AboveTheRayne

Written by: Elizabeth Broadbent On Recognizing My White Privilege As a Parent In the Face of Ferguson As the ongoing events in Ferguson, Missouri show us, America’s racial tensions didn’t disappear when George Wallace backed down from the schoolhouse door. Dr. King didn’t wave a magic wand, and we never got together to feel all […]

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Stella was so happy to have her baby, she beamed a light so bright. Years later, a sadness covered her when she saw the look on her son’s face one night. Mommy I’m sorry to tell you, I’m gay, these are the hardest words for me to say. Stella looked at her son and smiled […]

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Journey To Success Sometimes I wonder why is that inner voice that tells you, you can’t do it, so strong. You can fall into darkness for such a long period of time and believe that you are not worthy, that everyone is better than you and you just don’t fit in. Well you can keep […]

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First of all, let me say, good morning, good afternoon, good evening. I woke this morning with words hurling all over me in every which way. A conundrum of words wanting to take their place upon my page, eager to flow from the ink of my pen. I may be all over the place but […]

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Walking at the Mall, I see those volunteering for the Salvation Army Christmas Drive. We should still be fighting the unconditioned war on poverty announced by Johnson in 1964 and it does take an army. In 1963 the poverty rate was estimated to be between 20 and 25% of the American population, which meant about […]

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I noticed one of my nails was peeling, the others were relatively fine. However, I was greatly concerned about the reason beneath the problem of the nail. Hence decided to look into the situation by conducting a little research of my own. I was amazed with all the marvelous information I found. Documenting such below… […]

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This is a family photo and it was a most beautiful and peaceful day.  A family reunion deep entrenched in my memory, such a Blessing.  I wanted to share this peaceful time with all of you. Peace A sense of calm dwells within, while one experiences an awareness of one’s innermost feelings. In tune with […]

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You’ve been around the block and back and sometimes you may have tried a little crack. You say to yourself, tomorrow I’m going to make it but tomorrow never comes as you reach out to the bartender and grab your glass of rum. You bathe and wallow in pity, time and time again, pick on […]

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Canadian Cynthia Sharp is a regular contributor to the Melvina & Friends Poetry Group. She has been published in Toasted Cheese & Haiku Journal and was nominated for the XXXVIII Pushcart Prize & Best of the Net Anthology. She enjoys the beauty of the west coast, where she is at work on her first fantasy […]

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1. FEATHERS 2. TO ALL THE WOMEN IN MY LIFE 3. GRACE 4. JUST ANOTHER SUNDAY 5. SMALL WORLD 6. SOMETHING LIKE THAT FEATHERS This peace, so deep it comes unbidden descending, ascending enveloping softly silently, leaving not a trace not a hint of its presence words only hinder its advent ~ it falls lightly […]

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