Jake Curreri
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Nov 23, 2021
Poetry

The last light dwindles

You dissect yourself with knife in hand fashioned by words of harsh reprimand. Clever idioms crash like boulders on top of your weary, heavy shoulders. Deep sadness is the only way through this hell on earth gnashing at you. At that moment the last light dwindles you see an angel

Nov 21, 2021
Poetry

Soul in the water

Soul poured into life is like the river's rush into the bend; current flowing free from pause. Source of water you never reach. It's a gift from Nature that which flows between our feet.

Nov 17, 2021
Poetry

Face

Where you face matters A tilted ear turns the body its way. Face the sky, find the stars Face the shoreline, find the break Face the heart, find the soul Face the question, find the answer

Nov 10, 2021
Prose

Let me take it from here

Frank watched her walk out the door into her red Sonata – dented from the deer she hit last Christmas. For two days, Maila's eyes were swollen, crying over the poor animal. He laughed to himself leaning against the door.  How did 17 years go by so fast? About a year

Nov 7, 2021
Poetry

Where you will begin

Across terrain, whispering its ancient story For the adventurer to bear its mystical glory. There's an unmarked path we all must go with the only compass we'll ever know. Trust the river's rush between the rocks and the bird's song among the flocks. Listen quietly to your heart within this

Oct 24, 2021
Prose

The purpose of fantasy

There is a world of fantasy, we hope to live in full. To be guided by the brave words of an author, Eyes set fresh by a world anew. Inspiration, hope, purpose, character, love. All perfectly aligned. The world makes sense in this domain.

Oct 24, 2021
Prompt

Eledrel

Eledrel cupped the soil between her hands, careful to not let the young plant fall. She placed it beside the others, stepping back, staring at the endless fields before her. Mother Nature had come home.

Oct 2, 2021
Poetry

Kinship locked in time

A friendship is a sacred bond forged at the perfect moment. Each friendship has a different pull a part of you connected. Time will pass Two will drift. But the kinship locked in time.

Oct 2, 2021
Poetry

A thousand words apart

You struggle to communicate, frustrated with what broken language leaves behind. Spoken to share meaning, yet not always mine. Sometimes you wish to share a look and have her know your heart. But all you ever come to manage are a thousand words apart.

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