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a.m.

June 26, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: haiku, Hell, loss, love, night, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, romance, romantic, travel, writer, writing

all human (for Orlando)

June 12, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: change, club, death, florida, guns, haiku, LGBT, loss, mass-shooting, night club, orlando, poem, poet, poetry, pray, Pulse, reflection, rhyme, shooting, terrorism, violence, write, writer, writing

What’s in the Box? (a very short story)

April 12, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amwriting, challenges, fiction, Humor, imagination, Inspirational, life, literature, metaphor, micro fiction, motivational, mystery, nature, short story, suspense, thinking, trees, work, writer, writer's block, writing

Miss Magnolia

March 27, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: adulthood, childhood, children, conflict, easter, free-verse, magnolia, memory, nature, peace, poem, poet, poetry, rhyme, seasons, sleep, spring, trees, writing

No one (a free verse)

March 21, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: alliteration, alone, computers, death, free-verse, freeverse, internet, lonely, loss, poem, poet, poetry, Poetry Day, rhyme, thinking, thoughts, words, World Poetry Day, WorldPoetryDay, writer, writing

Writing Alone

February 28, 2016 by Jared Hines 3 Comments

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: alliteration, feelings, lost, nature, poem, poet, poetry, rhyme, sleep, writer, writing

Blistered Feet (A Valentine's Sonnet)

February 14, 2016 by Jared Hines 1 Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: loss, love, nature, poem, poetry, rhyme, romance, romantic, sonnet, valentine, valentine's day, writing

Haiku Wars

January 17, 2016 by Jared Hines 5 Comments

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: death, haiku, life, loss, poem, poetry, rhyme, thoughts, writing

Poetic Pause (a sonnet)

January 3, 2016 by Jared Hines 3 Comments

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: death, fear, life, love, poem, poetry, sonnet, writing

Food for the Mindless Masses (Ch. 2)

November 30, 2015 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: challenges, decisions, fiction, galaxy, nature, planets, poetry, science fiction, short story, Space, war, writing

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