• A Speck of Sand

    A Speck of Sand by Elizabeth Ardelle – original country music style single cover featuring a woman standing on a dirt road next to a Redwood tree.

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  • Blue vs. Red Napkins

    Another portion from the project I’m working on. It feels a little close for comfort, which means my nervous system is doing it’s job: healing. Saturday morning was usually a quiet affair for Cheryl Miller. She would sip her coffee in the sun room with the paper and just lounge. It was her necessary decompression…

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  • A New Normal

    I had a whole plan of what I was going to say. But that has kinda just gone out the window. It seems as though my nervous system has decided to take my life hostage and is demanding the healing that it has desperately needed. For the next few months, I’ll likely be sharing random…

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  • 2026

    2026 has started off odd. It’s brought a lot of repressed feelings to the surface. My therapist loves it. I don’t. But here is a snippet of something I wrote recently. Not a poem. But part of a larger story. I just wanted to share it. Because poetry isn’t doing it for me right now.…

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  • I didn’t grow up in a pretty house. I didn’t grow up in the perfect family. I wouldn’t even say I grew up in a home. I grew up in the mess. I grew up in a family that didn’t care. I grew up in a building. I walked on eggshells. I always held my…

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  • A vulnerable reflection on wanting love without losing identity — this poem speaks to anyone rebuilding after betrayal and learning to love again on their own terms.

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  • Five.

    Five years after losing the baby she never got to hold, a mother marks her daughter’s birthday with “what ifs,” Christmas memories that never were, and a love that hasn’t faded. This poem gives voice to the invisible grief of a child who only lived in her heart.

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  • Not Just Attorneys

    From angry clients to impossible deadlines, this poem gives voice to the paralegals, legal assistants, and receptionists who do the unseen work in law offices—and carry the weight, without the recognition.

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  • The Price of Indifference

    Children are going hungry.Single parents feellike they are failing.Working two or threeminimum wage jobsjust trying to keepfood on the table.No matter how muchthey work, at just$7.25 an hourthey will never get ahead.They are begging for change.Begging for a chanceto get ahead.But our government cannotbe bothered long enoughto just listento what they have to say. Government…

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  • Order of the Court

    Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.The guidance of civil court.The holy bibleAs far as I’m concerned. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.They cannot be cherry pickedto suit your needsAs far as the Court is concerned. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.They take time to master.They take time to understand.Trying to do so without proper contextcan be the difference…

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