Dean Traylor

Joined August 2025

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I wrote for college and local newspapers, magazines and the Internet (30 years). I have degree in journalism, masters in special education (and credentials), and certificate in screenwriting. Also, a special ed. teacher (25 years)

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For Eons
I. For eons, I walked the earth, never knowing where I was going, never knowing what I was all about. II. For eons, I walk this proud earth
By Dean Traylor3 months ago in Poets
Life on the Darkest of Nights
I. In the darkest of nights when nothing stirs, and the sound of silence rules with a deafening roar, the lights
By Dean Traylor3 months ago in Poets
Oregon Caves: A Hidden Gem in the Forest
A Sign Leads the Way During the Summer of 1996, my sister, brother-in-law and I took a road trip from the Bay Area of Northern California all the way to British Columbia. Along the way, we spotted a sign indicating an exit for the Oregon Caves National Monument.
By Dean Traylor3 months ago in Wander
Wild and Free
Once, I knew a gal so free and wild. No man could stop her And make her settle down in the pasture. She ran hard. She ran fast.
By Dean Traylor3 months ago in Poets
Like Double Oh Seven
Always shaken, but not stirred. I try playing cool, like double-oh-seven would do. I wait at the bar, looking for my Bond girl.
By Dean Traylor3 months ago in Poets
Contingency Plan
The world plunged into darkness. But the Beaufords managed to keep the lights on. They didn’t venture outside. They didn’t need to. They had each other and they had their supplies to ride out the catastrophe that had enveloped the world.
By Dean Traylor3 months ago in Fiction
The Sky Sheds its Tears
I. The sky shed its tears upon the wounded land, stripped of its coat, and scared by the follies made by the creatures
By Dean Traylor4 months ago in Poets
Scene from a Coffee Shop
Three girls on their mini machines. Nobody talks while they scroll the screens. The e-bike crew storms on through. Barista not having it,
By Dean Traylor4 months ago in Poets

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For Eons

Life on the Darkest of Nights

Oregon Caves: A Hidden Gem in the Forest

Wild and Free

Like Double Oh Seven

Contingency Plan

The Sky Sheds its Tears

Scene from a Coffee Shop

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