Linda Nelson 

Arlington, Texas 

Linda is a lover of the Performing Arts. Whether its music, poetry, paintings, sculptures, photography, or films, etc. But my passion is writing. I love to write short Sci-Fi stories, Creature or Horror stories, stories that could be developed for TV movies. But my favorites are short romance novels. And I have yet to have one read by an Editor, Publisher or a Literary Agent. So I turned to another way of expressing myself and my thoughts. I entered a poetry contest in Dec. 1994. for the National Library of Poetry (and writing a poem is something I hadn't done since my senior year of high school). The National Library of Poetry accepted and published my first poem "Angels Crossings" in Sept. of 1995. As for my poetry, it reflects my various moods and my versatility. My philosophy is "Reading soothes the soul and stimulates the senses." Personally, writing is a way I can help others to escape and to relieve some of the pressures and stress from day to day living (and this includes myself). I graciously applaud and thank The National Library of Poetry and The International Poetry Hall of Fame for their continuing interest in unknown poets like myself and for their efforts in bringing visual achievements to our work. 

Wicked

If something disastrous and wicked this way come
Oh! Please Dear Lord let thy will be done
The wold is full of sickness, sin, and greed
Loving as you are
You still provide for all our needs
We are upon a threshold of a brand new millennium
And people are predicting peculiar phenomenon's with
great delirium
But if something disastrous and wicked this way come
Oh! Please Dear Lord let thy will be done.

Angels Crossing

Angels crossing near our feet
Come and make our lives complete
Guide us with the light from up above
To let us know that God has pure and unabided love
Angels of heaven here we stand
Redeem yourself by giving a helping hand
Come to earth and guide our way
Helping us to understand the Guiding Light that
guides us each and everyday
In time of need you will be there
Ready to aid us with unselfish love and care
When days on earth has taken there toll
We hope to come back as Angels to be a friend
and guide other souls.

Mind Games

A soul that burns
A heart that yearns
A touch that is so pleasing to feel
A mind that wonders is all this real
A hand to hold
Lips that are soft and bold
Eyes that shimmer and shine
All this is to much for the mind
Your inner beauty is a guiding light
And I have tried to resist you with all of my might
It's really hard to do
Because whenever I close my eyes
You appear out of the blue
Are you the soulmate that I'm trying to find?
Or just a fantasy playing in the fertile imagination
of my mind.

Hide-N-Seek

Within my soul is where you stay
When I'm in a childish mood you'll
come out and play
Who are you?
And where do you come from?
When I sit and think about the things I use to do
Everything in my mind goes back to you
Playing Hide-N-Seek is your specialty
And long ago you were a reality
Now I remember who are you are!
You're the child in me that never wandered far.

A world divided is not what this earth is suppose
to be
A world knitted together of different races is what
God made for you and me
A patchwork of creative artistic artistry like only
he can do
Blended with cultures of all kinds to enjoy and learn
from because of the great multitudes
Gods words are not made to keep the races apart
His words were made to bring them together joined
heart to heart
To live as one race not divided into many
Each of us to try to understand one another through
his love and guidance which is plenty
Unite and sing together as a race of one
He will bring us home as he promised
All loved through the Guiding Light which is his "Son".