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Poem / Poetry

October 21, 2019

Reads: 36

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A pray for those in abusive relationships Read More

Tags: abuse, poem, shelter, hit, smash

Tough Love. I don't believe in combining those two words into one phrase that has any meaning...but am I wrong? Read More

Tags: wisconsin, homeless, shelter, enable, lake-geneva

Poem / Non-Fiction

August 27, 2019

Reads: 98

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image: Ardalan Hamedani on Unsplash. Read More

Tags: pain, storms, escape, shelter

Poem / Poetry

July 22, 2019

Reads: 80

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

Cover image: pixabay.com Read More

Tags: rain, shelter, umbrella

Poem / Poetry

November 15, 2018

Reads: 119

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A description of a place where battered women are safe now. Protected by those who run it. The sadness and pain of those who suffered at the hands of their abusers. This was me. Read More

Tags: tears, homeless, cry, shelter, walls

After a nuclear war between Russia and USA, the States were at ruin. Some people found shelter in 'Crypts'. Some say there aren't many left. In Utah there were 75. Josh lives in the 75th Crypt there. One day he finds out something that changes his life completely and… Read More

Tags: sci-fi, shelter, radiation, superpowers, nuclear-war

The story of how one worry in the mind of a mother of someone with Autism is put to rest. Read More

Tags: animals, dogs, autism, shelter, rescue

Listening to rain on a barn roof as a child Read More

Tags: god, rain, storms, shelter, roof

Tags: snow, shelter, sheep, rescue

Short Story / Flash Fiction

January 22, 2018

Reads: 290

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The The Imaginarium House

Tags: friends, shelter, storm

Welcome to the world of Fallout. Where a retro-futuristic, nuclear and robotized world full of tension, war and pressure eventually unfolds in apocalyptic proportions. A full-blown nuclear war starts and ends the world as everyone knows it in the year 2077. This story follows one man who just barely… Read More

Tags: shelter, fallout, bethesda, 3, new-vegas

Short Story / Horror

November 08, 2017

Reads: 540

Comments: 4

The Booksie Classic House

When a storm hits a town in Oklahoma, a woman runs to her next door neighbors storm shelter to be safe. But soon she realizes that something is strange about her neighbor and his shelter. Read More

Tags: horror, scary, the, shelter, the-shelter

Tags: love, shelter, perfection, empty-space

Tags: shelter, patience, prosperity, and-love

poem about overcrowded Pit Bull shelters Read More

Tags: jesus, dog, shelter, pit-bull

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

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

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

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: 261

Comments: 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

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: 246

Comments: 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

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

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

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