Author: Chasity Gaines
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Autumn Whispers
The roar of the school busand excitement of Pep rallies, Friday night footballin the chilly night air nips at naked necks and fingertipsas Autumn ... -
Pangea’s Dilemma: The Looking-Glass
Pangea gripped the cold metal of the polished mirror and slumped in her green chair. Tears tumbled down her face. Her eyes were the ... -
Rebellion: A Poem
"Gnawing on double-knotted apron strings Desperate for release Tormented torturer" -
The Un-Mothering
My breast aches even though never suckled My chest is your comfortable favorite cushion They ache from not knowing My own children The young ... -
Phrenology Of Shadows And Light
Illuminated skull Misshapen by shadows Casting a gaunt face Held tightly against the bones By shimmery tacks of light A hollow vessel, for nothing, ... -
The Borgia’s Ascendancy
Chapter One I was once a young man riding the long train of my uncle, Pope Calixtus III. I began a career within ... -
Finding A Friend In Death
Death, my old foe Kindly released me from this mortal flesh Prone to disease and decay Set free, my soul to roam Not anchored ... -
Spring’s Victory
Dandelion pompoms Adrift in the breeze Each sprightly seed A nimble cheerleader spreading Spring’s spirited message Of a triumphant return Defeating Winter’s grey depressed ... -
Scotland’s Heretic Queen
What wretchedness ‘Tis to be born the wrong sex ‘Specially, so if one’s royalty and that’s what befell Queen Mary of Scotland just a ... -
Ode To Books
Knowledge and ideas abound within the pages can be found the smell of ink conjuring images in a blink journey to distant lands all ...
