BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COOL – JOSH LINDSEY

My friend Josh started blogging his recovery with alcohol addiction.  In case you missed some of the blog posts we created together please check them out below. Then when you are done please visit his blog and let him know how supportive we can be as a blog community by clicking  HERE.  I promise there is…

FILTER ME

Originally posted on jlindsey88's Blog:
Filtered. Disguised. Hidden. I feel like a lot of us spend our lives presenting a certain “portrait” of ourselves to the world. We portray only certain parts of us to those around us. We hide the struggles in our lives and do not open up about the less than…

What It Takes

Originally posted on The SisterWives:
? I have a propensity for following bloggers who make me think and feel as much as they make me laugh. This isn’t an easy combo, as most of you know. It takes a willingness to be vulnerable, the courage to be honest, and the ability to make typed words drip with…

VODKA BAPTISM

Written by Primal Night’s and HastyWords She presses her breath gently from her lips Unaware that she had been holding it in The quiet breaks slowly; a sad sort of beauty   Numbness threatens every bony limb And chills the length of her spine As he fills her tub with liquored sin   She stills…

BECAUSE GIRLS ARE COOL – LAURIE WORKS

I am incredibly happy to introduce to you Laurie Works! If you want to read some incredibly powerful introspective writing you need to visit her blog HERE.  The first posts I ever read were about the death of her sisters.  I could not find the words to describe how I felt or words to offer…

GLITTERED DEVIL

Written by Cody Taylor Edmondson and HastyWords   To know evil Is to hunger It is ravenous And consuming An enraged horde Violently waiting Behind the gates Of a fiery hell Making itself at home Inside our hearts Waiting for us to fall For us to topple Into its growing And chaotic throng Of frenzied…

ROMANTIC NEUROSIS

Welcome Spreadincrazysmiles to the duet family.  She just started diving into the world of poetic writing so head over to her blog and give her some poetic love. Written by SpreadinCrazySmiles and HastyWords ♦♦♦ My mind could not focus, fuzzy Bold boundaries became blurry I was on my hands and knees Mourning promises not kept…

ROMANTIC ADDICTION

Say hello to The Enchanted Mind a new duet partner.  Sometimes poems write themselves so quickly because both bloggers relate to the sentiment so well.  This poem was that way for me.  Please visit her and say hello! Written by The Enchanted Mind and HastyWords Romance held me Deep within its trance Singing deep tones…

ANXIOUS ELECTRICITY

I quit you cold turkey I’ve done it before And each time I failed I’ve been told It is dangerous But this time I said  I feel strong, confident I can feel the strength Inside myself for once But now I feel it… The zaps forming The electrical pulse Of my body missing you For…

QUEEN OF DARKNESS

Not very long ago I started exchanging emails with Jen LeFever.  This girl has been through so much and has had the strength to overcome.  I really think her passion helped her be the courageous and beautiful person she is.  Please check out and follow her blog  Think.Speak. Tryst.  Here is one of my favorite…