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A Garden in the Wild
I’ve never met a garden I didn’t like, although some I’ve taken to more than others. Growing up, we always had a huge vegetable patch, which we had to toil in, so on hot, sweaty days I didn’t favor that kind.
There is another… Continue
Added by Dorraine Darden on October 15, 2010 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments
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He left long ago
But his old baggage remained.
She just threw it out.
But his old baggage remained.
She just threw it out.
Added by Jami Ward on October 10, 2010 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment
Creative Writing Challenge #14-A Ghost Story
Skipping ahead a bit but this one was just "there" this morning and I needed to get it out of the way.
Her side:
“A ghost?”
Her side:
“A ghost?”
Spoken more as a statement than a question with that look he reserves for my more “whackadoodle” comments and ideas.
“Yes. A ghost. I don’t know any other way to describe it. I was out in the garden…”
I might as well have been talking to a…
ContinueAdded by Sheree on October 14, 2010 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments
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Convoluted thoughts
Arrive in the night's wee hours
And crowd out slumber.
Arrive in the night's wee hours
And crowd out slumber.
Added by Jami Ward on October 13, 2010 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment
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So much stuff to do!
Running hard to stay even.
A short nap might help.
Running hard to stay even.
A short nap might help.
"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Wiffledust Creative Writing Challenge #11- What one lyric speaks to you when nothing else can, and why?
I have gone most of my life without ever hearin' of Leonard Cohen. Don't ask me how, cuz I don't even know! Sorta like Bob Dylan, he's criticized cuz his singin' voice isn't very pretty. But who in the world cares about a singin' voice when you can write songs like that?!?!
The lyric comes from "Anthem", and if you know the song, you know it's chock full of meaningful lyrics. If you don't know the song, here's a link.…
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Added by Karrie Chambless on October 12, 2010 at 8:39pm — 4 Comments
'Over the river and through the woods...
...to grandmother's house we go'.......took on a different meaning to me after visits to Grandma Reiley's house.
Prior to that I envisioned fun and adventure and mystique and gingerbread cookies and all sorts of wonder.
. At Grandma Reiley's we got out of the car to discover a skinny, plainly dressed woman with thin lips and a dour look on her face. No KoolAid or punch at grandma's house. No cookies and milk. Just a simple meal with water. After saying grace. Simple times.
I never… Continue
Prior to that I envisioned fun and adventure and mystique and gingerbread cookies and all sorts of wonder.
. At Grandma Reiley's we got out of the car to discover a skinny, plainly dressed woman with thin lips and a dour look on her face. No KoolAid or punch at grandma's house. No cookies and milk. Just a simple meal with water. After saying grace. Simple times.
I never… Continue
Added by Rick Reiley on October 10, 2010 at 12:01pm — 4 Comments
WCWC #8
Five things I have learned in life that I would want to pass on to the younger generations....
1) Do not drink and drive, ever. You might get away with it for years or you might get busted your first time, but getting busted is only one thing that could go wrong. Not only could you get into a lot of trouble, have to pay hefty fines, lose your license, (if you even have one) and maybe even sit jail time...which by the way is a whole another story entirely; you could also get hurt… Continue
1) Do not drink and drive, ever. You might get away with it for years or you might get busted your first time, but getting busted is only one thing that could go wrong. Not only could you get into a lot of trouble, have to pay hefty fines, lose your license, (if you even have one) and maybe even sit jail time...which by the way is a whole another story entirely; you could also get hurt… Continue
Added by Carissa Galow on October 9, 2010 at 2:03pm — 4 Comments
and even so it'll be alirght."
This is the first year I did not have to fill out a permission slip or deal with parent teacher conferences or the other trappings of public school. At this time last year I was staring down the finish line of my youngest daughters senior year. It had been a long time coming. After many years of dealing with three children who were not go with the flow inside the box types (apple doesn't fall far from the tree) I was almost finished. Sure I was worried about the "real world" freak out that… Continue
Added by Ericka Gray on October 4, 2010 at 4:11pm — 4 Comments
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A vague gray glowing
Like moonlight on foggy nights.
Viewing the future.
Like moonlight on foggy nights.
Viewing the future.
Added by Jami Ward on October 6, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments
Creative Writing Challenge #10 - My Secret Crush
He is a Leo, same as my dad was. But I don't think I view him as a father figure.
No, I'm certain I don't.
He was born in California; I don't hold that against him since he makes a better cowboy than any I've met here in Texas. Then too, they were cowboyin' out on the left coast long before it became cool to do so. And, like so many other things, they cowboy slow and easy out in California. Taking his time; I'd let him take his time. He… Continue
No, I'm certain I don't.
He was born in California; I don't hold that against him since he makes a better cowboy than any I've met here in Texas. Then too, they were cowboyin' out on the left coast long before it became cool to do so. And, like so many other things, they cowboy slow and easy out in California. Taking his time; I'd let him take his time. He… Continue
Added by Sheree on October 6, 2010 at 9:57am — 5 Comments
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I'm very confused
For the voices in my head
Are all only me.
For the voices in my head
Are all only me.
Added by Jami Ward on October 2, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments
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Driving late at night
On a long dark rural road,
Ghosts will ride with you.
On a long dark rural road,
Ghosts will ride with you.
Added by Jami Ward on October 3, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment
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Clarification:
Time heals all non-fatal wounds.
Some wounds are unseen.
Time heals all non-fatal wounds.
Some wounds are unseen.
Added by Jami Ward on October 1, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment
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My new self-portrait:
A watercolor image
Of soft hazy shapes.
A watercolor image
Of soft hazy shapes.
Added by Jami Ward on October 4, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments
"Today, I am a Mirror" Creative Writing "Here's Lookin' at you, kid"
I’m really great at my job. I’m not being boastful, cuz it’s true. There aren’t a whole lot of people who would, number one, do what I do, and number two, have a high level of success. I teach students with special needs. Not just Learning Disabled, Resource Room/Content Mastery kids. I teach…
ContinueAdded by Karrie Chambless on October 3, 2010 at 5:25pm — 8 Comments
The Write Window
Ruts in the writing life happen. We grasp our way through a story, do the research, and realize it’s not the one we’re supposed to tell. At least not yet. We bump along in that rut for awhile until a new path
appears, scattered with red and…
ContinueAdded by Dorraine Darden on September 29, 2010 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments
"Frog With Wings"
This is a poem which I wrote many long years ago. To give it some context, I have had the frog in question following me around for all of my adult (not grown-up) life and it's orgins were back in my childhood. I was raised in Northern Minnesota not terribly far from where my father grew up. My mother was a southern girl from the state of Virginia and endured the northern climes, but we regularly vacationed in the south and were always surrounded by her large and loving family. My…
ContinueAdded by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on September 30, 2010 at 11:30am — 19 Comments
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Department of State -
Will they help to make me real?
New passport will tell.
Will they help to make me real?
New passport will tell.
Added by Jami Ward on September 30, 2010 at 11:48pm — No Comments
Homage to My Father (in 4 parts)
June 16, 2008
Last year, on my father's birthday, he began to reminisce about being six years old and catching tadpoles and bathing in the washtub in front…
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Added by Maggie Friend on October 1, 2010 at 2:00am — 7 Comments
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