Journey Homec.2013, Olan L. SmithJourney Home is a collection of poems that is a personal search for my spiritual home. I go about this search with the tools of poetry using the English language as my map. Love, peace and freedom, Olan L. Smith…
A new collection of poems written by Olan L. Smith starting 2023; all right's reserved.…
I am moving many of my singly published poems into collections, and in this collection will reside all my sonnets I have written, and will write in the future--I hope you enjoy. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith aka Cotton Jones. (Cover credit, Olan L. Smith; c. 2012. The number 14 symbolizes the number lines used in a sonnet.)…
"Poems from the Quill" is where I place current works that don't fall into other collections. It is here you will find obscure poems that range from constraint to free-verse. I began this collection as a contest entry, years ago, for what was then the poetry side of the Watty's contest and I have since kept it current with odds and ends. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan L. Smith aka Cotton Jones…
The Wizard! This collection from Olan L. Smith is a dialogue series that asks questions and ponders evidence about existence. We will take a look behind the curtain to see what the Wizard is up to and what tricks he (she) has up his (her) sleeve, be warned that in so doing it might spoil the illusion we call life.…
This collection is a gathering of most of my older poems, both published and unpublished, making it easier to find my poetry.…
These poems are light and humorous, with some having a deeper underling themes...enjoy. The cover was create by the author.…
I am trying to collect all my beat poetry and placing it in one collection here on Wattpad.…
From time-to-time I will publish photo essays, or my poetry, and of my life on this curios planet, Earth. Time on Terra is precious and it is a mark of dignity to record it as much as possible for others to read, or in this case see and read.…
I have, over time, written many short stories,"Short-Shorts" as they are call by some, and by request I am putting them together into one collection for my readers; I will be adding to it as time allows. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan…
This is my Wattpad eNovel titled "The Sword and Sickle." This eBook is a total work of fiction and any resemblance a person living or dead, any businesses, religious cults, or events is totally unintentional by the author. It is a mix of religion, science, and science fiction that tells a story of the end of days. Some chapters are sexually explicit, the story is marked mature. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith, aka Cotton Jones. Cover art is by myself, Olan Smith…
"Write Upon My Stone" has turned into a collection of my poems about death, and other of my poems with dark themes. I will be adding to this collection with both new and older poems with those themes. Love, peace, and freedom. Olan L. Smith (aka Cotton Jones).…
“The Ride” is a short-short story, and this style of writing became popular in the 17th century. It usually tells the reader about a single incident with as few of characters possible, and has a surprise ending. Sources for this definition of a short-short story are: Wikipedia, and Yourdictionary.com.…
This is a epic poem broken up into cantos and cover the inner voice of my poetic mind. The cover photo belongs to the author, Olan L. Smith, and all copyrights apply.…
This is part two of my epic poem, "Poets life." It is a introspection of the poet and life and death on this planet.…
I wrote these comments and other random thoughts on Wattpad and elsewhere on the web. I think we as poets have all lost a bit of our soul with the passing of our friend @Lisaner and we are just a bit more mortal and reflective, may we always hold the poet's word as a living thing. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith…
When you are in a dark place in your life there is always hope.…
This free-verse poem is a fun poem highlighting the troubles anxiety can bring about in us when we let yesterday's problem upset the peace within us.…
This is a direct response from a challenge from Rosaimee'. I have titled it "Thirty Things about Me." The cover photo is of a painting that I painted of a hot air balloon derby held in Columbia, Missouri. The painting is acrylic on canvas by Olan Smith.…
An acrostic poem.…