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Missing You Always and Forever by Stormsage

2010-09-08T07:15:00.002+10:00

Creator: Leanne Elliott About: This is the little cherub that we have placed on my sister Karen’s grave; recently it was the 7 year Anniversary of Karen’s death. I took this photo because it is such a true visual representation of what loss looks like. View this image here. Purchase this image at Redbubble here. Available As: Cards, Matted Prints © StormSage, All Rights Reserved Selected Amazon Links: Cherished Cherub Statue Garden Angel Outdoor Yard Patio Angels and Cherubs Stickers: 24 Full-Color Pressure-Sensitive Designs (Pocket-Size Sticker...

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Autumn Is Here by Ann Åhsberg

2010-09-07T07:15:00.001+10:00

Title: Autumn Is Here Author: Ann Åhsberg About: Poems inspired by the autumn ... This eBook is FREE to download. Copyright © Ann Åhsberg Selected Amazon Links: Collected Poems (Autumn House Poetry) A Flight to Elsewhere (Autumn House Poetry) The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry StormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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Rivers by WhispersWW

2010-09-06T15:06:00.000+10:00

rivers of metal unable to flow trapped by sheer volume in gorges of girded concrete fingers drumming frustrated heartbeats on immobilised steering wheels imprisoned impotent feeling the passage of time that doesn’t wait Copyright © WhispersWW Selected Amazon Links: Milton and the Natural World: Science and Poetry in Paradise Lost Wild and Wonderful: Poems About the Natural World (Picture poetry) Handmaid to Divinity: Natural Philosophy, Poetry, and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England (Series for Science and Culture)StormSage Central - The New Creative...

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The Waiting Game by Cerridwyn Tiponi

2010-09-06T14:47:00.000+10:00

She sits forlornly Waiting; always waiting, but No one ever comes. Copyright © Cerridwyn Tiponi Selected Amazon Links: Haiku for Lovers Emo-Ku (If Emotions were Haikus) Small World: Haiku on the WayStormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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Humming Bird Repose by Julie Magers Soulen

2010-08-27T07:15:00.001+10:00

Title: Humming Bird Repose Photographer: Julie Magers Soulen About this Image: The other day I was watering plants on our deck and spotted this little hummer girl sitting peacefully and enjoying the day. I was so taken aback by her unusual behavior. Most of our broad-tailed hummingbirds are blatantly feisty, constantly diving and chattering over front row seats at the three feeders that I refill a couple times a day. (We go through over ten pounds of sugar a week!) I went inside to get my camera, thinking she would surely be gone when I returned. But she was still there, tilting...

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Watercolor Beauty by Ann Åhsberg

2010-08-26T21:40:00.000+10:00

I walk down the hill, and I see beautiful blood maples I can not resist ... picks a pair of red and black leaves on the ground I walk outside a day care center Where the children's laughter is heard during the play, their rest from requirements… picks some more leaves in red, yellow and orange I feel rich ... have a bouquet of leaves in my hand inspires me to paint a watercolor, something new to have on my wall Copyright © Ann Åhsberg Selected Amazon Links: Poetry as Insurgent Art Art & Nature: An Illustrated Anthology of...

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In Death I Shall Finally Breathe by StormSage

2010-08-19T07:15:00.007+10:00

I am drowning, sinking to the very bottom of the deepest, darkest crevice beneath the smooth surface of the turquoise crystal ocean. My arms flailing, I struggle with every ounce of my being; towards the surface where the rays of sunlight can be felt upon my cold skin. But, I am too weak, so I stop. Closing my eyes I accept that this is now my fate. I exhale one last time, now devoid of air, no more blue sky, an absent sun. The dark ocean swallows me whole. The beating of my heart grows faint as the pressure builds, sinking further down the beating finally...

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(Free eBook) Soulmates by Ann Åhsberg

2010-08-17T13:21:00.001+10:00

Title: Soulmates Author: Ann Åhsberg About: Now four chapters of ten! A short story about a Swedish woman and a Lakota - indian in the mountains of the Northern Sweden ... Factual basis! This eBook is FREE to download. Copyright © Ann Åhsberg Selected Amazon Links: Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers' Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard UniversityStormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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Enter Each Day with Eagerness, as if It Were a Present by Muffyjo

2010-08-17T13:13:00.000+10:00

No One Knows How Many Days They Have on this Earth, But Each Day Holds a Mystery Unique to Them That Only They Can Unfold. Enter Each Day with Eagerness, as if It Were a Present. Copyright © Cheryl Gordon Selected Amazon Links: AffirmationsHealing Mantras: Using Sound Affirmations for Personal Power, Creativity, and Healing Affirmations--Your Passport to Happiness StormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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Dark Moon Night by WhispersWW

2010-08-10T21:57:00.000+10:00

Lily pads floating. Darkness deep; moon veiled this night. Boatmen dance, geese sleep. Copyright © WhispersWW Selected Amazon Links: Cold Moon: The Erotic Haiku of Gabriel Rosenstock Bamboo Moon (a Book of Insightful Haikus, Volume 1) The Fish Jumps Out of the Moon: Haiku of Charles F. KennedyStormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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The Maple by Ann Åhsberg

2010-08-10T21:42:00.000+10:00

Big beautiful Maple, you are just starting your greatness With young leaves, light green in color youthful beauty In the near future, you are in full leaf chlorophyll-saturated When the fall occurs, you change your dress a watercolor beauty Copyright © Ann Åhsberg Selected Amazon Links: The Rain in the Trees This One Tree (New Issues Poetry & Prose) Men as Trees Walking (OSU JOURNAL AWARD POETRY)StormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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The Puzzle by Cerridwyn Tiponi

2010-08-06T23:59:00.000+10:00

Morning dawned cold and grey. A light rain had been falling for some time, slowly drenching the ground. Aoife peeked out through the curtains and sighed, ‘Guess I’m not doing the laundry today after all.” She moved out of the bedroom and down the hall to her study. Walking onto the room, she headed straight to the specially made cabinet and opened one of the drawers. The drawer was shallow and only contained one item of major importance to Aoife. She carefully reached in, took hold of the tray within and gingerly removed it. She turned toward the large desk and placed it down on the surface....

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Blissful Meadows by Ann Åhsberg

2010-07-31T16:39:00.001+10:00

You walk on blissful meadows blessed, that what I think You’re on the other side … If I had wings like a little bird I’d walk beside you, hold your hand … But … You’re on the other side … When you walk on blissful meadows you have no more pain, you dance on light feet, sing beautiful songs, your sorrows are gone with the wind … I’ll see you on the other side … Copyright © Ann Åhsberg Selected Amazon Links: The Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry From the Country...

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The Dreamer by Cerridwyn Tiponi

2010-07-28T20:56:00.000+10:00

Rose-colored glasses Never sees the world’s decay The dreamer lives on Copyright © Cerridwyn Tiponi Selected Amazon Links: The Dream That Becomes Us: Haiku Born of a Dream: Fifty Haiku by Basho, Buson, Taigi, Issa, Shiki Vjetar bez sna =: Wind with no dream : haiku (Series Croatian haiku poets)StormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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On a Bed of Moss by Ann Åhsberg

2010-07-26T20:23:00.001+10:00

Lying in a four-poster bed on soft moss looks up at the dark blue large meadow where thousands of fires dance, give me light hear the sound of the waterfall, a never-ending flow rhythmic … beautiful good night music, automatically birds in the summer night match up ... nature is well equipped, has all I need and make me sleepy … Copyright © Ann Åhsberg Selected Amazon Links: Universal Verse: Poetry for Children Henri Michaux: Poetry, Painting, and the Universal Sign HEART + SOUL Poetry of Peace + Love for my Universal Circle of FriendsStormSage...

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Anthem To The Trees by Ann Åhsberg

2010-07-24T07:15:00.001+10:00

The tall stately trunks, I walk in a colonnade -repercussion calm The soul of the trees, within nature's harmony -still are separate lives If only I was, a tree with it's long deep roots -when the strong winds blows Copyright © Ann Åhsberg Selected Amazon Links: Poetry for the Earth Poetry of Earth For the Good of the Earth and Sun: Teaching Poetry (Heinemann/Cassell Language & Literacy)StormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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A Monday Morning It Was... by WhispersWW

2010-07-23T07:15:00.001+10:00

The day dawned with all the omens of a wonderful one. I awoke cleansed, shiny and bright and was looking into the light of the forthcoming hours with optimism and happiness. I enjoyed the company of my work colleagues and loved my job. The hustle and bustle of my workplace invigorated rather than tired me; even the incessant clatter & chatter didn’t worry me…focus is all in my line of work, you see. Could be messy if I were distracted. However, what transpired on that fateful day was bad… very bad, if the truth be known. There’d been no hint, no sign, nary an inkling of the events that...

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Rivers of Honey by Cerridwyn Tiponi (Haiku)

2010-07-22T11:47:00.001+10:00

Rivers of honey Flow thick with sticky sweetness Pleasing on the lips Copyright © Cerridwyn Tiponi Selected Amazon Links: Heavenly Haikus Haiku-Sine : 217 Tiny Food Poems by Texans Who Love to Eat & Feed Their Heads The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets (Shambhala Centaur Editions)StormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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New Look Digg.com

2010-07-21T12:17:00.000+10:00

Have you checked out the New Look Digg? A great way to share news and information. 730c8e5332204b82990a9dce059ec836 StormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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If Only by JustKel

2010-07-21T11:12:00.001+10:00

If only I painted you Monets of warmth from the heat of my heart to behold, We'd frolic the world by a silvery swirl combing crystalline rays of pure gold. If only you'd unmask your eyes for to see the truest of dreams to bestow, We'd swoon to the tunes by the gleams of the moon dancing whispered delights none could know. If only you'd offer a glimpse of your core from the treasured inhumes of your soul, Forever we'd savor the blooms of true love lest we die by our hearts never whole, If only red tears from the blood of my being could smite echoes of sadness afloat, We...

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Good Night Sleep Tight by StormSage

2010-07-19T07:15:00.000+10:00

I am here to help you cook your dinner, even though you eat like a bird. Just like a cake mix, so many memories stirred. Come on, its now time for a shower, something you can not do for yourself. I am your family, I am here for you - In good and bad health. Put your winter nightie on, it will keep you warm and before I get you nice and snug, take your slippers off, so that I can give your aching feet a rub. I tuck you in, pulling the sheets up high, so that just your hands and head now show; I stroke your forehead softly and whisper "I love you, you know". I kiss you...

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Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide by WhispersWW

2010-07-18T08:15:00.001+10:00

Bali, June 2006, the island lashed by uncharacteristically wild winds and heavy rains that blanketed the mountains in deep, dark heather-grey cloud, bending palm trees and flattening rice; staining the sea a menacing charcoal and lacing its edges with spumes of bright white surf. Man and beast sheltering in the face of such unrelenting weather. Amidst it all an epidemic sweeping the island, one that no vaccine could have prevented nor medicine cure. Not bird flu, dengue fever or typhoid. World Cup Fever had struck. There was nowhere to run; nowhere to hide. There was simply no escaping...

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Worthiness by Muffyjo

2010-07-17T11:18:00.000+10:00

All Are Worthy When We Allow this to Be So. For Although All are Worthy, One may Feel Unworthy; Sabotaging the Goodness Of their Own True Self. Our Perception of our "Self" Allows or Disallows the Manifestation Of our own Merit or Worthiness. Copyright © Cheryl E Gordon Selected Amazon Links: Self-Esteem Affirmations The Present Moment: 365 Daily Affirmations Scientific Healing Affirmations: Theory and Practice of ConcentrationStormSage Central - The New Creative Collective.

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Renew Newcastle Information Evening

2010-07-14T17:51:00.000+10:00

NB: This event is located in Newcastle, Australia Are you interested in what Renew Newcastle is up to at the moment? Would you like to know more about how to make an application for your project? We are keen to keep you up to date on our achievements so far, where we are headed and to let you know about opportunities for future projects in empty spaces. This is an information night for interested members of the Newcastle community and for people who have put in or are considering putting in a project application. With: Marcus Westbury & Marni Jackson Date: Wednesday 4...

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Master's Final Call by Keith Dugger

2010-07-10T18:59:00.000+10:00

A fire was coming. Dark and monstrous, it growled. It was searching for my fallen master and it was coming fast. I wanted to stay by his broken body to protect him, but I had a task to complete. Without the key pass, Master James would suffer a hell no man should have to endure. The dry air burned through my lungs and snot froze to my whiskers as I ducked through the underbrush at a full run. My mother and my mother’s mother had trained me all my life for this mission. The keepers of the afterlife charged our species to watch over our master’s lives and, when that inevitable time arrived,...

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