Tag: writing
group name: firstwriteit
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February 09, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
This story starts out when I was about two. That was in 1952. My mom said they used to wash the car down at the creek. Yes they even used soap. Can't do that now a days. Well she said I would . . . more
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June 27, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
It's six thirty in the morning and I am at work. At times when I am in this early, I am the only one here. We are on the 19th floor and it's dark outside. Almost like night except . . . more
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August 12, 2008 09:35 PM EDT --
Destination R & R
Amtrak bullet train
humming and swaying
up the Eastern Seaboard,
but I'm not hurried
or harried.
I read.
I nap.
I strreeetch my . . . more
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March 04, 2007 07:06 AM EST --
Hi,
As always, critique is welcomed, especially with THIS one - it's been driving me nuts for awhile now! - thanks, Marilyn :)
This is a writing exercise from the group Now Write! - where you keep . . . more
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January 05, 2007 02:27 PM EST --
Time
Time
slips by silently
in a rush.
Unstoppable
as it passes
leaving only memories
in its wake.
. . . more
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February 23, 2007 08:51 PM EST --
I want to talk
I want to speak
Will you listen?
Will you hear?
Or will you be like
all
the
others
and smile
and nod
Without listening?
Without hearing the words?
I want to speak
I want to talk
What is . . . more
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July 17, 2007 01:29 PM EDT --
With my eyes
I will ask your eyes for permission
To enter the space of your aura.
And if you grant it to me,
I will raise my mouth to
Sweetly kiss your cheeks
As one would greet an old . . . more
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August 28, 2007 10:05 PM EDT --
Romantic Scavenge
They'd been together so long,
without ever getting married, but
knowing that she was ready to leave,
planned a romantic scavenge.
That Saturday, he took her to their special place . . . more
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May 06, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
You'll Survive
It was an unexpected pleasure to look on in amusement as your fairytale life turned to dust, while you looked on in total despair . This time, it wasn't . . . more
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July 22, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
...you discovered this was a passion for you?
I have never told this story before, but ... here goes. I remember starting writing when I was around 11. It was actually fan fiction that was my first piece . . . more
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April 23, 2008 08:40 PM EDT --
I've been thinking about inspiration a lot lately: what drives us to want to write, and more importantly, what drives us to write when the muse is balking and our brains are tired.
A little backstory . . . more
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February 11, 2007 09:50 AM EST --
Looking back to the year when I was only 15, it seemed that we were always surrounded by friends, family or classmates. Sometimes it felt so suffocating, I'd just want to run away with you, my love. . . . more
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July 11, 2007 03:52 AM EDT --
Now Write! Prompt #2 - A Childhood Event
I don't remember how old I was, only that I was very young. It was evening and for some reason my father was rocking me in the old rocking chair. I was terrified . . . more
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July 05, 2008 10:11 AM EDT --
Birth
This is the deepest of all partings,
Foreshadowing reunions and re-partings:
The first breath,
The found thumb,
The day you walked,
and walked away,
I saw . . . more
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February 14, 2007 12:42 PM EST --
This is a two word challenge by the group Two Word Challenge, owned by Monica Kennedy and co-moderated by Kathryn - this is one of the challenges for the week. Gautami is the challenger. If you'd like . . . more
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August 31, 2007 11:43 AM EDT --
A while ago, I posted this article, in which I asked people what they thought their very best article on Gather was. This article is a compilation of those links.
I loved reading the articles people suggested, . . . more
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July 17, 2007 04:42 PM EDT --
I was walking along Queen Street on a lunch break. Maybe there was music playing at a nearby shop, or maybe the music was in fact in my head, I don't remember clearly anymore, or it may as . . . more
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May 16, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
I have nothing that is truly mine
other than the words I pen;
They cannot be stolen, and if ever lost,
I know they are somewhere inside;
Imperfect . . . more
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December 31, 2006 02:32 AM EST --
Well, I'm certain your ears perked up when you heard recently that food from cloned animals is 'safe' to eat.
Guess that means the corn tacos you had this morning won't be morphing you . . . more
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August 03, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
I'm taking a vacation from work next week. I have to. Daycare is closed and it's hell trying to find someone to watch 4 kids for a week. We don't have any big plans but we'll . . . more
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