Crisis stories, books, poems, and more

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MOM, WHERE ARE YOU?

By shyam sundar bulusu

Poem / Poetry

August 01, 2020

Goal is blurred, path unclear Engulfed by a dark, black hue Know not how to swim, how to steer Can’t cope alone, Mom, where are you? Read More

Tags: love, mother, mom, crisis

A Famine in Lebanon

By Christy Writes

Article / Non-Fiction

July 02, 2020

Comments: 3

The Wisdom Warehouse House

These are excerpts from an article originally published on The Telegraph. Here is the link for the full thing: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/people-will-die-within-months-lebanon-heads-famine-pandemic/ Read More

Tags: poverty, pandemic, famine, economy, crisis

Crisis Gives Birth To Creativity

By Tariro Tsaurayi

Guide / Humor

June 22, 2020

Crisis is the mother of creativity Read More

Tags: imagination, creativity, solutions, crisis

Unemployment in India- An unresolved crisis

By Chaitanya

Essay / Editorial and Opinion

May 08, 2020

Comments: 1

I have tried to list out the problems unemployment can pose to a developing economy with a large population. Read More

Tags: crisis, unemployment

In A Far Away City

By Melancholic Wisdom

Poem / Poetry

April 16, 2020

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

Why the fuck should I care? Read More

Tags: poetry, poem, illness, pandemic, crisis

The Grief Process

By LAVENDARMOON1

Article / Editorial and Opinion

February 15, 2020

One thing promised to all life forms is sudden change, death, crisis, catastrophe, and disaster. Know matter how we prepare we are never ready. Read More

Tags: death, crisis, catastrophe-disaster

What life has become

By Christy Writes

Essay / True Confessions

February 09, 2020

Comments: 7

Shelves: 2

Tags: life, struggles, economy, crisis

Of New Gods And Old

By bobric

Short Story / Horror

December 08, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

In a world where science is outlawed and technology from the past sold on the black market, two fortune hunters seek strange treasure. Read More

Tags: crisis, cataclysmic, end-of-the-world

Hard To Find The Reason

By hullabaloo22

Poem / Poetry

November 03, 2019

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

This is a poem inspired by a line written by Booksie member, Melancholic Wisdom in his poem 'Digitize The World' https://www.booksie.com/608072-digitize-the-world used with permission. Thanks, MW. Cover image: Andrii Podilnyk on Unsplash. Read More

Tags: reason, identity, crisis, melancholic-wisdom, poem-inspired

I.T.I.L.Y.M

By LeoShy

August 14, 2019

Comments: 1

Jeg håber mine følelser kommer igennem, jeg har været lun på dig i noget tid, og det var forfærdeligt ikke at sige noget, men kunne ikke andre måder end det her, sorry hvis det lidt cheesy.. Read More

Tags: love, me, decision, myself, crisis

Real Men Don't

By hullabaloo22

Short Story / Flash Fiction

July 14, 2019

Comments: 4

A short story of 350 words. It is picture-prompted so if you don't like such work, please DO NOT read. Cover image: perchek-industrie-GVum6tDs554-unsplash Read More

Tags: relationship, crisis, distraught, 350-words, picture-prompted

Featured Review by AdamCarlton

"That's a rich and complex emotional arc you've got there from 350 words! " Read More

Another Day

By hullabaloo22

Short Story / Flash Fiction

January 01, 2019

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

Although fiction, there are many families in this exact position. Read More

Tags: bleak, pretence, crisis, housing

Featured Review by Sue Harris

"This is a heart rending read, Hully, and yes, although we've now entered 2020, the continued plight of families such as this one is undiminished..." Read More

Power of crisis

By Dark-soul

August 12, 2018

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

What if there's no one for you there, you stopped combing your hair and nothing is happening in time, nor someone looking after you ever. yes, dear. you are depressed now and you know about it. oh, dear. get up. do this, do that. You are tired of being… Read More

Tags: crisis

Delusion Epidemic

By Mike S.

Essay / Romance

March 15, 2018

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

Thought epidemic Read More

Tags: crisis, epidemic

A Strangers Message

By abyskaria

October 05, 2017

You know the language of love from a stranger always starts with a smile. What is the true story always depict in few words here ? Let us listen now. :) Read More

Tags: gift, welcome, crisis, migrant

Thoughts of Nature

By JoshuaHM

Short Story / Science Fiction

September 16, 2017

Peter a security officer at Dwarfforce prepares for a military operation which will change his view of the world forever. Read More

Tags: sad, deep, mature, crisis, climate-change

Left Behind

By SquishMcMuffin

August 17, 2017

This is a story about a crisis that I experienced in my life. Read More

Tags: scared, behind, crisis, left, left-behind

Look Both Ways...

Book / Humor

June 26, 2017

David sat in his car waiting for the driving test examiner to arrive. His anxiety levels were approaching critical; the pressure was on, he could not afford to fail for the fourth time. Read More

Tags: humor, humour, sex, career, crisis

Cocaine and The Cyclops.

Short Story / Humor

April 19, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Glen would have to go to his dealer and explain the situation and ask for more time. Getting his dealer to believe that his wife had accidentally put his jacket with £10,000 worth of cocaine in the washing machine would not be easy. His dealer was not a man to… Read More

Tags: humor, drugs, relationships, cocaine, crisis

Take One For The Team.

Book / Humor

March 18, 2017

The problems began two weeks before after his company’s annual conference when his boss came ‘on to’ him and made it very clear what she wanted, and she was not drunk or even tipsy. This came out of the blue; she had always been so formal and correct. Read More

Tags: sex, boss, arsenal, crisis, orgasm

My Girlfriend or My Mother?

Book / Humor

February 02, 2017

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

Adrian was short and fat, and to make matters worse he had a squint. His black curly hair was receding and at thirty two he looked more like fifty. He was an only child and still lived with his doting mother. But now things were changing, he had a woman. Read More

Tags: humor, humour, mother, girlfriend, crisis

The international student researcher in crisis

By Saima Eman

Short Story / Non-Fiction

December 28, 2016

I am an international student in UK. I woke up one morning after a dream about my home country and was very worried in that dream about packing up (I was soon about to pack up in two months and leave for my home country). I had a sense of… Read More

Tags: student, researcher, crisis, traveller

Message in a Bottle

By kdhingra

Short Story / Literary Fiction

April 29, 2016

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

A family/love story set in Turkey, with reference to the Syrian Refugee Crisis Read More

Tags: love, family, turkey, crisis

A Peaceful Resting Place

By Jeff Bezaire

Poem / Fantasy

February 10, 2016

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The 'The Odd Ones' House

A poem in honour of the video game, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Read More

Tags: time, peace, rest, crisis, zelda

Hope

By M.M.G.

Book / Romance

December 31, 2015

Comments: 1

" Sometimes we don't know the preciousv value of the things we have until we lose them, sometimes we feel like the only way out is giving up, sometimes when we're at our worst, something happens...a glince of hope shines in the darkness to show that we have so much… Read More

Tags: love, religion, crisis

One Lebanon

By Charbel

Article / Other

September 06, 2015

Criticizing the situation in Lebanon. Read More

Tags: world, politics, east, speech, analysis, arab, crisis, lebanon

If Butterflies Could See

By Zoe Franklin

Book / Young Adult

April 20, 2015

Comments: 2