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Harley King

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in Washington, Illinois, The United States

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During his more than seventy years on this illustrious planet, Harley King has been gainfully employed as a carpenter, street sweeper, car hop, corn detasseler, hospital orderly, radio announcer, book editor, publisher, freelance writer, bus driver, sports writer, bookkeeper, policy and procedures writer, forms designer, marketing vice-president, corporate executive, professional speaker, facilitator, salesman, trainer, organizational development consultant, ad writer and communications executive. Some jobs he has held for a whole day and others he has held for years. He has also had more than thirty different bosses.

Harley holds a B.A. degree in English, a M.A. in the School of Hard Knocks and is working on a Ph.D. in the Survival of the ...more

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Average rating: 4.79 · 19 ratings · 12 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Mother, Don't Lock Me In That Closet! 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jan Steen: An Exploration of His Painting Through Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Like A Hammer:Poems 1990 - 1999 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jean-Francois Millet: An Exploration of His Painting Through Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vincent Van Gogh: An Exploration of His Painting Through Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diego Rivera: An Exploration of His Painting Through Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eastman Johnson: An Exploration of His Painting Through Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What I Was Meant To Forget it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Glimpse of Fear it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Okay to Cry: Warm, Compassionate Stories That Help You Find Hope and Healing After the Death of a Pet by Maria Luz Quintana, Harley King (Goodreads Author), Shari L. Veleba it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Mother's Grief (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated Aug 10, 2014 09:26AM

Description: A companion poem to A Father's Dream. Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh painting.

Family Dreams (Literature & Fiction)

1 chapters — updated Jan 19, 2013 05:50PM

Description: A story poem about three generations of family dreams.

First Love (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated Mar 13, 2010 03:58PM

Description: Story poem remembering first love

A Father's Dream (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated Mar 13, 2010 03:54PM

Description: A poem inspired by the painting,The First Steps, by Vincent Van Gogh

Healing Poems (Poetry)

1 chapters — updated Nov 27, 2009 03:50PM

Description: A healing poem on the death of a father.

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Hadley & Grace

by Suzanne Redfearn (Goodreads Author)

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When We Believed in Mermaids

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Newsletter Ninja: How to Become an Author Mailing List Expert

by Tammi Labrecque (Goodreads Author)

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“Sometimes we fight who we are, struggling against ourselves and our natures. But we must learn to accept who we are and appreciate who we become. We must love ourselves for what and who we are, and believe in our talents.”
― Harley King

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“I feel the healing
hands of God
touch my heart
and kiss my soul.”
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“May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.”
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“Story is a butterfly whose wings transport us to another world where we receive gifts that change who we are and who we want to be.”
― Harley King

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“We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

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“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
― Pablo Picasso

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“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

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“I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.”
― O. Henry

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¡ POETRY ! — 22022 members — last activity 3 hours, 0 min ago
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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...."whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. ...more

Haiku and waka — 52 members — last activity May 07, 2019 08:52PM
Haiku, waka and other forms of Japanese poetry

Constant Reader — 5386 members — last activity 2 hours, 57 min ago
A forum for friendly discussion of classics, literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short stories. We also love movies and art. Don't ask to join th ...more

Art Lovers — 1789 members — last activity 11 hours, 56 min ago
To reciprocate the appreciation of different artists and discuss their lives and works.

Q&A with James Kunen — 15 members — last activity Jun 16, 2012 09:21AM
...May 05, 2012 to June 11, 2012..., discussion of the feedback relationship between memoir-writing and living

Poetry Readers Challenge — 1002 members — last activity 22 hours, 51 min ago
Let's talk about poetry books. This group's members read poetry collections, with the goal of reviewing twenty in a year. C'mon. Do it. It's good for ...more

GR Magazine — 257 members — last activity Nov 17, 2020 08:01PM
Our group features the work of outstanding Goodreads writers. Join us to read their writing or contribute your own; or just to make friends. We featur ...more

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Rain-on-the-windowpanes, chains-in-the-attic, figures struggling on the moor...this group is for fans of mystery! Find a book series, chat over s ...more

Near-Death Experiences & the Afterlife — 13 members — last activity Sep 06, 2019 05:25AM
There is death, which awaits everyone, and there is a life after death. Some learn about the existence of the afterlife either from local traditions o ...more

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