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Anti-Deppressants By Cassandra Kulay

07/10/201807/11/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

A river flows at my feet and Flowers float down from the air. It’s been twenty years since I Started taking anti-depressants. In the beginning, it was a miracle To me, I felt like a super-hero And not just a puddle of tears. The doctor says they blunt emotions So I don’t feel anything as … Continue reading Anti-Deppressants By Cassandra Kulay

Depression by Richard Underwood

06/10/201806/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Depression can be defeating, depression can be no fun. That said, it's also fleeting you'll be better in the long run. It will build you up, in ways never expected. You'll have more resiliency, and strength you never realized. It will make you kinder, more compassionate too, molding you into a better person; a more … Continue reading Depression by Richard Underwood

Butterfly By Randy James Hoffman

06/10/201806/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

On the cornices of epic thought I found you thinking about equality and human transformation "all humans in a cocoon" you said, "Waiting to become butterflies" Some of us already have the winds refreshed our minds as we talked of higher things there goes another human sprouting some wings look,look! flying towards us another friend … Continue reading Butterfly By Randy James Hoffman

The Moving By Peter Herget

06/10/201807/05/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Minds ponder Eyes wander Bodies always moving Trying to find proving Of what life is. Life is an Obsession, one looking For a deep possession. What is Art, without life? What is life, without Art? Art would not be without Life and life would not be without Art. To be here today would not be … Continue reading The Moving By Peter Herget

Try Again! By John Oross

06/10/201806/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

There comes a time In everyone’s life When you are down With no way out What do you do? Do you give up? Oh no… No… You get back up And every fall Battered and bruised But to give it your all You try again You try again! Oh… I have cried real hard When … Continue reading Try Again! By John Oross

My Mother By Susan Maria Rowley

06/10/201806/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

For Margaret My mother ___ mother earth tells me stories of my birth. Her heart is goodness her labour: truth. My mother ___mother bear shields me from the stormy air cuts the pulse of fears within the fur a cover for my skin. My mother ___mother goose turns the very air to juice points my … Continue reading My Mother By Susan Maria Rowley

Strength By James Adamson

06/10/201806/14/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Strength exists on a color wheel always the exact opposite is exactly the same elephants to ants and sentiment to bluntness water and air to immovable objects looking out a window all alone and being in a crowd we learn the value of our good times and in what way ___they exist through the bad … Continue reading Strength By James Adamson

Nothing Compares to You Jesus By Evelyn Pauline Bennett

06/10/201806/14/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

You bring me joy, peace and love everlasting You are my rock in this destitute world You are my strength and inspiration You bring contentment to my soul I look forward to the day we meet When you graciously sweep me off my feet. Nothing compares to You Jesus. You have given me a life … Continue reading Nothing Compares to You Jesus By Evelyn Pauline Bennett

The Affect of Rain By Cassandra Kulay

06/10/201806/14/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Looking out at the slick streets everything seems to be emerging as emerald green, trees stretch their branches and seem to burst into song, rain washes the dust and grit away with a promise of a cooler day, the clouds a pregnant, dark and brooding, full of rain, my soul is at peace as they … Continue reading The Affect of Rain By Cassandra Kulay

Four Winds Ward By Andrews

06/10/201806/14/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

We're headed far winds ward to Studio Central, where an artists' hub lives and breathes. Winnipeg bound to the gateway of the west, where cold days exhume inside themselves. It starts with a whim and a prayer of thought. With a writer's enlightenment though per chance. Idea after idea envelopes and nurtures it so, The … Continue reading Four Winds Ward By Andrews

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About Dawn McDonnal

Dawn McDonnal is a wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend to many.  She takes great enjoyment in creating art, stories, and as many friendships as possible.

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