Tag: writing
group name: whatsonyourmind
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December 01, 2009 02:32 PM EST --
I think I am akin
To the Grinch that stole Christmas time
For his thought does so rhyme
As drulldom is brought by the day
For we are living clay
Another day another coin . . .
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October 01, 2006 11:41 PM EDT --
I would like to be a better writer. I know I don't have the vocabulary. It would take too long to really increase my vocabulary and I know I won't take the time to try. I have always felt that . . .
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November 28, 2009 08:48 AM EST --
As I mentioned in last week’s post, I did a poetry workshop with eight other local poets and an internationally . . .
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December 02, 2009 09:01 AM EST --
I just found out that Three Alarm Tenant is up for book of the month at Dark Diva Reviews. Just a few days ago I found out that it had gotten 5 Delightful Divas which is the highest they give and now . . .
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November 29, 2009 04:33 PM EST --
Although
believers
can delay
epiphanies
for gold,
. . .
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March 18, 2008 04:05 PM EDT --
I don't usually rant, but what a couple of days it has been! My older sister, God bless her, was due to come visit me yesterday around noon. She had a 2 hour drive, and it's a drive . . .
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June 15, 2007 03:18 AM EDT --
Now, don't get me wrong... I'm a writer -- so I can totally relate to poetry, clever prose and the well-turned phrase... I LOVE words... I love USING words... I love SAYING words and WRITING . . .
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November 10, 2006 06:30 PM EST --
"Dear Ruth,
On behalf of the editorial team here at Gather, I am very pleased to inform you that we are featuring grammarians on Gather, and you have been chosen to appear on the Gather homepage. . . .
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October 29, 2008 06:25 PM EDT --
Now, what he really meant to say, was...
Oh? Really?
Obama didn't say that he is persuaded by Marxism, and intends to "spread the wealth;" what he really meant to say . . .
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October 01, 2006 10:21 AM EDT --
My article "The Thing About Poetry" elicited this very interesting comment from Cynth B. of Salinas, CA. I thought it raised enough important points to merit a separate article. I shall . . .
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October 12, 2007 09:00 PM EDT --
Where does one's mind go when left to wonder?
Where can it take me this woderous machine.
Does it decipher right from wrong before I consciously do?
One's mind is like a sponge I've always . . .
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January 18, 2009 05:14 PM EST --
A few weeks ago I went to one of our favorite family owned restaurants. After we'd ordered and got our food, I noticed that unlike the norm, this time they'd not added the colorful bit of garnish . . .
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January 26, 2007 06:32 PM EST --
My husband, Chris, and I met on Christmas Eve of 1992. Do you believe in love at first sight? We were married on March 20, 1993 only three months after we met. Our wedding day started normal, but normal . . .
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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 . . .
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February 24, 2009 02:55 PM EST --
A very nice person here on Gather suggested the site Goodreads to me. I really like this site, its interesting to see what other people are reading and you can find books or authors you might . . .
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August 31, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
Clearing the Writing Palate
Last night my wife and I had a long walk on a secluded beach in Maine. It was about
6 PM, 75 degrees, clear, . . .
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October 08, 2006 12:25 PM EDT --
This post is directed to whoever the person is that ranks my articles a "1" whenever I deal with content that offends their sense of propriety (actually, I'm only guessing that's the . . .
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November 28, 2009 12:40 AM EST --
Within the darkened hearth of glowing embers
Embers that are like the sconce of my life
A life of both achievement and loss
For one never lives without a dance with Zu . . .
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October 22, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
It's a dull, dark, dreary, drab, damp, rainy day. My kids are supposed to be cleaning, but they are up there playing around. I'm bored and I'm tired and I should probably go lay down as I only . . .
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October 03, 2008 10:02 AM EDT --
The Turning Point
Throughout the run-up to the debate, and yes, even well into it, She was "doomed." However, approximately thirty-five minutes into the fray, when she said, "Wiell...noow . . .
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