Tag: writing
group name: awomanslife
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December 25, 2007 05:12 PM EST --
Most of my life, I've had the misfortune to be paired with people who do not like Christmas. I'd go so far as to say they even "hate" my favorite holiday. Most of them have . . . more
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November 03, 2007 12:35 AM EDT --
It wasn’t a usual morning. The sunlight peeped through the blinds forcing Maria to open her eyes. The queen size bed looked bigger than she remembered. The cool breeze made . . . more
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October 27, 2006 03:37 PM EDT --
Oh jagged shard
Of bitter hate
Wedged deep
Within my heart
For far to long
You've controlled
My life, my fate
Pushing me
Over dark edge
Sudden realization
Blessed forgiveness
Dawns bright . . . more
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October 18, 2007 01:31 AM EDT --
Growth. It's always happening. Sometimes it inches along so subtley you barely notice the changes if at all. Other times it happens in a single explosive movement. You have no choice but to be catapulted . . . more
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January 11, 2008 09:48 PM EST --
Thanks Sharon. I'll take your challenge and up you to writing a poem using the Acrostic or Etheree form of poetry.
1. What do you do on rainy days? If there's lightening, . . . more
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January 21, 2008 10:16 AM EST --
I go to the fridge to get bacon out to cook for breakfast. I open the door, lean down to open the clear plastic drawer and see...splattered ick on the ledge of the fridge.
Oh YUCK...what is that grossness, . . . more
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April 02, 2008 08:30 AM EDT --
Things rarely offend me. It does happen on occasion and when it does I take note because it is such a rare thing. It happened recently and in a most unexpected way. I love a good joke, just like everyone . . . more
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June 06, 2007 02:56 AM EDT --
Recently someone commented on one of my poems and said they wished they could write a poem like I did. This got me thinking and I decided to write an article about creativity.
First: Beauty is in . . . more
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November 21, 2006 12:48 PM EST --
(Three words of caution: tongue in cheek!)
Girls, this is a fairy tale with a cautionary moral. Listen carefully, and learn from my mistakes. Don't fall for the first bald guy you meet!
When I first . . . more
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January 13, 2008 08:49 PM EST --
What is the matter with me?
I can't think, can't commit
to
writing words that
elude me.
There, just on the other side
do you see?
A glimmer of internal thought,
perhaps . . . more
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December 12, 2007 03:44 AM EST --
People stop and leave wonderful comments about my work. I like to think that I am some how making a contribution that others find valuable. It certainly makes me feel like I have work I can do since there . . . more
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October 05, 2006 04:24 PM EDT --
I ran across this and wanted to share.
JUST A COMMON SOLDIER
(A Soldier Died Today)
byA. Lawrence Vaincourt
He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around . . . more
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June 01, 2007 01:55 AM EDT --
In the quiet of the night,
When all in bed have gone to sleep,
I get to have some time alone,
To think about life real deep.
In the busy of the day,
With all of life's demands on me
There's . . . more
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February 04, 2008 12:12 AM EST --
This is an article about my messy office. I had a wonderful office in my mobile home before I became partners with my gentleman friend with OCD. This composite picture is of that office. . . . more
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July 24, 2007 07:01 PM EDT --
Hi New Person,
Welcome to Gather! I haven't been here that long myself but it has been a great experience for me.
I have written poetry for many years and I get in to a several year lull here and . . . more
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September 10, 2007 09:39 PM EDT --
To all my new friends and old friends here on Gather,
I wanted to thank you all so very much for reading and reviewing my chapter in the First Chapters Romance Competion. I loved writing it and . . . more
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December 02, 2007 02:44 PM EST --
I looked at an article today on Gather regarding the cash option. When I first joined Gather I had no idea about the points or getting paid in the form of gift cards or cash. That was a great . . . more
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February 08, 2007 04:24 PM EST --
“Momma, what am I gonna do now. I didn’t do nothing wrong; he raped me! Now I’ve gotta pay with my life? Momma, I didn’t do nothing wrong.”
“Hesh now chile. I knows . . . more
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October 06, 2006 11:53 AM EDT --
I do not know who wrote this, but it is enough to make you scratch your head! :)
Many many years ago when I was twenty three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a daughter . . . more
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November 13, 2007 03:24 PM EST --
What I love about being Human:
I've only ever been human so some of the things I love are probably loved by other creatures on our planet, they just do not have the capacity to tell us.
Without . . . more
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