Category: nature
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Just one more week to Submit to our July Nonfiction Writing Competition
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in America, conservative, family, free speech, literature, MAGA, nature, nonfiction, Patriotism, politics, pro life, publishing, reading, writingIt’s hot and sticky. Not everyone is feeling poetic. We’re in honesty mode. That’s what makes July the perfect month for our annual nonfiction writing competition. We don’t want flowery, “beautiful” writing. We want the truth and nothing but the truth. We want YOUR truth. We want to read about opportunities missed, hilarious events, political…
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Balance by Helga Kidder
Wind strikes the chimesnext to the patio door, wakensthe birds for breakfast as cloudsgrey the sky. Snow forecast.My mind wavers between natureand the hum of the heat pump.Leaves huddle against the brick walland liriope shrivel in the cold.Another tornado rushing the islandsand the East coast.The chimes continue their wild songas a herd of deer ambles…
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TLC by Helga Kidder
Goldfinch, wren, bluebird dashto the feeder, glut themselveswith seeds. They store their bellieswith food this snowy morning,flakes covering their grazing ground.I relax inside with pen and paper,inviting the muse to strikeher magic wand and burn the pagewith words. So far they hide in mymind’s alphabet. I need a hook to pulla chain of letters into…
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