Literary Crumbs: Poems & Short Stories to Savor by D. Ryan Lafferty

  • Jericho Road

    (Inspired by a Sunday Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Mark Stauffer) I’ve walked many miles through the wildernessand witnessed things strange to behold.I’ve searched high and low for enlightenment with stories left better untold. It seems I’ve been plodding forever, through perilous forests of sin.The road stretches out wide before me, for this journey has Read more

  • Grandma

    Sitting upon my grandma’s lap, I looked into her eyes, the crystal blue thatmirrored too the days that passed her by.  I felt the softness of her arms, the warmth of her embrace, the kindest smile I’veever known, gently rested on her face. Her hair shined bright like silver with sparkling tinsel hues that caught Read more

  • Trick or Treat

    I went out all night getting candy with this awesome costume of mine…‘til my sack was so loaded and heavy, that it started to ache in my spine. Is it me or are these treats getting smaller, almost every year?If this is the way it keeps going, the fun size might just disappear. Look at Read more

  • The Wind

    (A poem I picked up and reworked after finding it from my grade school papers) It blows, it flows, and nobody knows the true shape of the wind.Where one breeze ends or another begins? It spins and plays on warm summer days.Yet chilling and bold in the stark winter’s cold. It howls at night under Read more

  • A Face if Filled with Features

    A face is filled with features, many facets, different forms,The strongest traits collected from those who came before. Mother’s eyes are smiling over grandpa’s noble chin…The cheeks of some great ancestor emerging from within. by D. Ryan Lafferty DaranionPress.com Read more

  • Apostle Paul

    (My deepest sympathies) Today life’s strange journey, it seems anything, but long.We’d only just now figured out the rhyme and rhythm of our song. Though the melody is bitter and the harmony seems blue. Still that funky drivingbass line keeps us moving, hell we’re all just passing through. And when our loved ones leave us, Read more

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Literary Crumbs: Poems & Short Stories to Savor by D. Ryan Lafferty

Who is D. Ryan Lafferty?

Ryan is a local poet and the author-illustrator of his own children’s’ books, When I Grow Up! and The Adventurous Tale of Tiara Lee. He is a middle school English teacher living in Bordentown, NJ. He holds a doctorate in education and enjoys sharing his books and creative process through school visits and local readings. Feel free to reach out to arrange a visit to your school or youth organization.

Ryan loves creativity in all its forms and hopes that you do too.

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