Most of my childhood holidays were spent just so. Family members who didn't get along well but couldn't imagine a holiday without the entire family!! The solution was to have MANY tables and make sure that those who got along the least weren't sitting at the same table. Most of the time it worked out just fine. When it didn't, we had to listen to them making nasty comments about each other.
If I purposely put two opposing groups or individuals together now, I should hope the outcome…
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Added by Sheree on December 7, 2010 at 4:00pm —
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It occurs to me that this exercise is actually TWO exercises since it is to be a letter between two people. So...
Sweet Libby,
Driving away from you was like ripping out my heart. I tried not to look back but my eyes wouldn't stay on the road and the sight of you standing in the doorway, so alone, was like a knife in the gut. I wish I had been stronger and left when you were still sleeping so I didn't have to see your tears and know I'd hurt you so much. I never wanted to hurt you.…
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Added by Sheree on December 7, 2010 at 3:52pm —
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We have all agreed:
A good idea might be
To think about it.
Added by Jami Ward on December 6, 2010 at 11:21pm —
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Abandoned houses
Reclaimed by banks and nature.
Modern-day ghost town.
Added by Jami Ward on December 5, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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If I seem normal?
All the voices in my head
Sing in harmony.
Added by Jami Ward on December 4, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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A cascade of light
Pours down a concrete stream bed:
Oncoming traffic.
Added by Jami Ward on December 3, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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People have walked their dogs here,
there are footprints in the snow
made by human feet, or rather
by the boots or shoes they wear,
and parallel to them,
rows of pawmarks, fore and hind,
left and right,
each dent followed by a slight drag;
some are dainty, as from a matron's yorkie,
others grand, a shepherd's,
rottweiler's, or lab's.
~
Off at an angle, zigzag,
here,…
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Added by Bettina Woolard on December 3, 2010 at 3:00pm —
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We are all haunted.
Ghosts live in our memories.
Some things cannot die.
Added by Jami Ward on December 2, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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She is a ghost, Now.
A chilling slice of wind that curls
around the hairs of your forearm.
Refusing to leave in such a fashion,
She is a ghost.
Taken not by the disease
that wracked the body,…
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Added by J. Barrett Wolf on December 2, 2010 at 7:00pm —
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My face has wrinkles.
My feet are big; my hair, thin.
I am beautiful.
Added by Jami Ward on December 1, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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New discoveries
Await those who look for them
In a book's pages.
Added by Jami Ward on November 30, 2010 at 11:06pm —
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Solemn vows of tempestuous light
Overshadowed by songs of time
A place where the rain falls softly
On crimson roses fallen behind
The kiss of dew set upon the green
A vision in the warmth of a fire
A guardian covers the sky with clouds
Granting hearts with care's desire
Pathways to tread drowned by the sea
A forgotten past that closed with your eyes
Breathe your last existing… Continue
Added by Heather Wenske on November 29, 2010 at 11:31pm —
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Fifteen years ago
He was a little baby.
Happy birthday, son!
Added by Jami Ward on November 29, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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glad the monkey's gone
my back feels much lighter and
my thoughts are my own
Added by Karrie Chambless on November 28, 2010 at 9:28am —
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Lights along the roof.
Decorations in the trees.
Christmas in the yard.
Added by Jami Ward on November 28, 2010 at 1:00am —
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A pencil drawing:
An intricately detailed
Sample of his art.
Added by Jami Ward on November 27, 2010 at 1:00am —
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Why do my feet hurt
And my eyes burn and head ache?
Not sick - Black Friday!
Added by Jami Ward on November 26, 2010 at 1:00am —
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Thankful for my health.
Thankful for my family.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Added by Jami Ward on November 25, 2010 at 1:00am —
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Someone who likes sex
With boy and girl buffalo?
Bison-sexual.
Added by Jami Ward on November 24, 2010 at 1:00am —
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My phone's in pieces.
I can only blame myself.
Now it's purple chrome!
Added by Jami Ward on November 23, 2010 at 1:00am —
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