


REPEATING PATTERN (CHILDHOOD)
by Tom M. | Nov 1, 2023 | ACA And The Arts
Exploding daddy-Monster.Frozen terror within.Repeat the cycle again.Living with a volcano.Frozen terror within.When will it erupt again?Living with a volcano.I hate the volcano.When will it erupt again?Impossible to predict.I hate the volcano.Mom gets drunk...
HOUDINI
by Lena L | Nov 1, 2023 | ACA And The Arts
My tiny grade school library housed a number of books on “Houdini.” “The master of escape.” Who ordered these? Why these books? Geared to a 3rd, 4th, maybe 5th grade reader. I read them all.Did anyone notice I was reading THESE? Why THESE, someone might...
MISTY SUNDAY
by Geneviève R. | Nov 1, 2023 | ACA And The Arts
32 years ago, I wrote this poem… Giving this crib to friends for their coming baby had been the very first step to acknowledge the fact that my husband and I would never have a baby together. I had begun to be depressed, and to drink to endure the loss of my illusions...
Humility
by Yvonne W. | Oct 15, 2023 | ACA And The Arts
Humility is teachability’, an open mind to the truth. It’s a word that, if practiced, you will discover you. In my feeble hands, God placed the word humility. He said, “This word will help guide and strengthening you.” My daughter, I hope you...
MARY G
by Yvonne W. | Oct 15, 2023 | ACA And The Arts
A young woman in need of recovery, God sent me an angel named Mary. In the hospital where I lay, Mary spotted me across the way. Mary G. was not alone; there were two others who have now passed on. Mary G. began to speak; “God gives to one recovery by the power...Submission Policy
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