Tag: writing
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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August 05, 2007 10:50 AM EDT --
Never Again
She asked me to kill a mouse because I am the man.
Because I don't feel, like her.
We fought when I didn't get around to it.
Because I was lazy, because it's . . . more
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September 14, 2007 09:49 AM EDT --
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May 30, 2008 09:40 AM EDT --
I love Gather. I enjoy the time I spend here and I greatly appreciate the friends and connections I have made. My profile says I will have been on Gather for a year today, the 30th of May. . . . more
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September 18, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
While we tend to think solely of lovers as potential recipients of our written expressions of love, we should not exclude our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children and friends when setting . . . more
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June 30, 2008 04:22 PM EDT --
I would like to take a few minutes to tell my fellow writer's that my favorite group the Hampton Roads Writer's has just lost one of our own. Barbara "Bobbie" Hartin, was a . . . more
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September 03, 2008 05:35 PM EDT --
My wife calls me the Grammar Nazi, and while I don't particularly appreciate the association with fascist regimes, I am rather strict about proper usage of the English language. A while back, I developed . . . more
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January 16, 2008 06:41 PM EST --
Invaluable, valueless, something that's unsought yet its essence sought after. Its truth loved after. Its presence felt rather seen. Unseen are the edges and sharp ends which slice and deceive cutting . . . more
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July 18, 2007 01:04 AM EDT --
Hello dear journal, how are you?
I heard you were lonely and tired of waiting soooooooooo long for me to come and tell you about what is going on in my life.
You have been sinking into a deeper and deeper . . . more
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September 12, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
Crushed Spirit - Bruised Heart
Could you be more loving next time?
Crushed Spirit - Bruised Heart
Can I recover?
Crushed Spirit - Bruised Heart
Careless words uttered thoughtlessly
Crushed Spirit - Bruised . . . more
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January 25, 2008 12:10 AM EST --
POEM STYLE: Villanelle. The Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem made up of five triplets with a closing quatrain; the poem is characterized by having two refrains, initially used in the first and . . . 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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May 04, 2008 07:01 PM EDT --
You're the first one we see,
always there to kiss away
the sadness and deliver
the happiness in any way
you can. Our best friend
and mentor even when
we need criticism. If we
. . . more
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May 27, 2008 09:55 AM EDT --
For t he past few months, I have been facing some very difficult issues in my personal and professional life. I tried week after week to write, both here on Gather and off. . . . 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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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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December 21, 2007 03:40 PM EST --
As our children look for swirling snow.
We reflect fondly on the past year.
To all of you who helped us make a
difference on Gather.
Thank you for the honor of working
alongside of us throughout . . . more
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August 02, 2007 02:09 AM EDT --
Every night I sit there
looking at the stars
Hoping,wishing that you
were doing the same
When I first met you
I thought you were
an angel
When I got to know you
I learned there was . . . more
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July 19, 2007 07:12 PM EDT --
Dear Gather Friends,
Occasionally I receive calls for submissions from various magazines/publishers. I have no personal experience with this magazine, but thought I would pass this on to those of you . . . more
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January 29, 2008 11:05 PM EST --
With a winged wind I soar from Gotham's post;
Diving through the cumulus, courting the swallows.
The dial's shadow maker guides my remembrance;
Escaping this concrete jungle, home cannot . . . more
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