Tag: random
group name: qualityquantity
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May 14, 2008 05:26 PM EDT --
"Now what I want is facts." rasped the supervisor. Sweat beaded, running coldly down his spine. The guards quieted, leaving their fear to lay heavy in the fluorescent hum of the . . . more
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November 21, 2006 02:50 AM EST --
Celestial Fire adds a hissing cymbal fill in the distance.
Steam rises with a hot suggestion of sound.
Upwards it rises now...
. . . more
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August 29, 2007 05:45 PM EDT --
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/21/reading.ap/index.html
Interesting piece on CNN that notes the typical American only reads four books a year. It's more if you're female, older or . . . more
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November 24, 2007 01:58 PM EST --
/cranky on
My name is Racheline.
It is pronounced Ra-shell-lean.
My name is not Rachel. Please do not take it upon yourself to call me that. Nothing in my name sounds like Rachel. . . . more
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June 28, 2007 10:59 AM EDT --
by Christie O.
Painted toes and laced-up shoes
She walks the night in search of news
Of talent found or words to sing
Doesn't matter - don't mean a thing.
It's all . . . more
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November 06, 2006 02:09 PM EST --
Who Sings Now?
A flash of color
... a quiet hum...
... keeping His own beat
. . . more
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September 07, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
I think we all live our lives with preconceived notions. Preconceived notions about someone from the way the dress, the way the talk, what they do. Is this necessarily wrong? When I see . . . more
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September 07, 2007 08:17 AM EDT --
I just walked my son to his school bus stop, like any normal day. But once again, someone neglected to tell me that it was going to RAIN.
Just like the first day of school -- but then it rained cats & . . . more
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November 24, 2007 01:30 PM EST --
Where do you stand on equal marriage rights?
As a gay woman this is not an abstract question to me, but a personal one. As such, what I am looking for is a personal answer for you, not just on . . . more
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June 25, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
hello all,
I've become a little less regular in my writing from when I first started publishing on gather. I'm now at 89 points, and almost within reach of triple digits. Please help me get through . . . more
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May 16, 2007 08:37 PM EDT --
I wrote this poem on 3 April 2005, shortly after the Pope had died, the Terry Shiavo case was getting full media coverage, and two families from school had perished in a tragic plane crash.
At the end . . . more
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June 28, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
I wrote this one day when subbing for a 7th grade science class ...
"If you want Mother Earth to have another birthday,
then you gotta celebrate like EVERY day is Earth Day!"
. . . more
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January 07, 2007 08:40 AM EST --
I was born in those waters. I can see it clearly, a picture of my past. In it my mother is lying there in those shallow waters, she is pushing and screaming for me to be let into the world. . . . more
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August 13, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
The following is for the group Three Sentence Brilliance which is located here: http://only3please.gather.com/ in case you are wondering (and no this doesn't count towards my 3 sentences.)
I . . . more
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October 23, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
So, our next stop on the last day of Kennywood 2007 is a classic walk-through attraction, one of only two kept at the park. Noah's Ark was built in 1936, re-themed several times most recently . . . more
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August 27, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
This is several different types of incredibly scary. The first link below is from an opinion piece about it. Please be sure to click through to the actual news article (linked below and in . . . more
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May 27, 2008 02:48 PM EDT --
Well, I've been gone from Gather for quite awhile now. Mostly due to internet connection problems. I kept getting knocked offline every few minutes or so. It was very aggravating! . . . more
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September 14, 2007 03:48 AM EDT --
Success is a journey -
not a destination.
-- H. Tom Collard
more
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August 13, 2007 12:10 PM EDT --
Novel:
Lisey's Story, Stephen King
The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner
The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch
The Orphan's Tales: . . . more
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November 06, 2007 09:00 PM EST --
"Power echoes in
each beat I keep.
Visions unparalleled...
Heights unguessed ...
Summoned by Zeus,
I hide in Apollo's hem,
watching from on high
as along the ground . . . more
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