Almost-A- Murderer: BACKFIRED Chapters One & Two BACKFIRED Prologue “Sure, I knew he was capable of murder… I’d groomed him to be,” reasoned Micah’s mom, as she struggled with the rope binding her hands behind her back, thinking: “Doesn’t every mom wish their son could commit murder for them?… I just didn’t think in a … More Almost-A- Murderer: BACKFIRED Chapters One & Two

An ‘Unlikely’ Pair–Imagined ‘This Interview’ On March 14, 2022,early morning, while reclining on a loveseatsipping lukewarm coffee,browsing my iPad’s feed, I stumbled across a brief articlepeeking my ‘neutral’ curiosity: the New York Times: ‘The Morning’:entitled: ‘An unlikely hero’… Becauseof a ‘love’ for people, I am comprised. Therefore, this opening caught my eyes: “We look at … More An ‘Unlikely’ Pair–Imagined ‘This Interview’

Renewed Love (contest Write what ‘He’s not heavy, he’s my brother’ means to you) How I seereflected before melike sweet golden ripplesto consuming wavesrushing from earth out to sea a love growing so much strongerduring these storms turbulent,terribly frightening… Darkened–our skies,though lightening bolts strike brightnessof crippling adversity scattering humans dehumanized… So how can we not … More Renewed Love (contest Write what ‘He’s not heavy, he’s my brother’ means to you)

https://allpoetry.com/poem/16413084-Life–An-Amazing-GIFT-by-Seah-Ray Life–An Amazing GIFT Each exquisitely brilliant or cloudy sunriseencountered upon opening sleepy or excited eyes of youth and vigor or through hesitant daysdue to sickness or agingunfortunate and despised can still focus upon another day granted,realized, though glazed overby today’s anxieties global in scope… To inhale deeplyof air fresh and clean or filtered of … More Life–An Amazing GIFT

https://allpoetry.com/contest “‘For I well know the thoughts that I am thinking toward you,’ declares Jehovah, ‘thoughts of peace, and not of calamity, to give you a future and a hope.” Jer. 29:11. “The righteous will possess the earth,And they will live forever on it.” Ps. 37:29. “The meek will eat and be satisfied; Those seeking … More ‘THOUGHTS OF PEACE’

Cain Upon a river of bloodswiftly swelling, rushing rapidlydown centuries streaming with carcasses of babies,elderly, soldiers, civilians,neighbors, brothers and sisters,friends, and lovers as shored ones ragewhile intensely screaming,moaning,or silently rocking while weeping… Happinessfirst attacked in escalating viciousnessby ‘words’ or ‘actions’ stemmedin ‘meanness’ to another ‘demean’… Then slaughteredanother or others as presumpousness killed reasonableness after ‘pride’ … More CAIN

https://allpoetry.com/story/16399896-Rue-Begets-Rue-by-Seah-Ray Rue Begets Rue Upon an ancient land of flowing riverslike sparkling reflections on Jordan’s span,where woven mesh, fine, or dragnets castdefined a working fisherman who reeled each morning for a fishwith a hooked taut drawn single linein boat or standing near a shore,as weighted nets imprisoned, landedupon schools feeding dragged inshore in nets carefully … More Rue Begets Rue

https://allpoetry.com/story/16394289-Reminiscing.-.-.-Serious-Negotiation–Contest-Condor–by-Seah-Ray Reminiscing. . . Serious Negotiation (Contest-Condor) Once upon a time, while traveling through the steamy Arabian desert of my youth,I took a delightful pause upon seeing this Arabian red fox pupoutside its den in intensede-light i.e. daylight as in conversation with an intriguing desert woodrataka pack rat, trade rat, cute and quite active in being;probably stopped … More Reminiscing. . . Serious Negotiation

https://allpoetry.com/poem/16392205-FOREVER–Contest-New-Writes–100-Spots—-Si-On–by-Seah-Ray FOREVER (Contest New Writes (100 Spots) – Si-On) Many a winding mountain trailproves cramped and narrow though glorious its view. Focused must one beif continued life to prevail. No haphazard thoughtsat this time to tragically pursue: “Go in through the narrow gate,” admonished Christto his disciples who left many careersbehind to take up an urgent workassigned; … More FOREVER

https://allpoetry.com/poem/16390613-I-Forgave–Contest–Saudade—Hats–by-Seah-Ray I Forgave (Contest Saudade – Hats) Joy… Felt effervescent. Light.A butterfly’s wings sighted in soft flight not felt… Your presence.A delight of embraces, kisses,pirouette twirls. Tosses into air; squealsfrightened by near misses… Shoes tied in eye-to-eye kneelsnot recalled… Loving responses to a little girl’s appeals… No fabulous feelings for a pastmaybe best forgotten if potent … More I Forgave