"A romantic story about a conflicted young british girl in a love triangle"
They left his car and hiked up a steep, five kilometer trail to a vista overlooking the Celtic Sea. She struggled to keep up with him, as he took long easy strides. She stumbled, and he turned around. “You okay?...
"Valentine's Day. There's always hope."
I sat alone in the lunchroom accompanied only by a cold grilled cheese on a dirty plastic tray. Swarms of college students marched in and out of the concession stand of a cafeteria. The food was never enjoyable, even when...
"The first night on our honeymoon and there is no time for sleep."
The small cottage stands out as a silhouette against the dark night, only distinguishable because the building is darker than the landscape around it. The car turns the corner onto a dirt road, and the now jerky headlights illuminate the...
"Rachel's lost love returns to haunt her."
Rachel stood in the middle of her living room, large eyes surveyed the furniture in a sweeping arc, taking in the expensive carpet, the beige leather sofa, coffee table with its customary one or two magazines carelessly strewn on the...
"One woman's holiday romance in Jamaica"
I stood alone on a silvery dune, staring out to sea as I fidgeted with my finger. A cool breeze came in off the waves making the Palm fronds sigh and shudder and lifting strands of my wavy strawberry blond...
On Valentine's Day he brought me two dozen roses, one for each year of my life, a bottle of Cabernet, the same 2001 Beringer that he had brought when I fixed him dinner the first time, a box of hand...
"A deployed soldier finally expresses his passion."
First Lieutenant James Brewer shivered in his winterfatigues, but his brown eyes shined excitedly as he finished filling out the form on his web browser window. Several weeks before he had mailed off the small personal mementos and hand-written notes...
"I dedicate this poem to my dear wife Dreammy on this Valentine’s day"
It’s that time of the year again Materialized love fills the mall ‘Chocolate, flower or diamond?’ The sales man asks ‘It’s time to shower her with your love.’ Beyond those fancy gifts A simple sign is all we seek To remind ourselves that There is...
"Callum has the opportunity he's been waiting for, will he seize it?"
My eyes were firmly closed as I listened to the muffled sound of electro music playing in the nightclub behind me, trying to block out the vile sound of puke splattering against the concrete. I slowly opened my eyes and...
"A poem about taking control of a man."
Slowly I comb my fingers through your beard Watch your eyes flutter Before I tug you closer by the fur Your breath shudders The demeanor of your face melting shifting Into a submissive state I promise to be gentle You...
