When Justice Comes Not Speedily Written for contest: God’s NOT Dead “Why, O Jehovah, do you stand at a distance? Why do you hide yourself in times of distress? The wicked one arrogantly pursues the helpless one, But he will be caught in the schemes he devises. For the wicked one boasts about his selfish … More When Justice Comes Not Speedily

21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Finale Finale: Narrator: The final curtain rises on how our story began with our dear Andy jailed. Now lying limp upon his cot believing himself a prisoner for 25 years destined to rot. (Although, Vie’s plot had been thoroughly derailed. She sped away from the deadly scene with … More 21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Finale

21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene VI https://allpoetry.com/story/13472768-21st-Century-Love-.-.-.-Andy—Arias-Act-III-Scene-V–by-Lucretia-Mccloud Act III Scene VI Narrator: Aria’s words shocked Andy. He stalked back then forth, no longer buzzed. His thoughts bouncing his emotions off any definite course. Andy: What did she mean… HIV?… Who’s she slept with? I’ll crown that guy king! Narrator: Andy stops … More 21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene VI

21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene V https://allpoetry.com/story/13471133-21st-Century-Love-.-.-.-Andy—Arias-Act-III-Scene-IV-by-Lucretia-Mccloud Act III Scene V Narrator: The curtains are drawn back to continue the scene. When Aria saw Andy’s six-pack lacking three in his left hand her mind went volcanically active after anguish given cruel birth through worry. Emotions careened. Heart, definitive in … More 21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene V

21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene IV https://allpoetry.com/story/13469537-21st-Century-Love-.-.-.-Andy—Arias-Act-III-Scene-III-by-Lucretia-Mccloud Act III Scene IV Narrator: Hours later, the next day, we find Aria pacing the floor. Like a butterfly flittering from chair to peeking out a cracked open door. Even to the Almighty she did implore: Let him be okay. And I … More 21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene IV

21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene II https://allpoetry.com/poem/13467248-21st-Century-Love-.-.-.-Andy—Arias-Act-III-Scene-I-by-Lucretia-Mccloud Act III Scene II Narrator: Again opens the scene with Aria waiting patiently serene dressed in rust swede and matching boots for the weather, cool composing a poem after a meditation on creation, the Creator, and just being. She reads back what’s … More 21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene II

21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene I https://allpoetry.com/story/13465719-21st-Century-Love-.-.-.-Andy—Arias-Act-II-Scene-IX-by-Lucretia-Mccloud Act III. Scene I. Aria Narrator: Dusk had descended, with Aria seated happily reading under a bright street lamp, while waiting for Andy as always on the campus bench where she first found this golden pearl–a small book, to her a glorious … More 21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act III Scene I

21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act II Scene IX https://allpoetry.com/poem/13460607-21st-Century-Love-.-.-.-Andy—Arias-Act-II-Scene-VIII-by-Lucretia-Mccloud Act II Scene IX Narrator: Act II: Scene VI: Narrator: The curtain again reopens upon Vie laid up in a hospital room recovering from burns in the 3rd degree for not loving justice according to the Almighty’s decree: “He has told you. . . what is … More 21st Century Love . . . Andy & Aria’s Act II Scene IX

Get inspired by Andrea Stephenson’s musings on the writer’s life and the changing of seasons. via The Pattern of a Writer’s Life in the Slow Turn of Seasons — Discover

Adrianna Adarme’s food is inspired by her Peruvian and Colombian ancestry, her corgi Amelia, and “copious amounts of rap music, sugar, butter and flour.” via A Cozy Kitchen — Discover