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Carrie Ryman

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Carrie RymanCarrie Ryman is a writer. She launched her writing career at Kent State University where she studied jouralism. She has written news stories, features, reviews, essays, poetry and prose, musical lyrics, and TV scripts . . . and has submitted work to various online publications. She blogs at Fire and Ice and lives a quiet life in Wisconsin with her husband, David, three cats (a Maine Coon and two shelter kitties), and a red albino cornsnake.

“I want to inspire, educate, and make people laugh and cry with my writing . . . Poetry, fiction, non-fiction, essays, critiques, music lyrics—I do it all and love every moment of it. I have always been an adventurer in life, eager to try everything at least once, and I use every experience to make my writing richer and more multi-faceted.” —Carrie Ryman

7 poems

A Familiar Taste
baseball love Baseball Love
Goodnight Kiss
home Home Still Exists
Poetry in Motion
Table Inhabitants
Twilight of Summer

Essays by Carrie Ryman

How to Make a Woman Fall in Love
Ten Tips for a Happier Life
ballerinas Pretty
man and woma What to Do When Your Relationship is Not Working Out
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Always

By Christine Magee

She sat sewing on the verandah
not alone; in those days
a chaperone was present
at all stages of courtship,
from the early mating display
to the conquest.

She put down her needle
when she saw him standing there,
with one hand fanning her face
flushed from the heat of his stare … Read more

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