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Kellie Elmore

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in Columbus Ohio, The United States

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https://magicinthebackyard.wordpress.com/

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Short Stories, Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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May 2011

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Born in the city of Columbus, Ohio and relocated to a rural town in East Tennessee at an early age, Kellie Elmore is a self proclaimed Southerner at heart, and a writer who believes self-expression is most beautiful in its pure, raw and unedited form. She transforms the simplest words into something you can feel, often immersing her readers in a sense of nostalgia. Kellie finds inspiration in nature and in the humble surroundings of her “backyard” – Southeast Tennessee.

Through her charming prose and engrossing narratives, Kellie writes freely on many subjects both fiction and semi-autobiographical, penning her way through cherished and magical moments as well as tragic losses. Her goal is to take readers back, rekindle a memory or elicit a ...more

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Singing & Soaring

The rain came pouring down this morning. Heavy and crashing and loud. Nothing was visible beyond its dense veil. It was encompassing and dark. It demanded attention. And it halted movement. I found myself frozen for a moment. I knew it would eventually pass, but wondered, “how long”? And I fought to shake off the […]

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	Magic in the Backyard 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jagged Little Pieces 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Candy from Strangers 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)

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“Sometimes the only way to ever find yourself is to get completely lost.”
― Kellie Elmore

tags: inspirational-life, life-and-living, life-experience, life-lessons, motivational-quotes

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“Maybe Heaven will be a library. Then I will be able to finish my to-read list.”
― Kellie Elmore

tags: book-quotes, books, heaven, heaven-quotes, imagination, reading

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“Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.”
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tags: making-memories, memories, summer, summertime

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“Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.”
― Kellie Elmore

tags: making-memories, memories, summer, summertime

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“Life is like a steering wheel, it only takes one small move to change your entire direction.”
― Kellie Elmore

tags: life, life-changing, life-lessons

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“Don't just follow your dreams; chase them down, grab hold and don't let go.”
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tags: dreams, inspirational, life, philosophy

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“Sacrifices made for love are fine, unless the sacrifice is you.”
― Kellie Elmore

tags: love, relationships, sacrifices

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“I don't want someone to believe my lies, I need someone to accept my truths.”
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tags: self-awareness, self-discovery, self-empowerment, self-esteem, self-help, truth-and-lies

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¡ POETRY ! — 22532 members — last activity Apr 13, 2026 03:25PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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message 8: by Kellie

Jul 05, 2012 05:53PM

Nancy wrote: "Kellie, glad to be your new friend. Feels kind of weird having an author following my reviews.....you're not grading them, are you? ;-) I'll have to put your book on my to-read shelf. I do love..."

Oooh you named a couple there I need to add to MY shelf as well! Thanks! =) Nice meeting you!

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message 7: by Kellie

Jul 05, 2012 05:53PM

Christine wrote: "thanks for being my friend"

my pleasure! =)

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message 6: by Kellie

Jul 05, 2012 05:52PM

lol! Yes we do! Looking forward to our friendship! =)

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message 5: by Patricia

Jul 05, 2012 01:56PM

I love your bio where you speak if how language and more importantly writing should be left in it unedited form. I could not agree more. I have went around and around about dialects and it role in soutern literature. Being a true hillbilly myself, I believe that you incorporate a standarized form of English-then society is bastardizing my culture, beliefs, and traditions.

I'll get off my soap box-- thank you for signing on as my friend-- we hillbilly redneck women need to stick together. lol

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message 4: by Christine

Jun 07, 2012 04:33AM

thanks for being my friend

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message 3: by Nancy

May 29, 2012 06:47PM

Kellie, glad to be your new friend. Feels kind of weird having an author following my reviews.....you're not grading them, are you? ;-) I'll have to put your book on my to-read shelf. I do love southern fiction even tho I'm from Iowa....don't know why. Fav southern authors: Larry Brown, Rebecca Wells, whoever wrote "Girls and Trucks," Sue Monk Kidd, + others.

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message 2: by Kellie

May 06, 2012 04:28PM

Nice to meet you.

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message 1: by Douglas

Apr 03, 2012 08:38PM

Kellie, thanks for friending me on Goodreads!
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