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February 23, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

An Ordinary Life: THE FAMILY; what they taught me by Eilene Susan Wenner

I was raised to believe that all things are possible, and anything can happen in this life we are living. It’s curious that I was ruminating about what my family … Continue reading An Ordinary Life: THE FAMILY; what they taught me by Eilene Susan Wenner

February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Can’t Sleep by Duane L. Herrmann

Wood mites eatpaper under bed,cockroaches feaston companion dead,silverfish climbup the wall beside…Clothes hang to drywhipped into frenzyby wild wind,and flower openscalls in colors:“I’m here! I’m here!Look at ME!!”While doormat screams“Don’t … Continue reading Can’t Sleep by Duane L. Herrmann

February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Wide Wake at 3:00 A.M. by Linda Freedland

I’ve never been one for lying awake thinking about all the things that could, should or would go wrong in the upcoming days, weeks or years. After completing my routine … Continue reading Wide Wake at 3:00 A.M. by Linda Freedland

February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Lullaby and Good Night by June Hannay Kosier

Unfortunately, there is nothing that keeps me up at night. I try my darndest to stay awake, but just can’t do it. I am asleep by 8:30PM, sometimes earlier. I … Continue reading Lullaby and Good Night by June Hannay Kosier

February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Taxing Sleeplessness by Mary Perrin Scott

Sleep comes easily for meOnce my head hits the pillowI am lulled into a sweet slumberJanuary arrives in 2021Sleep jarred awake by worryTax time will arrive all too soonWhat to … Continue reading Taxing Sleeplessness by Mary Perrin Scott

February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Peepers by Edward Pontacoloni

What keeps me up at night is fear that the sky is falling. That, and the hoot of the barred owl with his whocooks, whocooksforyouall just as I’m beginning to … Continue reading Peepers by Edward Pontacoloni

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Sparky’s Wine Bottle by William Gilbert

A psychologist on the radio said that as we grow older we tend to remember things pulled up from the deep recesses of our minds, events and images, we thought … Continue reading Sparky’s Wine Bottle by William Gilbert

February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

An Ordinary Life: Sleeping by Eilene Susan Wenner

The only thing that keeps me awake at night is “not breathing.” Since birth I spent most of my first year of life in the hospital due to breathing problems. … Continue reading An Ordinary Life: Sleeping by Eilene Susan Wenner

February 16, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Thoughts of Expression Tomorrow by Daniel Schiavello

Thoughts of Expression Tomorrow is a promise that may not be kept but today is forever in peace with no tears to be wept. Live your life to the fullest … Continue reading Thoughts of Expression Tomorrow by Daniel Schiavello

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