249 Results with the "Poetry" genre


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      Just Folks

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      by LovelyMay Just Folks begins with a portrait of a town that thrives not on noise, but on kindness. In this place, people are not judged by wealth or status, but by their decency and spirit. Neighbors greet one another with sincerity, and conversations lift hearts rather than weigh them down. Gossip finds no ground here because it is met with silence or replaced by praise. The people value cheer over cynicism, and they live by the principle that it is better to build others up than to tear them down. It's not a…
      Fiction • Poetry
    • VERSE: THE ANGEL’S STORY Cover
      by LovelyMay The Angel’s Story begins on a cold Christmas night, where the streets glimmer under festive lights and joyful sounds echo through the air. Yet not every home mirrors the celebration outside. In a house filled with beauty and wealth, a quiet sorrow unfolds. A child, pale and weak, lies wrapped in blankets, fighting an illness no riches could heal. His mother, broken with worry, stays close, reading to him and singing softly, her voice holding more love than hope. She watches each breath with trembling…
    • Ballad: The Yarn Of The “Nancy Bell” Cover
      by LovelyMay The Yarn of the "Nancy Bell" presents a tale soaked in salt, madness, and a strange kind of honesty. From the mouth of an old sailor, worn by time and sea, comes a confession wrapped in rhyme and eerie cheer. His voice, roughened by wind and regret, recounts how the once-proud crew of the Nancy Bell was brought low not by cannon or storm, but by the gnawing of hunger and the creeping shadow of desperation. Though framed with humor, each stanza leaves a trace of horror, as roles aboard the doomed vessel…
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      On the Way

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      by LovelyMay On the Way begins as a conversation that carries the weight of more than words. Between Hamilton and Burr flows not just dialogue, but the unspoken history of ambition, ideology, and wounds too deep for diplomacy. The setting is quiet, perhaps a garden path or a shadowed street in Philadelphia, where two minds meet not as enemies yet, but as figures standing before a fork in the nation's future. Burr's tone is teasing but edged with steel; he recognizes the uncertainty of their moment in history. Hamilton…
    • Ballad: The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo Again Cover
      by LovelyMay The Bishop Of Rum-Ti-Foo Again opens with the return of Bishop Peter, who had once inspired the people of his tropical parish with education and decorum. Known for championing the arts and proper conduct, his earlier presence left a lasting impression, setting a high standard for the islanders. During his year away, he believed those lessons had taken root. However, he was dismayed upon returning to find a different landscape—one in which the grace he once cultivated had been replaced by disorder. The…
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      VERSE: A Letter

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      by LovelyMay A Letter begins with the quiet longing of someone who attempts to translate overwhelming love into lines on a page. The speaker sits with pen in hand, imagining the exact words that might reflect the shape of their heart. Each sentence is crafted with care, but none feel quite complete. Language seems too fragile to hold something so powerful and intimate. A sigh escapes as the speaker realizes that eye contact, a shared silence, or the warmth of touch would speak louder than ink ever could. There’s…
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      Chapter Five

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      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter explores the lives of Cyrus and Ali Shams, Iranian immigrants in Indiana, focusing on their struggles with insomnia and trauma. Cyrus, now an adolescent, grapples with chronic sleeplessness, obsessively replaying daily interactions and imagining social slights. His anxiety extends to fears of deportation and his family’s precarious visa status, exacerbated by his father Ali’s vague warnings about the dangers of revealing their Iranian heritage. Ali works long hours at a chicken farm,…
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      by LovelyMay The Shade of Helen opens not with the clang of armor or the shouts of battle, but with a voice drawn from memory and myth—a presence caught between time and truth. From the soft folds of a world untouched by mortal desire, Helen’s shade emerges not as a figure of conquest but of quiet sorrow. She does not ask to be remembered by glory or theft, but by the place where her spirit once walked under rainlight and starlit leaves. That world, marked by stillness and grace, seems more real to her than the…
      Comics • Poetry
    • The Real Successes Cover
      by LovelyMay Chapter 39 titled "The Real Successes" speaks to a truth often buried beneath society's obsession with wealth, status, and outward displays of power. It invites readers to shift their gaze away from the glimmer of riches and toward those who live with purpose, kindness, and unwavering integrity. Success is not found in how tall one stands in the business world or how many accolades decorate their name, but in the quiet moments of moral courage, loyalty to loved ones, and strength shown in hardship. A man…
      Fiction • Poetry
    • VERSE: THE LESSON OF THE WAR (1855) Cover
      by LovelyMay The Lesson of the War (1855) opens with a sense of stillness stretched across England, a stillness not rooted in peace but in anticipation. Homes are filled with warmth, tables are set for supper, yet behind every lighted window flickers the same fear. The nation, while appearing whole, is quietly splintered by sorrow that has not yet reached the surface. Across cities and fields, people brace for letters that may never come, telegrams that may hold only grief. England is not indifferent to the distant…
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