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Poem / Romance

July 30, 2017

Reads: 27

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: shelter, patience, prosperity, and-love

poem about overcrowded Pit Bull shelters Read More

Tags: jesus, dog, shelter, pit-bull

Short Story / Action and Adventure

November 28, 2016

Reads: 95

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The biggest storm of the year is about to hit Anage, the small town where Avery White lives, and everyone is evacuated. Everyone except Avery and her two friends Naki and Trent, who were left behind because there was no room for them. They have no choice but to hide… Read More

Tags: survival, shelter, storm

Book / Thrillers

April 13, 2015

Reads: 375

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Kevin Karloff, one of the few survivors of an eternal plague struggles to survive a life with no guidance, until he is taken in by a group of survivors, and also discovers a more disturbing thing about the plague. A secret that will put him to the ultimate test, and… Read More

Tags: violence, plague, monsters, shelter, survive, creatures, sci, fi

Poem / Poetry

March 13, 2015

Reads: 92

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I tried to feel safe and at peace, but no matter what I did, I couldn't. Read More

Tags: peace, hiding, shelter, safety, safe

Hazel and Walter are both homeless, using their lives to tell drug addicts and gang members about Jesus. It is not always easy and usually dangerous, but they know that God wants them right where they are: On the streets. Read More

Tags: drugs, god, christian, jesus, teenagers, homeless, shelter, streets, bible, gangs, addicts, gang_members, drug_addicts

During the sixties, a couple with a broken marriage are forced to be in a bomb shelter together. Read More

Tags: war, cold, bomb, america, shelter, sixties, matthew, nuclear, cuba, fifties, bissonnette

Book Review / Poetry

November 14, 2013

Reads: 159

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

a 100 page poetry book about Pit Bulls, living in the animal shelter and the struggles of life, as a Pit Bull dog Read More

Tags: dogs, shelter, animal, bulls, pit

A young boy searching for the legend within his grandfathers stories, a mystical old house that only appears in the winter holds the key to discovery. Read More

Tags: mystery, adventure, winter, bomb, snow, shelter, letter, mystical, owl

A young woman grapples with homelessness while in the midst of her sojourn at the local drop in, there is a dark figure moving around in the night. Or is it just a figment of her imagination? The paranoia? Or something more? Read More

Tags: horror, fiction, rich, money, science, homeless, shelter, poor, famous, lifestyles

Poem / Poetry

June 04, 2013

Reads: 146

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

You need a friend, a good friend someone who will meet you where youre at and help - dedicated to jay, homeless, who couldn't manage a flat for years then one day he did :-) Read More

Tags: night, homeless, shelter, street, hungry, fatherless, living_rough

Poem / Poetry

May 10, 2013

Reads: 132

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

this was something i hardly remember writing. when i reread it i hardly recognize it but i know it to be one of my own no worries. Read More

Tags: love, romance, hope, free, teenage, alone, ice, winter, cold, spring, young, growing, flower, shelter, possibility

Poem / War and Military

February 14, 2013

Reads: 146

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I wrote shelter to amplify the horrors of war. Written from the point of view of a citizen who remembers the horrors and dangers each night brought even in the safety of the shelters. Read More

Tags: war, shelter, air_raid

Poem / Poetry

November 09, 2012

Reads: 149

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

When the wind blows I know you will shelter me from the storm. Read More

Tags: dark, fall, cold, wind, guide, shelter, storm, lightning, jump, arms, strikes, blows, wrap

Inspiration and encouragement to change. Read More

Tags: love, drugs, god, women, help, change, addiction, homeless, alcohol, shelter, pastor, self_sufficiency

Reads: 71

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

What do you understand from it? . . . . The answer is based on your point of view and life experiences, there's no right answer. Read More

Tags: love, marriage, family, life, mouse, power, red, black, shelter, door, lion

An overseas marine rifle company is rocked by a roadside IED and forced to shelter in an abandoned home, awaiting any kind of help. While shoved into tight quarters from a raging storm, the four surviving men begin to question their morals and ethics, often lashing out at each other.… Read More

Tags: death, military, war, life, ghost, rain, words, violence, marine, wind, forgiveness, cleansing, ocean, shelter, hunter

Poem / Poetry

January 31, 2012

Reads: 80

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The plight of an animal rescuer can be futile if not one is there to answer the cry... Read More

Tags: love, dying, dog, dead, shelter, cat, rescue

Short Story / Other

November 13, 2011

Reads: 241

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

All the adults are dead. Kids must work together to survive. Read More

Tags: food, life, survival, kids, plague, shelter, farm, alice, hotel

Poem / Other

November 11, 2011

Reads: 93

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem addressed to Love. Read More

Tags: love, tv, girl, shelter

Poem / Poetry

October 19, 2011

Reads: 149

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This a a pantoum poem that means a lot to me, I wrote it a while ago and I feel like it will mean as much to others as it does to me Read More

Tags: dark, hate, cold, happiness, shelter, emptiness, complete, wind_beneath_my_wings

Poem / Poetry

October 13, 2011

Reads: 162

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

People make such a big deal out of money that it's disgusting. Life isn't about money. Read More

Tags: death, god, food, life, world, people, lie, future, money, water, close, watch, issues, times, others

A poem I wrote after some very traumatic events in my life, dropping out of the rat-race to make my way as an artist here on the Suffolk coast. Read More

Tags: travel, journey, move, escape, shelter, drop_out

"on the first day: people found out about them on the second day: people became them on the third day: i was alone with them." jessica had a normal happy life, her parents loved her, she loved her little brother, she had a lovely house on the best street in… Read More

Tags: school, food, war, alone, guns, gun, blood, water, david, zombies, shelter, lily, jessica, bite, bites

This is a sad poem I wrote a while ago about a lonely young girl trapped in a world she can't understand. Read More

Tags: food, sad, shelter, unhappy, young_girl

Just cooked this up in ten minuets, nothing particularly special just wanted to test Booksie out... The world has burnt, people ignored the countless warnings. There are a few survivors and they must find their way in the new world. The new destroyed, nightmare world. Possibly may add more to… Read More

Tags: death, world, fire, alive, panic, shelter, survive, else, burnt, destroyed, earthquakes, gerard, survivors, groves, meteorites

The lost war, is a non fiction war story, based in the non fictional year 1111 Read More

Tags: family, soldiers, food, war, air, prince, eyes, people, plan, kill, alive, babies, friend, consience, sleep

Short Story / Science Fiction

November 03, 2010

Reads: 180

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A man sits alone in a room starring at a window to a wonderful day-time scene, but all is not so wonderful... Read More

Tags: science_fiction, alone, insanity, shelter, isolation, nuclear_war

Poem / Poetry

October 28, 2010

Reads: 125

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A short poem showing how a storm will fear the young Read More

Tags: rain, weather, shelter, storm

Poem / Poetry

July 22, 2010

Reads: 181

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a reworking of an earlier work. It's meant to tell the story of a man caught in a storm in New Orleans who takes shelter in the porch of a house and find that it reminds him of the girl that he loves. I've taken the title from… Read More

Tags: love, happiness, comfort, shelter, storm, new_orleans, colour, folk, rising_sun

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