Donny Foley

Joined October 2018

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Sci-fi/Fantasy is my jam but I'll write just about anything

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Fair Warning: this may be a sob story Edit: it is a sob story This may have been the most depressing New Years "celebration" I've gone through in my 28 years of living.
By Donny Foley10 days ago in Poets
The Weight of a Moment
One of the most fascinating things about the entire human experience is that it can be boiled down to moments Mere moments in time define us, not days, weeks, months, or years but actual seconds
By Donny Foley24 days ago in Poets
Making History
History is filled with unremarkable people doing remarkable things And when I say unremarkable I don't mean it in an offensive way, what I mean is these people came from very humble, even oppressive beginnings, nothing about them screamed they would change the world or make an impact
By Donny Foleyabout a month ago in Poets
Righteous Anger. Top Story - October 2025.
I fear I no longer act in kindness because it is kind or because I am I fear I am now acting in kindness out of anger For what else should I feel seeing a mother and child sitting on the street begging for money
By Donny Foley3 months ago in Poets
The Point
What was the point? Why bother sending me to college, encouraging me to study, reminding me how important a good education is, if, when I bring up what I learned, you don't want to hear it? You shut it down, tell me I'm overreacting, tell me to just stop bringing it up, but why?
By Donny Foley4 months ago in Poets
Rocks. Top Story - September 2025.
Forrest Gump, a near two and a half hour long movie that I watched once fully and don't plan on watching ever again. A YouTube channel pointed out a scene and line in the movie that really stuck with me
By Donny Foley4 months ago in Writers
Prom Song
I told you how I didn't like prom as a concept Too expensive, too much drama, only for one night where you go home and never where those clothes again because you most likely grow out of them
By Donny Foley6 months ago in Poets
Finding True Love
I heard recently, from a show, that when you find the person you're meant to be with it's meant to feel as if you were struck by lightning
By Donny Foley7 months ago in Poets
Greed
My profession is a high school teacher, and I love it, I really do. It might sounds like I'm trying to convince you or myself but if you ever saw me in a classroom I think you'd be able to tell that I'm telling the truth.
By Donny Foley8 months ago in Confessions
Lest We Forget
It might be cliche to say but the lasts last The last goodbye or phone call, the last hug or kiss, the last conversation, the last drive home, the last shared laugh, the last memory
By Donny Foley9 months ago in Poets
Minimalism Sucks
I don't know when the death of creativity began but it spread quickly. Gone are the days where buildings would be adorned with gold and statues and details that would inspire the mind
By Donny Foley9 months ago in Poets
Witness
I, as I'm sure thousands in the past have also done, hope that future generations learn from what transpired here today For those who do not take action whether be to their inability to do so, or their not knowing how without it being illegal, the ability to witness and record go a long way
By Donny Foley12 months ago in Poets