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    The Independent Zebra
    The Independent Zebra
    The Independent Zebra
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    The Independent Zebra

    By A. Foster

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    This is a wild and crazy collection of poetry and short essays. Some are very uplifting while others are written to make you wonder or think outside the box. I hope you find a favorite! Thank you again for you readership and support of a crazy dreamer.
    Prayers for you and your family in these hard days. Be safe. Angels all around ...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. Foster
    Release dateMay 3, 2020
    ISBN9780463585429
    The Independent Zebra
    Author

    A. Foster

    Hello friends,Thank you for taking a moment to check out my site. I hope one of my stories catches your attention. Love to hear from you. Please like me, follow me and above all, tell someone else. I would be so grateful.I love to write, all kinds of stories. I am interested in real pirates from long ago, spaceships of tomorrow and all the time travel I can get. When I am not writing, I am thinking about new stories to tell and try out. Love to attend campfires and volunteer in classrooms often. A great place to entertain and experiment on themes.Hope to be invited to your campfire one day...Have fun and keep reading, dreaming, writing and hugging those you love most.

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      Book preview

      The Independent Zebra - A. Foster

      The Independent Zebra

      By

      A. Foster

      Aka

      Ann Foster,

      Annette Foster

      BooksbyAFoster

      This is a wonderful

      collection of both crazy and wild

      all within the same single-bound set of pages.

      Each a hopeful journey to a different,

      and unique place, an experience never taken…

      or other fun possibility for the reader

      to enjoy in the purest sense of adventure…

      Today is the first day

      of the rest of your life.

      Breathe deeper…

      Take time to laugh.

      Don’t forget to smile.

      Never miss the chance to;

      Be your best!

      This is a work of fiction.

      Names, characters, places,

      and incidents

      are the products of

      the author's imagination only.

      All are used fictitiously.

      Any resemblance to actual events,

      locales, or persons, living, dead,

      mistaken for dead,

      or undead,

      is

      entirely

      coincidental."

      All rights reserved.

      Copy writes A. Foster,

      Ann Foster, Annette Foster

      c/o BooksbyAFoster.com.

      Thank you.

      A short not to say

      Thank you for supporting

      A true dreamer!

      God Bless

      Table of Contents

      1. Silent Wisdom

      2. The Care and Feeding of Ideas

      3. Unfair Calories

      4. Me Today

      5. Another Day

      6. Cockleburs

      7. A Wooden Riddle

      8. Knock, Knock

      9. My Best

      10. Third Row, Second Set

      11. Blip

      12. A Blip Offering

      13. One More

      14. The Sitter

      15. Sunflowers

      16. Tree Top Dancers

      17. The Contest

      18. Buds Forever

      19. The Bright Lights

      20. Spring Flower

      21. Re-Creating Peace

      22. Empty Vase

      23. Puzzles in Pink

      24. Home to Rest

      25. Spider Fires

      26. White Tiger

      27. Gray Like Mist

      28. High Night of the Dark Wind

      29. Stair to Heaven

      30. Not a Rat

      31 Missing Flowers

      32. The Pizza Princess

      33. Away

      34. Fading Paper Dolls

      35. Blue Dress

      36. Daughter of the King

      37. Evil Woman

      38. Children, The last child…

      39. Washing Instructions

      40. Mush-mellows and Cream

      41. My Kid Sister

      42. Laughing at the Door

      43. The Winter Hours

      44. New and Reused… Wrappings

      45. Lawn Mower Facts

      46. The Making of Cookies

      47. The Gun

      48. Same and Different

      49. Horny Toads

      50. Butterfly, My Love

      51. Growing Up

      52. A Big World, A Small Place

      53. Unwanted Things

      54. Tricks in the Dark

      55. Waiting

      56. My Umbrella

      57. The Ugly Sweater

      58. The Office

      59. Clocks that Run

      60. Two Worlds

      61. The Cat or the Mouse

      62. Fly Quickly

      63. Ode to Bob

      64. Time I Hate You

      65. If Money Grew

      66. Fear is Not Okay

      67. Used by the Muse

      68. Protector of the Small

      69. Somewhere or Maybe

      70. The Pirate

      Surprise story: Farcrest

      New Books Available Now

      National and International Poet

      Jesus Loves YOU!

      God Bless

      1) Silent Wisdom

      Did you see?

      Did you look?

      What do think?

      They are so… … ?

      Words heard directly,

      indirectly or by accident,

      but never by intent.

      Not things you would say…

      to anyone’s face,

      especially theirs.

      No!

      Not things you would sing.

      Not things that you would want…

      said about you,

      or your family.

      Let the words die before they live.

      Let the shadow of their ugliness,

      roll off the backs or pure white ducks.

      Swimming in small lake,

      That turned out to be an ocean.

      That ended up the sea.

      Forgetfulness.

      Welcoming everything,

      that should be silenced,

      long before it is

      ever…

      given breath.

      2)The Care and Feeding of Ideas

      Someone wrote them down.

      Words, on parchment, various kinds.

      Someone else...

      probably edited, and formatted,

      and thought through, and revised,

      and then it was all re-written.

      After consideration,

      adulation,

      spontaneous combustion of excitement,

      mixed with the revelry of plain crazy,

      forwarded to the publisher...

      for Publishing!

      That is not the end,

      only the beginning of the adventure.

      The journey from thought...

      to tangible texture.

      Paper.

      A print

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