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Sally receives the call everyone dreads. Her beloved Nana is dying. The family, their friends, and community pull together to grieve the loss of a loved one. Can Sally find closure and move forward from the loss? Read More

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Poem / Non-Fiction

May 07, 2019

Reads: 129

Comments: 9

The Booksie Classic House

To Sami. March 2008--May 2019. Cover image: pixabay.com Read More

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Poem / Poetry

April 12, 2019

Reads: 89

Comments: 10

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Just one black rose. Read More

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On my last trip to the mainland I was gifted a handwritten book of my Mother's poetry from about the time I was five years old Read More

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Short story, open ended. A consciousness after death. Read More

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This is essentially a poem about loss, but it could also be about searching Read More

Tags: love, hope, ghost, mourning

Short Story / Flash Fiction

November 19, 2018

Reads: 107

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

After watching a new Netflix documentary last night, “Dogs”, I though this piece of flash fiction appropriate to revisit. So much wanting, so little fulfillment. Easy to assume it’s a chronic ailment of all ages and species. (Image by pinterest) Read More

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A really good friend of mine lost her father a little over a year ago. When I heard the news, these words came to me for her. Read More

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burning nostalgia Read More

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This poem has many meanings regarding a struggle with your spirituality. Feel free to interpret it as you wish. Read More

Tags: death, god, religion, mourning, afterlife

Poem / True Confessions

May 31, 2018

Reads: 240

Comments: 14

Shelves: 1

The Vintage Publishing House

Trying times for me... Read More

Tags: pain, sad, depressed, empty, mourning

16-year-old Megan Brooke falls into substance abuse after her mom's death and moves to Miami for a clean slate. Now, she must outrun a drug dealer she owes money and confront her inner demons. Read More

Tags: death, drugs, alcohol, mourning, miami

Poem / True Confessions

March 02, 2018

Reads: 292

Comments: 16

Shelves: 3

The Vintage Publishing House

To my grieving 'Summer night'... Read More

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The darkest light can shine even in shadow. Read More

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A letter to the woman who killed my uncle Read More

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Poem / Romance

July 24, 2017

Reads: 249

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: romance, mourning, and-love, revitalization

Poem / Poetry

June 09, 2017

Reads: 283

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This poem is about loss, mourning, and acceptance told through the perspective of a widow and her hobby. Read More

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Poems i wrote as i watched my beloved dog pass on Read More

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The death of a loved one has Maryl unsure of whats to come. Read More

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Thriller/Suspense/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel. Copyright © 2017 by Alex Sharpe (About): Everything was fine... Just another fine day at the park - a day with the family, and our dog... But then it began. All of the sudden they were here, without a name, without warning. They roamed the Earth devastating anything… Read More

Tags: love, dating, loss, horror, scary, language, teen, novel, relationships, hurricane, world, music, american, story, theory

I found some commentary that changes the view that most people have of this Psalm Read More

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Poem / Poetry

February 19, 2016

Reads: 283

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

They say that grief is the price of love. If that's true, I'm afraid I may have loved too much. This poem is for my father, whom I lost when I was 17. Read More

Tags: death, grief, mourning, father-daughter

Yeah, the title sucks, but that's the working title I've got. This is all post-retcon, so it's different than all the stuff that has Eiry and Rai in it (which is a lot >>). Basically chronicles what happens with Eiry and her business after the earthquake and tsunami, and her… Read More

Tags: love, death, family, romance, travel, relationship, history, past, hunting, japan, surprise, twins, mourning, tsunami, tea

It all killed me inside slowly, ever so slowly... I wanted to die but I couldn't...I just wanted to go back in the past, where this thought was non existent but now that was too late. I let myself shatter to pieces..... Read More

Tags: love, thoughts, life, pain, heart, reality, broken, past, teenager, mourning, grieving, hardship, yearning

I wrote this a few months ago when my maternal grandmother made her transition from this world. I was scheduled for surgery the week of her funeral and circumstances prevented me from flying home to attend her funeral. I wrote and recorded this and it was played at her funeral.… Read More

Tags: death, life, acceptance, mom, mourning, grandmother

Poem / Poetry

August 06, 2015

Reads: 199

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem that highlights feelings of uneasiness that occur before moving past subconscious shattering discoveries. Read More

Tags: love, dark, death, fear, remorse, mourning, deep, psychology, forgetting

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