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November 23, 2009 08:29 AM EST
(featured date: November 23, 2009)
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Sometimes I think we really need to re-examine our logic...
A few weeks ago I was riding into downtown Macon with my good friend, Charlie Deaton. We’d been working together all morning at his . . .
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November 23, 2009 08:06 AM EST
(featured date: November 23, 2009)
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TERRE HAUTE, Indiana. In this most typical of Midwestern cities, Bob Elmore faces a dilemma as November 30th approaches every year. "It's time to renew my insurance," he says, "and believe . . .
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November 22, 2009 11:52 PM EST
(featured date: November 23, 2009)
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Last week I carried a sign. It was a political sign. Not one to end a war or allow or disallow abortions or to legalize California's largest cash crop. The sign I carried had a name on it, a person . . .
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November 23, 2009 12:00 AM EST
(featured date: November 23, 2009)
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For me, the hardest part about moving to the country was learning the language.
Sure, people around here still speak Minnesotan - that odd regional dialect of the language known locally as mer-i-kin. . . .
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November 22, 2009 03:17 PM EST
(featured date: November 22, 2009)
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Lilium Pomoser sat by the window.
The bright frosty morning made her feel depressed and hungry. Her stomach rumbled like an emptying sink, but she still sat and stared at the grey-whiteness outside . . .
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November 22, 2009 12:31 AM EST
(featured date: November 22, 2009)
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The Sadness of Her Mind
Not long ago her smile flow through time
Passing in front of the sand without any suspicion . . .
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November 21, 2009 11:50 AM EST
(featured date: November 21, 2009)
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What am I doing today.....
Not sitting in traffic or shopping the mall,
Not working the hours that push to the wall
Not watching TV or playing a game
Not living a life with each . . .
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November 21, 2009 08:26 AM EST
(featured date: November 21, 2009)
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First off I'd like to recap last week's responses. Thanks to all who responded. I was really wowed by the writing and amazed . . .
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November 20, 2009 11:25 AM EST
(featured date: November 20, 2009)
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This is, no doubt, the beginning of a very busy time for many of us—the onset of the holiday season. It always seems to come too quickly for those who are still busy raking . . .
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November 20, 2009 12:37 PM EST
(featured date: November 20, 2009)
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“OK its 2 minutes to midnight; everyone ready?” Shiasta looks around the circle of her closest friends. Their faces glow with golden reflections from the candle light that fills the . . .
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November 19, 2009 08:45 PM EST
(featured date: November 19, 2009)
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Today's theme for the Writing Essential was gratitude. We had two excellent submissions that stuck to the theme. They are as follows:
"THANKS" Which Side of the Word Would You . . .
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November 19, 2009 08:02 AM EST
(featured date: November 19, 2009)
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Poetry is rebellion without a cause
to the first degree, because
at the most basic level we
just want to be free
and so
we write
no need for 1, 2, or 3 cause
we have a, b, and c . . .
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November 19, 2009 03:30 PM EST
(featured date: November 19, 2009)
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There is time for doing And a time for undoing; A time to let kisses come And a time to let them Freeze on another’s lips.
You watch others kiss And embrace now, see Them through the . . .
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November 19, 2009 08:31 PM EST
(featured date: November 19, 2009)
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Neighborhood
She could have been living in the center of earth
emitted just this moment without a care for
the twenty years passed in between. A teenaged love . . .
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November 19, 2009 10:18 AM EST
(featured date: November 19, 2009)
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I recently saw a program where Bishop Desmond Tutu spoke to a group of inmates. As I listened, I knew in an instant he was filled with grace and genuinely grateful to be there in that . . .
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November 19, 2009 11:12 AM EST
(featured date: November 19, 2009)
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This particular prompt could not have come up at a more approprate time. The homeless shelters, food banks, and all around charities like St. Vincent de Paul are in as desperate a need as those they serve. . . .
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November 18, 2009 01:03 AM EST
(featured date: November 18, 2009)
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Last week I stopped at the local Community Education office to pitch a class proposal. I've taught the class a couple of times at Community Ed. and for the last session . . .
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November 16, 2009 08:17 PM EST
(featured date: November 17, 2009)
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As an editor I read work from many different authors every day. Well over half of my work is fiction and the authors tend to follow the admonition to “show-don’t-tell”; meaning let . . .
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November 11, 2009 06:03 PM EST
(featured date: November 17, 2009)
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This week's challenge is a Thanksgiving Homecoming. Include the following elements: A strenuous journey. An estranged family member. Include "cranberry sauce". give . . .
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November 14, 2009 12:52 AM EST
(featured date: November 17, 2009)
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Franklyn Roosevelt is speaking
Over the radio, one of his fireside chats
Assuring us that we are winning the war
Outside the wind is blowing, kids are chasing their hats
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Welcome Gather writers to the Writing Essential! The Writing Essential was created as a home for Gather writers of all levels, from beginners to advanced writers, to congregate and publish their work and receive constructive criticism, as well as to share . . .
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Welcome Gather writers to the Writing Essential! The Writing Essential was created as a home for Gather writers of all levels, from beginners to advanced writers, to congregate and publish their work and receive constructive criticism, as well as to share their experiences and ask questions about the craft of writing. This Essential will host a dynamic and ever changing array of content and is unique from any other Essential on the site. Why? Because it is run by Gather members! Each day, a different Gather member Writing Essentials Editor will moderate the group and feature work based on quality of writing and possibly a theme that the Editor has chosen. Our Member Editors come from diverse writing backgrounds, so one day you may find poetry as the feature theme. Another day, it might be personal memoirs. And the next day, it might be a mix of the best writing across all genres. The Writing Essential is a place for you to find familiar faces and discover new talent and friends with the same passion. We encourage you to publish your works of fiction (poetry, prose, plays, screenplays) and nonfiction (memoirs, interviews with other writers and published authors, and questions about the craft of writing and the pursuit of publishing). We look forward to reading your work and hearing about your experiences as a writer.
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