Essay

The Pumpkin Patch
Oh, what lurks in this field of pumpkins so near the day of All Hallows Eve. The sun comes up just as it always does but moves just a bit faster it seems, and the dusk just seems to last a little longer. Suddenly the moon just appears huge and full. One just walks around and seems weary and not knowing why. One remembers then on their walk around the pumpkin patch that there is a special being this time of year. Could it be, could it be. Oh, yes could be The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Only just believe.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The House
That old house just sitting out there on the great plains falling away. I wonder what the previous owners of that house are thinking now, as the house that was built by one family and lived in by many others. I bet they can hear all the voices that have come and gone as the wind blows. The sun always rose on this house even though there was plenty of happiness there was also many sad events that took place in the old house on the great plains then. Memories come and go just as the families came and went.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Finding Myself in the Story: How Moonlight Shaped My Journey to Belonging. AI-Generated.
Growing up, I never quite saw myself in the media around me. It was like being in a crowded room but feeling completely invisible. As a queer person, representation was scarce, and when it did exist, it often fell into stereotypes that felt far removed from my lived experience. That all changed one evening when I watched a film that would become a turning point in my journey toward understanding and accepting my identity: Moonlight.
By Njabulo Magoswanaabout a year ago in Critique
Springtime
Yes, springtime is a time for weddings, but before you go spring is also a time that nature is to make a comeback with new blooms and green leaves and grass, and yes back to grass cutting and trimming. This is the time for planting colorful flowers and even making plans for oneself maybe not only in a physical sense but in an emotional sense too. We all have hopes and dreams some are large, some are small, and yet again some dreams are just that dreams about hopes that you want to become true but usually do not work.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
New Year
What does a new year mean to you, and before you go, I will be sharing what a new year means to me. New Years is a time to think and reflect and even to plan. I know it is only October now, but my New Year's plan is to hopefully have one of my dream jobs and believe it or not it is writing in a way but in transcription 'translating' handwritten documents into word documents. One more plan is to hopefully teach online for one of my old colleges in Pennsylvania courses in education or literature may be.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Faith
So, what is faith? To me this is a word that means 'peace, safety, and security'. I know that the Lord is with me even though he seems to be far away at times, but he gives me strength to walk alone along the path that he has chosen for me. There are times that I need help in making decisions on how to tell people how I feel when you find out that names do hurt even after many years. For me when someone said that I was lazy a few years ago it still hurts today the same.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Winter
Next to autumn I really like the Winter. I love to play in the snow and make snowmen and snow angels, and I even as I said in a comment that I even like shoveling the stuff for it was like making paths to other places. In this 'Before you go' wintertime is the season for making personal growth. Personal growth to me would be trying to learn new ideas and subjects like Physics. This is also a time to reflect on other various things that have happened or maybe making time for new adventures for yourself and others around.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Autumn season
Autumn, my most favorite time of year with the colorful leaves and brisk cold air. This was a time for raking and playing in the leaves. Now in this 'Before you go' some would say that autumn brings a balance to one's life. I guess it does for with the cooler temperatures I can think more clearly and put all my projects in order from writing to crafts to everyday chores. The days are shorter though and one seems to have to look on how to achieve what needs to be done now or can it wait for another time.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Summer Days
What does or did the summer season mean to you? In a series of very short articles 'Before You Go' how many of you were able just to relax and enjoy the season. As a child I remember playing all sorts of games, riding my bike and looking forward to the family reunion. As an adult it just seems like any other season except it is very hot and humid in the Deep South and cannot do very much at least for me I was a Northerner most of my life and it was just too darn humid for me.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Thriller Story " Cooperative Mission"
PROLOGUE: THE TRAGEDY(8 Years ago) 8 years ago a young couple went for a holiday trip in a taxi. With music playing it was very soothing and peaceful. But everything changed in a fraction of a second. Suddenly a truck came from the front and the taxi collided with it and in a flash their dreams were shattered.
By Paravnoor Singh Sethiabout a year ago in Critique
Before you go
Before you go what was the best part of this summer season? For me this was a summer of very hot and humid days that really was not the best part of this summer. I would have to think back to my childhood days for my best parts of summer, so this summer season was just too humid to really enjoy anything with temperatures in the 100's. You cannot bask in the sunshine when it is that nasty hot and humid and you break a sweat just walking slowly to get the mail or walk two dogs around the house.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Before you go
Before you go what are some of the ways you can make space for new opportunities in your life? I can make space for some new opportunities by organizing my writing materials for a more organized feeling for writing. It seems like the autumn season is a season of change and to me that means a time for reorganization or to make some changes to how I am going to do my various projects dealing with writing, coloring and crafts. Right now for some reason I do not feel organized, but I am trying to get things in order soon.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique