nicholas83 (56)in #news • 6 years agoMy Rant #1--Bigger Than Shamima BegumAs to whether or not Shamima Begum should be returned to the United Kingdom for trial continues to divide public…nicholas83 (56)in #poetry • 6 years agoOne MomentJust for a moment I plead to sit in solitude. Pen in hand. These words I seek, I beseech you, pour out on the page.…nicholas83 (56)in #cryprocurrency • 6 years agoStreamity--Making Fiat/Cryptocurrency Transactions SeamlessDealing with cryptocurrencies can be quite daunting. This is even for the initiated. This is not only because the…nicholas83 (56)in #thedailysneak • 6 years agoMy Daily Sneak PicksHello @thedailysneak and friends. I am @nicholas83; a writer of both creative and non-fiction pieces. I am also a…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #100, Poem #98—The Final NoteWhen the last note is struck At the choir’s crescendo And the prima donna bows At the performance’s end Then will…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #99, Poem #97—It is meNo break, no bow, no bending for me Here in my heart, beyond the bars of intellect and reason. I sift through the…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #98, Poem #96—Unseen ChainsThe cornered rodent lashes out Teeth and limb do frantically shake A trapped cat emits a subdued roar A wild dove…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #97, Poem #95—Subway DaysWay down, into the jungle’s great concrete gut Many an iron train kiss the weary breeze; Within the congested…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #96, Poem #94—Words not SaidOf those whose thoughts on parchment not conveyed. Whose eyes no meaning one can glean. Jousting with unseen…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day 95—Midnight RendezvousTo hold you in this moment to feel your person pressed to me Sweet, warm against my thumping heart; And whisper…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #94—Shibuya CrossAll around be flighty feet Sauntering through lurid streets Overhead, a thousand neon lights Coruscating, glowing…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #93—Another DayOnce more Another day One other season I churn away A head knocking against the wall My basket with parchment…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #92--The SwingHer soul is air floating to the sky To him, via a most painful path The father beckons her to his arms of care No…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #91--These ShadowsI listen to the measured steps A woman goes to barter In the alleys when dusk has fled. Behind the veil. I watch…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #90--AnxietyHere hubris and humility come face-to-face At a catercorner where the mirror and a window stand. Side-by-side.…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #89--An Amorphous HellAnd though she gives me grape and gall And grinds my neck with black jackboots, this confession will I make, I…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge Day #88--After the DiscontentOne day, when all the leaves have fallen And the days have become lily white And the squirrel sifts through her…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge #85--Folly and FoolsHubris, to think we can tame this world In this hardly a twinkling of an eye time. We believe we own this land.…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge #84--Mother AyahuascaI request only for a little moment, to rest, to sit at your feet, to learn from you. Indulge me. You are no nabob. No…nicholas83 (56)in #steemitschoolpoetry • 6 years agoSteemit School Poetry 100 Day Challenge #83--CavernsDon’t stay in them dark rooms too long; lest you hurt yourself. Dwelling among expired things where all has gone…