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Penname: touch1stone
Country: United States
Favorite book: The complete works of Poe
Member type: Author
Member Since: Jul 12, 2007
Bio: I am just a novice looking for an avenue to increase myself as a writer. I started writing roughly four years ago and have aspirations to publish a poetry book. I am a lover of jazz and Edgar Allan Poe...quite the combination. I look forward to reading and being read by all of you.

User Writings

Title/Name Date Ranking Reviews Type
Feb 20, 20086826Poetry

Glance at Sapsorrow's "Syncing @ the speakeasy...

Feb 18, 20082139Poetry

Sitting around listening to Branford Marsalis'...

Oct 29, 20073407Poetry

Doing a little research for a harlem...

Feb 29, 20087625Poetry

A view from the bandstand...inspired by Chick...

Jan 17, 20084187Poetry

Just musing on a cold Wisconsin night

Jul 13, 20078184Poetry

My first and only entanglement with the dreaded...

Jul 18, 20072597Poetry

An expression of the sights and sounds of Jazz...

Jul 17, 20079734Poetry

This piece is a tribute to all the women I've...

Jul 20, 200713993Poetry

This was a challenge presented to me by another...

Jul 12, 20079345Poetry

This piece is based on the beautiful ballad,...

Jul 13, 20076246Poetry

Loneliness with a splash of Poe.

Jul 16, 20075385Poetry

Another jazz inspired piece that kind popped up...

Jul 22, 20071878Poetry

Reflections on death...What will your legacy be?

Jul 23, 200710474Poetry

A man is offered a new life to replace his old...

Jul 24, 20073967Poetry

Imagining what it would have been like to see...

Jul 24, 200712043Poetry

Just a tribute piece for the enigmatic...

Jul 25, 20075965Poetry

An ode to my father...Horace Silver's "Song For...

Jul 26, 200711495Poetry

Every now and them I like to try my hand and...

Jul 26, 20076916Poetry

There's a tree outside my bedroom window....

Jul 26, 20073798Poetry

Love is not always what it appears

Jul 28, 20074026Poetry

Taking a page from Poe...shades of The...

Jul 29, 200711454Poetry

Pitching a little woo with words.

Jul 30, 20071448NewPoetry

A little wordplay and thoughts of inspiration

Feb 17, 20085785Poetry

A revised version of an earlier piece whittled...

Jul 31, 20074912Poetry

The sights and sounds of jazz

Aug 5, 20075626Poetry

Musing on the poetic greatness of others on...

Aug 5, 20078864Poetry

Making choices can be a most difficult...

Aug 7, 200712273Poetry

A love affair with jazz

Aug 7, 200712910Poetry

Who are the poets on the other end of their...

Aug 8, 20074127Poetry

A picture of fear

Aug 11, 200713783Poetry

There's nothing quite like waking up on a...

Aug 13, 200710374Poetry

My picture of venerable old Jazzheads paying...

Aug 15, 20074956Poetry

Inspired by comments from XUXIKI

Aug 29, 200714203Poetry

Janine asked that I write something beautiful...

Aug 29, 20073889Poetry

Reflections of steppin out and takin in the...

Aug 30, 200710873Poetry

To a poet friend who also is a classical and...

Sep 3, 200711314Poetry

A man whose dreams were never fulfilled

Sep 6, 20075298Poetry

Let's go steppin' to Dewey's Saturday Night...

Sep 7, 20073936Poetry

The Univ. of WI at Milwaukee has an open mike...

Sep 8, 20074936Poetry

A tribute to Jazz Messenger founder and...

Sep 9, 20077495Poetry

Just one musing over love.

Sep 9, 20075696Poetry

Xuxiki you have inspired me again with your...

Sep 12, 20072618Poetry

There's nothing like the blues to give you a...

Sep 15, 20076845Poetry

It wooing me as one pursuing a lover... This...

Sep 19, 20075306Poetry

The warmth of her body soothes me, as she...

Sep 19, 20076857Poetry

Somewhere between last night and this morning...

Sep 19, 20077707Poetry

Appendages rubbed raw a bright bloody red...

Sep 22, 20071759Poetry

"I can resist everything but temptation"

Sep 23, 20072709Poetry

Long melodic lines crackling and simmering,...

Sep 24, 20073507Poetry

Ever imagine what a poet dreams?

Sep 25, 200710884Poetry

Just what it appears to be...leftover pieces...

Sep 25, 20071602NewPoetry

Fall in Wisconsin is my favorite time of year.

Sep 26, 20074216Poetry

Thanks for the inspiration Nadine and Mishmont.

Sep 26, 20071528NewPoetry

I'm on a role

Sep 27, 20072658Poetry

A little of that ancestral homegrown soul

Sep 28, 200711283Poetry

Time for another installment...I had so much...

Oct 1, 200714544Poetry

The intermingling of word and foreplay

Oct 1, 20077485Poetry

Not sure what to do with this, probably works...

Oct 4, 20076276Poetry

A friend of just went through this with his dad.

Oct 5, 20078935Poetry

There is nothing quite like the sweet release...

Oct 8, 200710235Poetry

Holding on to the traditions of your forefathers.

Nov 20, 20074825Poetry

Interested in feedback primarily

Nov 21, 200710573Poetry

Lya Agoba is Nigerian for Grandmother...

Mar 26, 20083217Poetry

Mishmont deserves all the credit for this one....

Mar 30, 200810765Poetry

Martin's I Have a Dream speech...What if?

Mar 3, 20085408Poetry

Based on Romare Bearden's painting

Mar 3, 20087716Poetry

Making love with words...

Mar 8, 20084146Poetry

Something I wrote in light of the 9th ward...

Mar 10, 200811014Poetry

What legacy will you leave behind?

Mar 11, 20086196Poetry

Do we really know the person behind the words?

Mar 13, 20086208Poetry

What do you get for a Mother who has everything?

Mar 15, 20086866Poetry

Had some leftovers from another piece and...

Mar 16, 20085208Poetry

a warrior princess part wolf seduces men then...

Mar 19, 20089595Poetry

I was listening to John Coltrane's immortal...

Mar 19, 20082359Poetry

Just to be clear this isn't a rant or...

Mar 22, 20087126Poetry

Listening to Lee Morgan's "Live at the...

Mar 22, 20082569Poetry

Just thinkin' bout my baby one night.

Mar 23, 200814764Poetry

Death, Demise, Envy, Jealousy

Mar 24, 200814573Poetry

Just a little tribute to a poet friend of mine...

Mar 28, 20081594NewPoetry

For those out there who's dreams have yet to...

Mar 29, 20086386Poetry

Words and intimacy...what a combination

Apr 6, 20085937Poetry

An open letter to my brotha is a response to...

May 3, 200811415Poetry

A love affair with the my beloved jazz



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