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The Nailbed Memos: A Screwtape Tribute Volume 1.
Screwtape Tribute The Nailbed Memos By Zachary Furr To a M.S. Crowsfeet, It is good to make your acquaintance. As you are new to the block I feel that is just that to introduce you to the world of man in the modern age. As you have undoubtedly realized the people of the world are…
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A Star’s Blessing
A Star’s Blessing By Zachary Furr Here I lie, Upon a hill, With my sheep, And my dog, And darkness descends, Upon me, Tonight. (I just made a haiku without meaning to.) And as I lie, I see the light, It’s a solitary light, That shines with power, That outshines the sun,…
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Shades
Shades By Zachary Furr Inspired by Night on Bare Mountain Oh what a night to behold him, the Fear that he commands, The shadows bend to his whim, It is the fear that we feel at night that grips us the most, we sense it all the time, but none so greatly than at…
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There I Stood – An Easter poem
There i stood… By Zachary Furr I am a groundskeeper for the dead. Those that have met their timely deaths. Those that have lived their time. For good, For evil, They have died, And I tend their resting place. I tend the the flowers, So that the garden smells good, to those that…
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Red Stripe
The Red Stripe By Zachary Furr It started so simply, A freedom that was wanted, A dream that was seen, An ocean that was crossed, Land that was taken and farmed, Cities and towns were built, Explores made famous, Rivers and mountains seen, Canyons and cliffs found, Vast riches mined and exploited, And…
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Rain at Sunset
Rain at Sunset By Zachary Furr She stood at the window, and watched the sun fall. A light drizzle started, and tapped on the window. There in the evening light, she wished she could have felt her beau. He had been deployed to the far east, his company had been lost in a…
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Slave
Slave By Zachary Furr It started off so simply, with only my voice and a sound that could be heard throughout the ages. I wanted nothing more than what was required of me. I wished for nothing more than the freedom that I needed. I had that which I did not want. I am…
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The 1st week of April 2019
This week has been an interesting one to say the least. This whole experience has been a genius moment in my life, and one that has made me wiser for it. I am an empathetic writer as some know. That means I feel the emotions of the characters that I write for. I place myself…
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Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear By Zachary Furr If this tale breaks your heart, then let it be so… My soul cries out for what has been lost, My wife cries for what has been done, I cry for what has happened, We mourn together. For we have lost what we had been planning for…
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Child Soldier
I am a soldier. I was picked up at the age of nine. I was taught to fire a gun after three months. I killed my first teacher, an American, at the age of ten. My family was threatened with violence, if I did not comply. My father died trying to take me back…
