th...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Musings |
Score: 5|
Added: 29 Oct 2012
- I thought of you today. First time in a while, I’m sorry to say, But, I finally thought today. I looked for you And found you had gone . No words, nothing. It was silly to have expected ...
By: Racking |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.7|
Added: 31 Aug 2012
- My hairs too long, my body too short. When I laugh really hard, sometime I snort. My belly too round, my backside too wide. No matter what I do I can never hide. Touch my toes? What a silly dream. ...
By: wildrose_girl |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.6|
Added: 08 Jul 2012
- You must believe me when I say I love you. There has to be a way to make you see. Whatever change I must make I will do it. I pray that you will listen to my plea. Do you want me to become much t...
By: rantingsenior |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 01 May 2012
- Each day one awakes to a new beginning they can greet with a smile or a frown. The choice belongs to us no one else, make a wish set your thoughts spinning. Search, the good it is there for the ta...
By: CKAcres |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.8|
Added: 27 Feb 2012
- I'm Not Garbage You say I threw you away That I didn't care about you The truth is for years I threw myself away I didn't care about me Not enough to set myself free It took caring about someone else...
By: blueeyes |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.4|
Added: 09 Feb 2012
- I search for something but am blinded by the reflective haze of life’s superficiality Trying to unshackle myself of fear I had hoped to reach Nirvana with unconstrained honest spirituality See...
By: Louise |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 05 Jan 2012
- I was crass and crude to say that having tons of money could lift one’s soul to wondrous heights and make one’s spirits sunny. I thought a bit about the sadness of that flippant poem, about a life ...
By: rantingsenior |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 4.9|
Added: 06 Nov 2011
- It came out of the blue, a slight breeze at first — Surely nothing to cause any worry. Then thunder rolled; it was such a cloudburst! Menacing, and not in a great hurry. Long craved, perha...
By: magnificent1rascal |
Category: Poetry |
Score: 5|
Added: 19 Jul 2011
- "Look sweetheart." "What Mummy?" "A blue orange. How weird is that?" I pick it up from amongst all the normal oranges on display. I'm sure it's an orange. It's the usual shape and size of an orang...
By: steffanie |
Category: Flash Fiction |
Score: 4.5|
Added: 26 Apr 2011