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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

Added by Sheree on October 6, 2010 at 9:57am — 5 Comments

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Background whir of fans,
Pervasive shadowless light.
Work environment.

Added by Jami Ward on October 5, 2010 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

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My new self-portrait:
A watercolor image
Of soft hazy shapes.

Added by Jami Ward on October 4, 2010 at 10:00pm — No 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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Driving late at night
On a long dark rural road,
Ghosts will ride with you.

Added by Jami Ward on October 3, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

"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…

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Added by Karrie Chambless on October 3, 2010 at 5:25pm — 8 Comments

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I'm very confused
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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Clarification:
Time heals all non-fatal wounds.
Some wounds are unseen.

Added by Jami Ward on October 1, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

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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Department of State -
Will they help to make me real?
New passport will tell.

Added by Jami Ward on September 30, 2010 at 11:48pm — No 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…

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Added by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on September 30, 2010 at 11:30am — 19 Comments

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College football coach
Says his team has to play hard.
Well, duh - it's football!

Added by Jami Ward on September 29, 2010 at 11:29pm — No Comments

The Write Window



IMG_2180copycopysmall.jpg Autumn in Independence, Missouri image by etully

















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…

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Added by Dorraine Darden on September 29, 2010 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments

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I'm a lifesaver.
By letting myself be me
I rescued my soul.

Added by Jami Ward on September 28, 2010 at 9:20pm — 5 Comments

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Just-sharpened pencils,
A new notebook with paper;
Smells like fresh knowledge.

Added by Jami Ward on September 27, 2010 at 11:31pm — No Comments

An old worn out title. The Road Less Traveled. New Lyric.

'The Road Less Traveled'

copyright 2010 by Rick Reiley



The road less traveled

Is often a path

No highway signs

No charts of graphs

Sometimes it's with others…

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Added by Rick Reiley on September 27, 2010 at 5:49pm — 1 Comment

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There's never an end.
Although lives may start and stop,
We're just specks of time.

Added by Jami Ward on September 26, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

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Traveling by train,
Click-clacking across the land
You see a lot more.

Added by Jami Ward on September 25, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

New Lyric- Daddy Joy

'Daddy Joy'

copyright 2010 by Rick Reiley



Papa ate the Easter bunny

And shot the one eyed cat

He told the truth about Santa Claus

Saw nothing wrong with that…



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Added by Rick Reiley on September 25, 2010 at 10:25am — 1 Comment

What Lyrics Speaks to Me? Good question.



Did you ever wonder why music touches everyone? I have. No matter how

young, old, or the culture it touches something very primitive in all

of us. Music has the power to make one laugh or cry or come together.

Music is magic. Don't believe me? Just watch a crowd at a concert no

matter the genre. Watch concert goers sing every verse to a ballad or

get swept away deep into a concerto. Watch a teen bop to a booming base

in a car or brood in the bedroom to the… Continue

Added by Ericka Gray on September 25, 2010 at 10:10am — 2 Comments

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