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After the horrifying and cruel decision made by the American Supreme Court on June 24th, 2022 which overturned Roe v. Wade, I was so disgusted and angry I sat down and wrote my first piece in years. I could not have found a more relevant or personal topic to write… Read More
Race matters when it comes to rights and government action, and this country has a problem. Read More

Tags: america, race, rights

Poem / Poetry

December 03, 2021

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Shelves: 1

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Poem / Poetry

September 08, 2021

Reads: 180

Shelves: 1

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This one is a mix up of both sides of the issue. Like it or not we need to understand the differences at their basics. Not go flying off to make judgement on assumption. What seems harsh, is not any harsher than what others may see of your point of… Read More

Tags: wrong, rights

A few lines about a special guy Read More
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEyqMggaBb81yR3C43zTG7VC10LCXbB7x My YouTube Channel is steadily progressing, published my digital videos, the 1st chapters of my book, titled "My Slag Valley Secrets." Non-fiction storytelling of my life. I am currently submitting my work product in several areas of competition, original essay, photographs, audio recordings, flash fiction contests, and for production… Read More
A collaborative poetry series written by New Age Enlightenment about the nationwide social rights violations and police brutality caused by the lockdown. Read More

Essay / Editorial and Opinion

September 09, 2019

Reads: 649

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: rights

Reads: 699

Comments: 17

The Booksie Classic House

While it is okay to criticize work on its grammar and structure, opinions should be able to be freely expressed. If you don't like them, don't comment, or write your own point of view. DO NOT make personal attacks on other members; that is not what Booksie is about. Read More
A policeman has to decide whether follow his orders or belief. Read More
A contemporary "I Have A Dream", looking forward to a better future. Read More
A poem about the negative aspects of society towards homosexual individuals in communities Read More

Tags: support, human, rights

Poem / Poetry

February 28, 2018

Reads: 838

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

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I wrote this a few years ago when struggling with some major life changes and the fear that created for me. Suffering with depression, I often couldn't explain outwardly how I was feeling, so written words became my escape as they have so often through my life. Although nobody… Read More
The social temperament and the divisive leadership in the current US administration, prompt my emotional yet balanced scale of disgust. Not just an opinion on damnation but a solution and hope for the future. Read More

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Comments: 1

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Update 2023: This poem expresses views I don't totally align with anymore. I will nevertheless, with this notice, leave it up here as a piece of history, for it is something I wrote and believed in many years ago, and I do not agree with censoring or erasing history. Part… Read More
Is it fair to blame Christianity, the Bible, and/or God for the oppression of women? The short answer is, "no." Read More

Poem / Other

October 24, 2016

Reads: 666

Comments: 1

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You can think what you like but so can everyone else. Read More

Essay / Young Adult

July 22, 2016

Reads: 1467

Comments: 1

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I was just thinking about how women are underestimated and how wrong this world is. I am not trying to start a riot, just letting things flow out of my mind. Hope you enjoy c: Read More

Tags: women, rights

"Social rights" is about homosexual's rights not in the law but in our social lives. The fight between homosexuals and heterosexuals has been going on for many many years. Alot has changed and progress has been made, but there is still a fight socially, it is still not considered normal.… Read More
This short is actually based on the lyrics from Billie Holidays song "Strange Fruit." This was actually an assignment for one of my college English courses. And one of the few truly short, short stories I have written! There was a word limit so... Summary: Kate takes her mule Sir… Read More
In their past 37 years of rule fundamentalists in Iran have shown no tolerance for anything other than ideas of their own. Personal liberties and freedom of expression are red lines of this regime. Read More
Based on actual events, Brutal Exclusions focuses on life in Charleston, SC, during a decade that changed history: The Sixties. After a school bus is toppled by eight Charleston businessmen in protest against school desegregation, Alethea Jamison, the only African American youngster on a bus full of white children, suffers… Read More
Last December, the United Nations General Assembly slammed Iran’s flagrant human rights violations. The resolution criticized the regime's use of inhuman punishments, including flogging and amputations. The UN’s 61st resolution on human rights abuses in Iran also censured the mullahs’ dictatorship for the rise in executions, public hangings and the… Read More
A controversial Biblical look at our patriotism toward our country, our freedoms, our rights, and our jobs as Christians. Read More

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Comments: 5

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A poem about acceptance and discriminatory treatment of minorities. Read More
Paris was the scene of a rally gathering for tens of thousands Iranian exiles and dissidents on Saturday, June 13, calling for regime change in Iran. Read More

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Comments: 2

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This is kinda a poem I guess a little bit but its something I wrote about discrimination on gays and lesbians...I've expierienced it and it sucked so I wrote this.. Read More
An essay about my personal experiences with racism. The use of African American as a designator of race and not point of origin. The fact that we are essentially all Africans, having all originated from Africa. How we should abandon African American as a designation of the race for… Read More
A brief essay on man and how we as a society have veered from the path our forefather's had planned for us when they laid out the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. I go into detail just how big our National debt is and the unspoken unfunded liabilities.… Read More
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