http://slow.writerscafe.org/PhoenixFirestorm The original writings of author PhoenixFirestorm en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776071470 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 This was a poem written for my grandmother as part of a class exercise when I was student teaching. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/621572/ Wrote this while I was teaching http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526534/ The clock buzzesI stumble through the dark gropingShowerLunchesBreakfastTime to goRushRushHow will today be? easy or torture?Will they run amok or do the work?Little glimpses into future lives:President, doctor, teacher, teller,Addict, w***e, abuser.Choices not yet made.Do I really make a difference.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526532/ another excerpt from a hopefully larger story to come http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526529/ Possibly the prologue to a longer work of fiction... possibly a later chapter of the same story. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526521/ Part of what will most likely be a larger story http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526512/ I see you sitting thereAnger glinting in you glare.I know I hurt you.My own pain I wish you knew.But these childish games I will not play the same.We were new found friends;I had hoped that to mend.But in my face you throwAll the kindness I try to show.I see your painYou must maintain.Your hatred yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526500/ Opening scene in a novel I hope to write one day http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526380/ Random writing http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526379/ I’m not happy.  Three little words that slammed my spinningworld to an abrupt halt.  They cameunexpectedly and my life can now be measured by those three little words�"thetime before them and the time that came after. The time before had been filled w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526378/ This is a working paragraph to develop a character for a fantasy story I am writing. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526372/ She RisesFoamingTides BreakCrashRollThunderRide HerTrust HerLifeMysteryPulsatingDesireWant HerNeed HerLove HerSheI http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526348/ What is withoutYou find within.I am the green forestOf your eyes,The snowOf your skin,The waterOf your blood,The desireOf your womb,They heavy beatOf your heartAt your lover's touch,The salt Of your tears.The roots of the oakAre foundIn the strength of your legs,The branches,Ever stretching,Your arm.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526347/ Seek meIn the rushing wind,I caress you,In the blanketing snow,I purity you,In the falling leaves,I dance with you,In the cresting waves, I cleanse you.Seek me,Know me.I call to youEvery day.I am with youEvery day.I stand before youAs the great oak,As wisdom and age.I speak to youAs the gentle whisp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526346/ Blessed Lady of the FlamesI seek You in me.Once I heard Your callBud did not listen.Do You still call to me?Can I once more see Your face?Can I once more feel the heat of Your flame?You who heal, through Your destruction You create.Can I find You in me?"Listen to the words of the Ancients."Oh, Ancie.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526339/ The black voidMesmerizing nothingnessLost in the spinSpiralingOut of ControlForgottenIn the MazeThat leads toNothing http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PhoenixFirestorm/526338/