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All That Remains

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Author: James Bell

James BellSeptember 25, 2018

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All That Remains

written by: James Bell

@jbell_counsel

Only through words can our futile thoughts find some semblance of order

Life brings discord and chaos with seldom a safe haven or welcoming border

Letters crowd and litter the paintings framed by the mind

What perceptive sentences can we ever hope to find

Phrases like blood surge through our warm veins

In the end a beautifully etched story is all that remains

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“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.