Tarringo T. Vaughan

I wouldn’t say I am one for sitting on bar stools in empty dirty bars studying time, but here I am/ all alone/ staring out a stainless glass window watching...

There are times I walk through pouring rain with no umbrella to shield me from all that grieves the pain. The world watches me as I tremble through muddied cemented...

  When, we are out there alone, on our own – exploring a whole new world far from home a new day arises when the education of life opens our eyes to...

Written for Sheila Vann on her 50th Birthday   Rich in your soul is the history of strength, soiled foundations that have seeded growth, distilled tears and...

  When looking into a child’s eyes there are many paths, there are dreams and failure, hope and tears, determination and fears, but deep in a child’s...

Gay marriage supporters are lobbying for the state of Illinois to become the next state to legalize same-sex marriage. According to the Chicago Tribune on October...

This is my declaration; a literary celebration of the shackles lifted from my pen freeing the expression of my ink into an explosive fireworks of creation. Because...

There can be no progression in this world if you keep allowing yourself to fall. It was one of those days that the reflection in the mirror wasn’t someone...

  No longer am i   hidden behind unmovable walls unseen, unheard, unwanted   I busted through the plaster and freed myself from my own silent...

I taste a Pumpkin spiced Ale in the brisk afternoon winds of October’s kiss.  I feel the celebration of early harvest all around me as a festival of leaves scatter...