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the wound: By Megan Tyler

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

the silence in this mouth erodes breaks down the enamel the protective coating is gone now the silence in this body is a bandage but the blood of the living keeps bleeding through seeping red gushing despair

Winnipeg in January 2016: By Kelvin Iris

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

On a warm spring-like winter day in January twenty-sixteen, I saw eagles. There were four circling tightly above the bell-tower of Knox United Church. They glided above what were four gothic corner spikes. One had been struck down by lightning in twenty- ten. Corner to corner they curved their flight barely stirring their feathers, but … Continue reading Winnipeg in January 2016: By Kelvin Iris

A Life: By Jan McCartney

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Old man with wrinkled brow tell me what you’re thinking now… I think of memories, turned now to dust and golden times, covered now with rust. I think of rivers running clear and a lovely wife who was so dear. Of family sounds and laughter, too and a tiny home, round which ivy grew. Of … Continue reading A Life: By Jan McCartney

Empty Envelopes: By James Adamson

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

  Disintegrating internally with so much hope Held inside; The death of hope actually; but maybe it is a rebirth. All the potential letters and invitations and pronouncements are like the cherished water gun. Or bumper cars and games of hide and go seek of childhood; when others made their opinion of you clear,   … Continue reading Empty Envelopes: By James Adamson

Lost Child: By Nancy A.M. Alexiuk, Phd.

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

The lights shine on her sweet smile And how you long to hold her. But she has not known love awhile. Who will try to save her? You can save her If you see The dark deep in her eyes she hides. She’s trying to hide. She’s trying to hide. This little girl, this frightened … Continue reading Lost Child: By Nancy A.M. Alexiuk, Phd.

Drowning: By Cassandra Kulay

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

The cold lonely sea swallows me whole there is nothing to console me, a tsunami of fear comes rolling towards me, my emotions a swamp, teeming with cold blooded life. I can dissect the facts of how I ended up here, mired in depression and desolation, no answer will rescue or redeem me, tangled in … Continue reading Drowning: By Cassandra Kulay

Hit: By Cory Buchanan

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

A disco orbit, street lamps jet up veins. In floating rocketship pace, tramping through black space. Down-tempos gush a dopamine hero caressing eyes in this blackout blow. Looking within, sinking by a warm telescope.

When the Reaper Comes: By Robert St.Germain

03/12/201803/13/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

  When the reaper comes to take me home, I may go to heaven or hell. Either way I will remember the times, I rised and fell. All the blood, sweat and tears, and all the courage and fear. Life is a puzzle we put together, 'til we die. We paint a picture, when we … Continue reading When the Reaper Comes: By Robert St.Germain

Join Me: Robert St. Germain

02/15/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Join me on a cloud underneath the moon savour every moment, for the morning will come soon. Love me now under the stars. Let's say goodbye to all the old scars. We can enjoy the now away from it all. We will tear down the walls and watch them all fall. Our bond is a … Continue reading Join Me: Robert St. Germain

Kiss Me: John Oross

02/15/2018 ~ kaleidoscopeonline

Please kiss me with passion Let our feelings combine And pledge that you are mine For all time… My love… fills me with desire Oh how I want to pull you close all of the time My love… should your feelings ever fade away Oh how it would tear me apart… every day My dreams … Continue reading Kiss Me: John Oross

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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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