Tag: writing
group name: importantthings
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October 23, 2006 11:24 PM EDT --
Recently it was suggested to me by a Gather and blogging friend that publication of memoir is a serious betrayal of trust, and that sharing of personal experience is better accomplished by fictionalization . . . more
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February 16, 2007 01:22 PM EST --
I've always thought of myself as a creative person. Specifically, I've always thought of myself as a writer. Ever since I was about twelve years old, there was one story in particular . . . more
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September 15, 2006 06:40 AM EDT --
I watched the pilot for "The Class" last night. The show is about a group of kids who were in the same 3rd grade class, who find each other again twenty years later.
In the show one . . . 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 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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June 17, 2007 09:02 PM EDT --
I'm humbled to be your host for the Sunday portion of Writing Essentials. This made my panic all the more visceral as I ran around Brainerd, Minnesota today looking for wi-fi locations, . . . more
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December 11, 2007 12:28 PM EST --
I am not sure what to say, but the disappointment is so great. I never wanted anything from you but your conversation, your time, but you changed things. You spoke to me with such . . . more
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September 30, 2006 05:33 PM EDT --
Before he died
he asked for a bowl of strawberries.
He knew he should not have them
But he said
"What the heck -
Death is coming no matter what
I eat."
So I went down by the . . . more
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August 07, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
I Want to:
love you without clutching
understand you without judging
join you without invading
invite you without demanding
leave you without guilt
criticize you without blaming
help you without insulting . . . more
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July 20, 2007 07:51 AM EDT --
If I had the energy, I’d write about my daughter Kate who’s giving her parents their first grandchild. She lives in sunny California and texts me nearly every day. . . . more
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November 01, 2006 06:52 AM EST --
You would look good in China,
buying silk from backstreet vendors,
talking with your fingers in a language
you can't speak.
You would look good in silk.
You would look good with coffee
in . . . more
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September 13, 2006 12:25 AM EDT --
God can't forgive what is already done.
The messes that we make;
The ugly scars remain
And feel worse in rain.
I guess you can say God is in the salvaging buisness . . . more
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October 21, 2006 09:20 AM EDT --
No one in my groups have said anything to me directly, but I read in a post from another Gather person that people are complaining about the amount of posts sent per day. I want to clear something up. . . . more
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August 07, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
MOMENTS IN LIFE
There are moments in life when you miss someone
so much that you feel your heart will never heal,
you miss them so much, you want to pick them
from your dreams and hug them for . . . more
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January 13, 2007 11:54 AM EST --
George (Marian Evans Cross) Eliot (1819-1880)
"Perhaps the wind
Wails so in winter for the summers dead,
And all sad sounds are nature's funeral cries
For what has been and is not."
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July 27, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
In a brilliant essay in the latest issue of Poetry Magazine, entitled Beach Reading, David Orr (New York Times Book Review) explores the lure, fascination, wonder and inspiration of reading and . . . more
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February 04, 2007 11:17 PM EST --
Are we what we write? This is a question I often ask myself as I write my stories. Of course to a certain extent we are what we write. For example, I write when I am happy and I write . . . more
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August 10, 2007 08:54 AM EDT --
Are you left brained or right brained? Do you really care? Does it affect how you write? Are you one of those who can never really get the two terms straight, and usually drop . . . more
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March 27, 2007 11:57 AM EDT --
Fun house mirrors distorted a wavering image
Bucking carousel horses snapped my neck
Grueling obstacle courses stole bated breath
Turbulent coasters gutted my sickly stomach
Invited . . . more
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June 23, 2008 02:14 AM EDT --
Hi Everyone
I had a question and not sure anyone can help. As some of you know, I have published quite a few of my poems on here and I think it would be giving up a goal . . . more
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