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Katherine (Katie) Marker is an emerging writer in fantasy from Miami County, Ohio. Along with writing, she enjoys painting, reading, working with the youth group, and spending time with friends and family. Her goal is to take her creative talents to influence the arts/entertainment industry in America and South Asia by teaching other creatives to honor Jesus with their talents.
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If I Saw You Today
If I were to see you standing at my door today, I would not know exactly what to do. But one thing I would do, Is simply let you in....
Katherine Marker
Jan 21 min read
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Home
Pines spring forth from the Land of the Living Skies. Flat, soft beds of grass support my feet. The cool dew clings to my flesh, the...
Katherine Marker
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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If I Saw You Today
If I were to see you standing at my door today, I would not know exactly what to do. But one thing I would do, Is simply let you in....
Katherine Marker
Jan 21 min read
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Home
Pines spring forth from the Land of the Living Skies. Flat, soft beds of grass support my feet. The cool dew clings to my flesh, the...
Katherine Marker
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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As Simple as the Name on My Thigh
Your love is as simple as the name on my thigh. Outlined perfectly on imperfect flesh, it speaks of a fixed value on my soul. Beautifully...
Katherine Marker
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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How Can I?
How can I keep my feet from dancing? They burn with an eternal flame. I cannot seem to grow weary of the joy that you infused into my...
Katherine Marker
Nov 8, 20241 min read
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To Feel Your Embrace
Your arm surrounds my shoulders. Your presence soothes my aching, anxious heart. These moments with you are precious. Let them cease not....
Katherine Marker
Nov 5, 20241 min read
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My Rose
I come to my garden every day to visit my rose. What would I give for my rose, my precious rose? My very breath. Though her sins are like...
Katherine Marker
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Evening Song
When I arise in the morning, let me sing you a longing song. Grant me this morning the delight of your eyes. Rows of soil now tilled The...
Katherine Marker
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Dance for You
Butterflies swarm inside of me as I wait. The rhythm begins. My feet step onto the grass dance floor. I can hear the pounding of your...
Katherine Marker
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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Where am I?
With every snicker and smile, I see my children in the land of the living skies. My lungs inhale the smoke 'round the fire pit. Laughter...
Katherine Marker
Oct 3, 20241 min read
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New Song
A new creation you've made me. Therefore to you my soul will sings new song. Day and night, incense shall rise from my heart. Worthy of...
Katherine Marker
Sep 1, 20241 min read
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Calling Me Away
Cries awaken me from my slumber. Grief as I have never heard or felt before. I inwardly sympathize, feeling as though it was far away,...
Katherine Marker
Aug 22, 20241 min read
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The Resurrection
Death has swallowed this place. My mourning has shattered the windows. Even the thunder cannot match the sound of my grief. Yet Hope has...
Katherine Marker
Aug 11, 20241 min read
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Broken Dancer
The drum carries me along the floor. My heart pounds as my heart soars. My feet burn, my shins feel as though they could break. One day,...
Katherine Marker
Jul 20, 20241 min read
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Don't they know
Don't they know that my life is not for them. I have one Audience, and it is not man. Don't they know that my one precious life is not...
Katherine Marker
Jun 18, 20241 min read
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Tears
A thousand cries a day you hear, Yet my one single tear you catch and hold to your tender ear. Polluted by my sin, wrought with pain, you...
Katherine Marker
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Anti-Creation Song
My feet roam the earth you formed, but your presence is absent. The ground sloshes beneath my feet, but it is drenched in blood. There...
Katherine Marker
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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Adventure
I asked you to take me away with you. You answered in a most unexpected way. "Go up from here where I will show you. I will go with you...
Katherine Marker
Jun 10, 20241 min read
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Death March
"Crucify him!" they shouted all the more. "The whip stings my back; my flesh is torn. Have I any left? These shackles are becoming too...
Katherine Marker
May 15, 20241 min read
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Vanquishment
Wave upon wave crashes into the walls of my heart. Crash! Crash! Crash! goes your glory into it. Crushed is the serpent of old, him who...
Katherine Marker
May 15, 20241 min read
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Steady
The wind's fateful cry cuts through my leaves. My branches tremble. Yet you have tied my roots into your chest. I guess I will just trust...
Katherine Marker
May 6, 20241 min read
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These hands...
These hands are small. But you aren't looking for the strong, are you? You are looking for a "yes," a heart after your own. These hands...
Katherine Marker
Apr 26, 20241 min read
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Beautiful Feet
Oh, the beautiful feet that ran after my heart! Oh, the beautiful feet that stand before me now! Oh, what beautiful feet I get to wash in...
Katherine Marker
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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This is the Cup...
I gathered close to my Lord this very night, I and my brothers. Sons of the Son of Man, receiving and giving to our tribes the cup and...
Katherine Marker
Mar 28, 20241 min read
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Called Out
You called me out from my people. "Be separate from them," you said. There was something in your voice that made me trust you. I took...
Katherine Marker
Mar 28, 20241 min read
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Justified
Heaven's hosts gather 'round as you anoint my head. The oil runs down my neck and back. My shoulders feel also the nectar ride in. You...
Katherine Marker
Mar 20, 20241 min read
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Modern Song of Solomon
My feet throb. I didn't realize how much I needed to rest until I sat down. A gentle rap sounds on my door. "My darling, it's me." His...
Katherine Marker
Mar 10, 20241 min read
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Dance a New Dance
Dance with me a new dance, sing with me a new song. I'll play the lyre, while Amadi plays the drum. Gael will sing with me, while Keeva...
Katherine Marker
Mar 10, 20241 min read
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Relentless
Your presence descends like a veil on a bride. Our space has been purified Under the shadow of your wings. All-consuming fire, glory as I...
Katherine Marker
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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Romance Me
My aching feet go on as the oven alerts me that one level of my many tasks is done. Flour has just got in my hair. With my heart full,...
Katherine Marker
Feb 28, 20241 min read
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I See
I see you dancing with a little girl, arrayed in pink. Her hair in a single braid, twirling and laughing. She is your pride and joy. Your...
Katherine Marker
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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When You Dance
When you dance, I see my heart in motion. Every twirl, every brush of your dress, every wave of your hair. My heart cannot look away. It...
Katherine Marker
Feb 25, 20241 min read
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Apple of My Eye
The sunlight glistens on my morning dew. The young men gather below on this fine day, "That apple there! What a sight! Climb the branches...
Katherine Marker
Feb 21, 20241 min read
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The Last Day
My breath grows shallow. My eyes are heavy with the weight of this world. You kneel next to me; your hand firmly but gently cradles mine....
Katherine Marker
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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The Man
I saw you and you saw me. Your smile filled my soul with gladness, I filled yours with my affection. You touched me and I touched you. I...
Katherine Marker
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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The Loss
The rivers swell. The beds are folding in. The brims cry out in anguish. Crushing earth is left to make itself steep. The depths mount....
Katherine Marker
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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Gift of the Magi
Upon the ground will I come and cast my crown at the feet of the infant king, who remains an infant no more. I will adore him with all my...
Katherine Marker
Dec 15, 20221 min read
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Song within a Song
”At one time, the realms were unified,” Avena spoke, “humans and elves traveled freely between each of them, exploring, building lives.“...
Katherine Marker
Feb 3, 20222 min read
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Fallen Realms:
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Kaan's Father created the 3 Realms, including his crowning glory, elves and humans. There was...
Katherine Marker
Aug 31, 20211 min read
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Temptations
Avena shivered in her cold dark cell. Moon beams shone down through a lonely sky-hole. Erebus strode into her quarters. His yellow eyes...
Katherine Marker
Jun 8, 20212 min read
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The Sacrifice
"Come on ya' rats," called a guard as he unlocked their cage. One by one the company was dragged out in irons. Escorted by the captain of...
Katherine Marker
Apr 21, 20213 min read
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Chapter 8
July 24, 1955 Dear Journal, I was deer hunting early yesterday morning, and all of a sudden, I heard a deer and followed. As I went, the...
Katherine Marker
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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Kings and Kingdoms
Kaan's head throbbed. Pressure lingered in his eyes. He slowly situated himself upright on his stone bed. The chill of the dark stone...
Katherine Marker
Apr 2, 20213 min read
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Next Grand Adventure
My Lucy, my Lucy, your time in Narnia has come to an end. A new adventure awaits you. You have known me so well here, from my name to my...
Katherine Marker
Jan 26, 20211 min read
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Awake
When will you awake, O sleeping ones?! The King of Life is before you, the one who was, is, and is to come. Oh, my people! Wake up and...
Katherine Marker
Jan 7, 20211 min read
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Today I Danced with God
Warm wind blew over the strings of my heart, through the catacombs and the archways. They played a song with the breath of life, my veins...
Katherine Marker
Dec 22, 20201 min read
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Chapter 9
10:02pm. Her head rested itself on her pillow as the lamp shed itself in her cotton corner. The old hardback’s yellowed pages had already...
Katherine Marker
Nov 27, 20204 min read
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Chapter 7
Chapter 7 The night made its home in tiny Flat Top Mountain, Tennessee. Two days had passed since their arrival and they seemed to drag...
Katherine Marker
Oct 2, 20205 min read
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Light Call
A cry that reached my ears, piercing the drowning echo of deathly silence here; my bellowing to my flesh, "Awake!" My eyes at first...
Katherine Marker
Aug 25, 20201 min read
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Chapter 6
Two weeks flew by in a flash. No sooner did April return from Italy, the Johnsons were packed and headed for the boondocks. Logan had...
Katherine Marker
Jul 31, 20205 min read
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Take Me
Take me to the place where heaven and earth collide; to where life teems. Take me where the ocean crashes into the land; where water...
Katherine Marker
Jun 14, 20201 min read
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These hands...
These hands are small. But you aren't looking for the strong, are you? You are looking for a "yes," a heart after your own. These hands...
Katherine Marker
Apr 26, 20241 min read
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Beautiful Feet
Oh, the beautiful feet that ran after my heart! Oh, the beautiful feet that stand before me now! Oh, what beautiful feet I get to wash in...
Katherine Marker
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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This is the Cup...
I gathered close to my Lord this very night, I and my brothers. Sons of the Son of Man, receiving and giving to our tribes the cup and...
Katherine Marker
Mar 28, 20241 min read
9 views
0 comments


Called Out
You called me out from my people. "Be separate from them," you said. There was something in your voice that made me trust you. I took...
Katherine Marker
Mar 28, 20241 min read
8 views
0 comments


Justified
Heaven's hosts gather 'round as you anoint my head. The oil runs down my neck and back. My shoulders feel also the nectar ride in. You...
Katherine Marker
Mar 20, 20241 min read
10 views
0 comments


Modern Song of Solomon
My feet throb. I didn't realize how much I needed to rest until I sat down. A gentle rap sounds on my door. "My darling, it's me." His...
Katherine Marker
Mar 10, 20241 min read
4 views
0 comments


Dance a New Dance
Dance with me a new dance, sing with me a new song. I'll play the lyre, while Amadi plays the drum. Gael will sing with me, while Keeva...
Katherine Marker
Mar 10, 20241 min read
3 views
0 comments


Relentless
Your presence descends like a veil on a bride. Our space has been purified Under the shadow of your wings. All-consuming fire, glory as I...
Katherine Marker
Mar 5, 20241 min read
13 views
0 comments


Romance Me
My aching feet go on as the oven alerts me that one level of my many tasks is done. Flour has just got in my hair. With my heart full,...
Katherine Marker
Feb 28, 20241 min read
16 views
0 comments


I See
I see you dancing with a little girl, arrayed in pink. Her hair in a single braid, twirling and laughing. She is your pride and joy. Your...
Katherine Marker
Feb 27, 20241 min read
16 views
0 comments


When You Dance
When you dance, I see my heart in motion. Every twirl, every brush of your dress, every wave of your hair. My heart cannot look away. It...
Katherine Marker
Feb 25, 20241 min read
10 views
0 comments


Apple of My Eye
The sunlight glistens on my morning dew. The young men gather below on this fine day, "That apple there! What a sight! Climb the branches...
Katherine Marker
Feb 21, 20241 min read
18 views
0 comments


The Last Day
My breath grows shallow. My eyes are heavy with the weight of this world. You kneel next to me; your hand firmly but gently cradles mine....
Katherine Marker
Feb 15, 20241 min read
25 views
0 comments


The Man
I saw you and you saw me. Your smile filled my soul with gladness, I filled yours with my affection. You touched me and I touched you. I...
Katherine Marker
Feb 9, 20241 min read
11 views
0 comments


The Loss
The rivers swell. The beds are folding in. The brims cry out in anguish. Crushing earth is left to make itself steep. The depths mount....
Katherine Marker
Feb 9, 20241 min read
22 views
0 comments


Gift of the Magi
Upon the ground will I come and cast my crown at the feet of the infant king, who remains an infant no more. I will adore him with all my...
Katherine Marker
Dec 15, 20221 min read
7 views
0 comments


Song within a Song
”At one time, the realms were unified,” Avena spoke, “humans and elves traveled freely between each of them, exploring, building lives.“...
Katherine Marker
Feb 3, 20222 min read
2 views
0 comments


Fallen Realms:
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. Kaan's Father created the 3 Realms, including his crowning glory, elves and humans. There was...
Katherine Marker
Aug 31, 20211 min read
2 views
0 comments


Temptations
Avena shivered in her cold dark cell. Moon beams shone down through a lonely sky-hole. Erebus strode into her quarters. His yellow eyes...
Katherine Marker
Jun 8, 20212 min read
9 views
0 comments


The Sacrifice
"Come on ya' rats," called a guard as he unlocked their cage. One by one the company was dragged out in irons. Escorted by the captain of...
Katherine Marker
Apr 21, 20213 min read
4 views
0 comments
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