Rhymes

  • Beyond Either/Or

    True freedom requires absolute responsibility, with stunning clarity.One cannot be both selfless and authentic, acting with sincerity. Happiness is simply a choice anyone can make, pursued with regularity.All suffering is ultimately self-created, viewed with peculiarity.There is no true altruism, only disguised self-interest, lacking solidarity.There is no such thing as a proud victim’s lamentation.Forgiveness always benefits Read more

  • Noodles & Notebooks

    Ethical Echoes: #6 In his messy “writing space” (actually his mom’s garage), Dave Smith held his cheap pen (which he called “a gift from the muse”) and glared at his pile of rejected stories as if they were out to get him. “I used to send my work to publishers—fools who can’t grasp my style,” Read more

  • Secrecy Signals Theft

    Creative reluctance can reveal deeper insecurities. Those who obsessively guard their work against plagiarism concerns might actually be projecting their own relationship with originality. In my opinion, this extreme secrecy often suggests they themselves may be plagiarizing someone else’s work and fear discovery through exposure. Authentic creators typically understand that sharing enables growth, feedback, and Read more

  •    I’m Johnny Sixx, a rapper from Kentucky. At 42, I’m still not where I want to be. I was born in Louisville, where my mother was 22 and my sperm donor was 38. I miss you, pops—wherever you He’s still“out for cigarettes” after 42 years.   At the age of 5, I moved to South Read more

  • Brain fog and clarity dance together as I stare at this blank page two hours into waking and already writing ideas swirl like autumn leaves too many to catch too scattered to organize my coffee sits abandoned cooling on the desk while I lose myself in the digital river of tumblr twitter facebook pinterest collecting Read more

  • Untitled

    I need no fortress for my safety,No ember’s glow to warm my bones,No guiding beacon through the darkness,I dance when thunder shakes the stones.I seek no proof to trust my knowing,No nods of praise to feel my worth,No final answers to life’s mysteries,From unknowns I extract new birth.My words flow honest, unfiltered,My actions stand without Read more

  • Still

    (C) 2022 Quest-House Beats(C) 2022 Plizaya Productions(C) 2022 Emmitt OwensBeat Produced By: Quest-House Beats – Artist: Emmitt Owens – Song: Meet Arthur FleckDate Released: To Be Determined *TBD 2022 – Written By: Emmitt OwensRecorded: January 18th, 2022 @Quest-House BeatsSong Index/Reference #M01182022cHD3 *QHB Reference* “Some of us move publicly, Some of us move privately. Regardless of Read more

  • I always say good when I’m asked how I’m doin’,Cause this always leaves.. room for improvin.. Emmitt Owens Read more