I have always and I mean always, loved alliteration and rhyming words. That "Peter Piper" tongue teaser has been a challenge to me since I first heard it trip off a playmate's tongue at the dawn of time. It's quite likely my failure to reproduce the whole,...

The world is made up of words. Words describe our environment, our feelings, our views of life and death and everything in between. Language skills, however, are underrated. Words are given as little thought when exiting a person's mouth, as taking the...

Follow Me Into the Woods My Dear By Francesca Q. Follow me into the woods my dear the leaves are green with fragrance fair Follow my steps each footfall clear the cloven shapes, makes one to stare. Follow my shadow when sun is hidden let milky moonlight...

When night falls like a dark rain, covering all with inky splotches of wet All sound is muffled beneath the stone of gray When night falls like a shade of velvet drifting over a window framing the moon all light is smothered and its memory quickly fades...

"If yer gonna keep up that caterwallin', yer gonna bring the whole village down here, boy!" The small child lay on his side, his legs drawn up tightly to his thin chest, while his arms protected his small head. Without warning the man's foot swept out...