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

  • I Don’t Wanna…

    I don’t wanna do my homework,I don’t wanna do my chores, I don’t wanna pick my toys up from my boring bedroom floor!I wanna sit around a while and do just what I feel… To stay right here, to daydreamand forget about what’s real. by D. Ryan Lafferty DartanionPress.com Read more

  • Labor Day Afternoon

    It’s Labor Day afternoon and cloudshide away the sun I sit inside my room and think of the autumndays to come. Summertime has gone away and so has all the funI wished this day would speed away,and the rain had just begun. by D. Ryan Lafferty DartanionPress.com Read more

  • Waiting

    Patiently I’m waiting, trying my hardest to keep still…If I don’t move a muscle soon, I think I might turn ill. My legs just started shaking and my fingers tapping too…I’ve shaded all my doodles and picked at all the glue. I’ve folded up my paper into origami art,I’ve counted up those ceiling tiles and… Read more

  • 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

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  • I Don’t Wanna…

    I don’t wanna do my homework,I don’t wanna do my chores, I don’t wanna pick my toys up from my boring bedroom floor!I wanna sit around a while and do just what I feel… To stay right here, to daydreamand forget about what’s real. by D. Ryan Lafferty DartanionPress.com Read more

  • Labor Day Afternoon

    It’s Labor Day afternoon and cloudshide away the sun I sit inside my room and think of the autumndays to come. Summertime has gone away and so has all the funI wished this day would speed away,and the rain had just begun. by D. Ryan Lafferty DartanionPress.com Read more

  • Waiting

    Patiently I’m waiting, trying my hardest to keep still…If I don’t move a muscle soon, I think I might turn ill. My legs just started shaking and my fingers tapping too…I’ve shaded all my doodles and picked at all the glue. I’ve folded up my paper into origami art,I’ve counted up those ceiling tiles and… Read more

  • 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