Tag: creativity
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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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Coming Home by Paul Clayton
Jack sat at the kitchen table, sipping his morning coffee. For months he’d been struggling. A week earlier he had called his brother, Dan. Dan was married, really married. He couldn’t decide what cut of beef to buy without consulting Marge. Jack hadn’t complained about his aloneness, merely mentioned it in passing, like talk of…
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Uphill battle for conservatives
I knew that creating an openly conservative literature & art magazine would be difficult. In addition to the usual obstacles, conservatives have been openly censored, targeted, and abused by leaders within the United States. I knew technical hiccups would occur as well. We had some issues with our protonmail account, so I opened a backup…
American First Magazine 