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Short Stories

We Stay

27 Mar 202326 Mar 2023
Short Story by Isabelle Sorrells A crooked smile peeked its way through the folds of a frozen frown. Many assumed Dave did not like to smile, but really he did…
Poems

Your Joy

20 Mar 2023
by Isabelle Sorrells This joy that brings me to tears can only be Yours.
Poems

You Are For Me

17 Mar 202312 Mar 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I am yours God! God, I am yours! Who would I be without you? Nothing and no one. You bring me existance, And seeing you,…
Poems

Good

15 Mar 202312 Mar 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I may not be good But He is. He is In me - So I ain't worried.
Poems

Onto Adam

13 Mar 202312 Mar 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Our air is never new. It is breathed in And released from our bodies in a new form Only to be captured by the earth…
Poems

Lovers Talk

10 Mar 20235 Mar 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells She talked about the ology of thes And he liked to talk about the beauty of trees. He didn't like theology, She didn't care for…
Poems

Ballerina On The Street

8 Mar 20235 Mar 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Pirouette and plie and twirls in the air All landed on grinding and shifting stone. The wind blew To ruffle her tutu And the remaining…
Poems

Sent With Love

6 Mar 20235 Mar 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Her lips were lined with rouge. Daily she was adorned If not to show off her joy, To sign her letters And leave no doubt…
Poems

Fail to See

1 Mar 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I tried this And I failed that And all that was left was hope. In the end The battle was won By Him. Only by…
Poems

Falling Star

28 Feb 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Were you ever a falling star? You walk about as if the ground pulls you down, As if the very earth beneath you seeks to…
Poems

Inclusiveness

24 Feb 202318 Feb 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells If it is necessary for me to include you Then you must include me. But you can't include me without me including you within me.…
Poems

Finding Joy

22 Feb 202318 Feb 2023
Poem and Image by Isabelle Sorrells Place your joy in the Lord. Find the joy of Him. Rely on it, And He will show you the joys of the world.…
Poems

Out of Focus

20 Feb 202318 Feb 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells She was a blur - Recognizable, barely, But agonizingly out of focus. He wanted to capture her image, To know her clarity, To fathom her…
Poems

Emerge

17 Feb 202317 Feb 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Emerge from the caverns of your soul, Pull yourself up from your miseries And use them as the stairs to your freedom. Fix your eyes…
Poems

Between Days

15 Feb 202315 Feb 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I met you in the night When neon lights lit up the green in your eyes. I might have known you all my life For…
Poems

Still Life

13 Feb 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Be still To weild the day And to forget the ticks of time. Drive just to drive, Does it matter if there is a destination?…
Poems

Falling Asleep

3 Feb 202330 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Gravity in mind and body take over, Pulling me deeper into the ground and the night. This is a place not meant for that. I…
Poems

Eternal Flame

1 Feb 202329 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells This fire inside It will not just burn, But with it You will penetrate the night And soar To bring light and open cages To…
Poems

How Long?

30 Jan 202329 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Reach for the flowers For who knows how long they will bloom? Climb the arms of the great oak, How long will it stand? Explore…
Poems

Old

18 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells We drove through the town that once was home. I saw old schools, Old houses, And old friends on the street. But not old in…
Poems

The Challenge

16 Jan 202312 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells To love And love again. That is the challenge And the greatest honor. Day by day, Heartbreak by heart soar.
Poems

Live Forever

13 Jan 202312 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Do I want to live forever? Of course not! I already do. I know I will die But I know not when. So at the…
Poems

Writing Of You

6 Jan 20234 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I must confess I am writing of you even now. If not by book or machine, By ink or by code, I am by thought,…
Poems

Our Wilds

4 Jan 20232 Jan 2023
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Running through trees And across land known only to the wilds, We feel confident in our ability to tame. But as we continue on, Drumming…
Poems

Pastures

30 Dec 202226 Dec 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells To be surrounded by green pastures And rolling hills like the sea Stretching far and wide And disappearing within the trees. I desire this forgotten…
Poems

Places

28 Dec 202226 Dec 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Poetry is the land upon which we roam and the sky upon which we gaze, The places we seek and love And yearn to express…
Poems

To Wish

26 Dec 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I don't wish to be in other worlds Or to forever vanish into the abyss of fictional pages As an escape from my real life.…
Poems

They

23 Dec 202218 Dec 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Only in poetry And the world of expression Can they remain. Ominously they will be them - Strangers Without definition.
Poems

Arrows of Words

21 Dec 202218 Dec 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells It is not what they say that weakens me so, It is what they say that I may believe or what may cause me to…
Poems

I Am Not Afraid

19 Dec 202219 Dec 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I want to drive to the nearest and highest hill, To stand firm, Overlooking the world below, And to shout to the enemy and all,…
Poems

Monsters Of Ours

28 Nov 202228 Nov 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells There are monsters between you and I. They creep up from the days of our beginning And taunt us in hide and seek. They plague…
Poems

Social Creatures

23 Nov 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells From alone to not, This is a bigger step than we admit. But once one is over the bridge There is so much joy to…
Poems

Traditions

21 Nov 202220 Nov 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Our ways of celebration have come and gone We have left them behind in a period we no longer belong. But we have been blessed…
Poems

Learning To Love

11 Nov 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells He must learn to love you And relearn tomorrow - to love you. Not as who he wants you to be, Or the parts of…
Poems

To Get it Done

7 Nov 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Sometimes I just can't. I can't do what I need to do Even thought I know I won't consciously be able to do anything else…
Poems

If Only

4 Nov 20224 Nov 2022
A Poem by Isabelle Sorrells I would sail, Isolated and bold, Across the high tides And through furious storms, Cruising on glass Under the vile, comforting sun. I would navigate…
Poems

Muddy Days

2 Nov 20222 Nov 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Sliding heels through the rain-slicked ground, Halting our race dead in the darkened grass, We lay in the dirt and suck in the breath that…
Poems

What Lasts

31 Oct 202231 Oct 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Trying times are not forever times And what is wicked does not last - Sometimes no more than a few years, Sometimes not even a…
Poems

Unattainable Sands

28 Oct 202224 Oct 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Like a dream floating away on days past, A memory weakening within the mind, Or a vision of a creature wandering through the dark And…
Poems

To Live And To Learn

26 Oct 202223 Oct 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I will live because I learned And I will learn because I lived.
Poems

The Beauty Of A Thing

24 Oct 202223 Oct 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells I asked her to dance and she declined. It won't look pretty She said. Although, I could see the longing in her eyes. I extended…
Poems

Clean Windows

21 Oct 202216 Oct 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells As life goes on And I continue to see more clearly I realize just how dirty and brutal Awareness can be. Oh, how simple and…
Poems

My Song

19 Oct 202216 Oct 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells You give my heart a beat to dance to, My ears words to listen to, My bones a reason to hold strong. You are the…
Poems

The Brightness of Night

17 Oct 202216 Oct 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells With the setting of the sun And the rule of the night Brings darkness. But the night is not as black as it seems. Even…
Short Stories

Lost and Happy Souls

3 Oct 20226 Oct 2022
by Isabelle Sorrells Adapted from the poem "Lochinvar" by Sir Walter Scott Long ago a Scottish knight journeyed far and alone in search for his love. Spurred on by the…
Poems

Walking Blind

30 Sep 202225 Sep 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells My feet and the ground beneath Are nothing but black, All possible hazards lost to the eye. Lantern swinging in hand, The light remains exstinguished.…
Poems

To Ascend

28 Sep 202225 Sep 2022
Image and poem by Isabelle Sorrells These are the lands of giants, Towers of Babylon that reach through the sky And surpass clouds. Villages and cities seek refuge at their…
Poems

All I’ve Never Seen

26 Sep 202225 Sep 2022
Image and poem by Isabelle Sorrells Rock on rock, Mountain on mountain, Rivulets of valleys in between. Light is cast down in pools on pieces of ground and cliff Illuminating…
Poems

Write It All

16 Sep 202222 Sep 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells Sometimes I want to write until I can't anymore. Until there are no more words left, until the pages are covered with ink, and the…
Poems

A Life To Be Done

14 Sep 202214 Sep 2022
A poem by Isabelle Sorrells How many souls go through life Because it must be done? We all have our days, But how many have been lost To that day…

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