http://criticscorner.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by The Critics' Corner en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:06:40 GMT 2010-01-03T21:06:40Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973814&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace drinking befriended hate dead social meaning It's too late in the evening, you've been drinking. Now as you slam the car door, you wonder who you've befriended. He slides out from behind . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:04:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973814&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Susan Budig 2010-01-03T10:04:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973585&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Overall, I would have to say that 2009 was a pretty good year for movies.  I think that Hollywood, more so than ever, is trying to diversify the films that they release.  I think the most . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:50:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973585&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2010-01-03T04:50:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace                 Here are the responses to last week's prompt:   Singing My Way Through Life, SatWE by Elsie Duggan . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:03:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972157&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2010-01-02T20:03:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973062&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace I boarded the bus just up the street, passing my already used (and thus illegal) metro ticket through the buses hole-punching apparatus. As I looked for a  seat, I searched the faces for those of . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:22:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973062&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace MaryBeth W. 2010-01-02T19:22:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972077&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect.  I was sold on the event by the Rainy Day Books employee who said that he hadn’t seen such a buzz about a cooking personality since the . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:29:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972077&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2010-01-02T04:29:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971930&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace   Yesteryear’s news The almanac expires. A newsman tells me there have been ten news worthy of memory.   Only ten! Consider, the passing away of a friend, . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:59:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971930&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-02T00:59:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971713&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace What you hear, see, speak and what you read is in you. In today’s world, these elements help to evolve our inner values and culturally based truths and misconceptions. What you write is colored . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:33:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971713&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace William Dotani 2010-01-01T20:33:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970573&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace I think it would be quite fair to say that farouk omar mutalab whatever! is the craziest being on this earth. I mean you plan to kill innocent lives just because you feel an imaginative depression that, . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:35:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970573&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-31T19:35:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970518&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace If your hands were tied with a wire And put into flames of fire Would you cry, cry till its burnt   If your shoes were ripped off your foot And given to your boss's . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:56:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970518&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-31T18:56:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace   An automatic poem always sits in the closet and waits......while the . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:17:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2009-12-31T05:17:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Rain on a world of the third kind A healthy baby born in a power cut; three men hovering over it to retrieve; cold water clogs the paths. Whispers and screams float like . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:23:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969404&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-31T00:23:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969069&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace There has been one constant topic of conversation, since I joined Gather to simply show dandelion growers the errors of their ways. Another trite phrase: I like them. They are like crayons for conveying . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:41:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969069&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace William Dotani 2009-12-30T19:41:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959165&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace I have scars you could see Deep in my heart for you and me My head would guide you by My heart could but we could die   Far away you've gone Here and now my pain flames still burn Fresh . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:01:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959165&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-22T20:01:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969024&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Last night when I saw you by the garden wall Feeling sour, feeling pour and I drew you close and rise Held you up, dried your wet eyes I felt nice inside, in the dead winter I'll tell you why. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:03:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969024&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-30T19:03:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968582&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace A trickle of my mentality On to paper; through my pen A trickle of my mortality Common, simplistic; indifference An unfathomable fate; strange Foreseen through ignorance and hate An utterly undeniable . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968582&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Peter O. 2009-12-30T13:09:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968011&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace ‘ Isis ’ by Douglas Clegg advertises itself as a ‘tale of the supernatural’ and it lives up to the promise.  Beautifully illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne, it tells . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:15:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968011&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-30T02:15:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967642&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Since a few people think I’m presumptuous, I guess I will be and lull you to sleep with something academic. I love writing because of a stubborn flaw in my personality. I like to analyze, consider . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:33:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967642&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace William Dotani 2009-12-29T20:33:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:21:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Andre W. 2009-12-29T20:21:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967505&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Back then in my restless nights When I whispered to my ears and scratched my eyes Wishing for an angel to walk by.... The pillows would caress my lonely arms And the cold wind would play its freezing . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967505&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Noble Chinwendu 2009-12-29T18:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963772&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace He toppled over the bin.   The December wind entered under his torn clothes and under his skin and penetrated his heart. He felt it moving slower and slower. . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:45:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963772&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-26T19:45:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967393&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace   He decided to take this day easy.   He woke as usual at seven am but lay in bed and read the newspaper. Then he watched the news, yawning as they reminded . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:42:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967393&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-29T17:42:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966037&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace     I invited my father, behavioral science professor in UCLA, to our school career day.   He told about his profession and about some interesting . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:44:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966037&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T20:44:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965643&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace     You are awoken by a kiss on your neck . You stretch yourself out, shoving him away, then catch him and pull him close to you and put your lips to . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:34:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965643&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T15:34:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965626&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace First, I recommend you decide what you want to do. Let's say, you decided to open a coffee shop. Why this business? How should I know? It was your decision, not mine.   . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:11:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965626&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T15:11:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967021&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace       Descending Notes     The hidden place - Where I lick cinnamon, White hot darkness, Un-gated.   Gated.  Juggle my life . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:34:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967021&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Barbary Chaapel 2009-12-29T12:34:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964321&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace "Chad, come on. Michael is waiting. Stop playing with wings." "I am not playing. I have to wax them, otherwise too much dust will stick to them." "Yeh, yeh. That's exactly . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:52:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964321&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-27T11:52:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace   Holiday rains on a reserve forest A winter rain passes; I pick up a deer with a broken glass curse cast under its feet. The rivulets of muddy blessings run as I coax, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:01:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966321&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-29T01:01:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966159&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Brass angel, crystal water, fountain scrape Recalled memory, nineteen fifty three On wings we drove broken roads to heaven Tornado warning from the radio Nineteen fifty four hopes in darkened . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:38:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966159&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace William Dotani 2009-12-28T22:38:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace   a room with the changing hues Dry leaves, now golden, toss and turn on the midday’s tin roof. A confident pigeon plays with the neighborhood cat.   These . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:08:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964993&grpId=3659174697239214&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-28T01:08:32Z