http://firesmithwrites.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by We ALL Write en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:51:35 GMT 2010-01-02T03:51:35Z 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=281474977971928&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Note:  This is actually a response to a request for six words for a sestina in the group INSPIRE ME: PROMPTS AND EXERCISES.   WINTER It is colder this winter, The ice won't crack. Cold . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:55:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971928&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Michelle W. 2010-01-02T00:55:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971551&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace   Weather The Storm   In my vision, I walk alone in the middle of a sand storm, Footprints flow through the breeze, A gray mirage swirling . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:14:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971551&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2010-01-01T17:14:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971345&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Dear Gather Folks! I received the following information and have posted the full details on both of my websites. Please visit them if you require more information:   From: . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:19:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971345&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Pamela G. 2010-01-01T12:19:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971157&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace The best news ever for a new years eve. There we were sitting down for lunch on new years eve when the phone rang, hi dad its only me said a voice on the other end, I don't want you and mum worry but . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:09:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971157&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace graham Lear 2010-01-01T07:09:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971116&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Although the air is brisk, the sky is bright I lay on the pure white blanket of snow Feeling the cold seep into my body Freezing my senses, enveloping my soul . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:55:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971116&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Angie O. 2010-01-01T05:55:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970378&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace 2009 is about to give way to 2010, and the excitement is building once again for the clock to strike midnight.  With the ushering in of a new year, comes the traditional setting (and often times . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:50:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970378&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace M C. 2009-12-31T16:50:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970346&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace So you chose to stay home rather than brave the large rowdy crowd that assembles in New York's Times Square for hours, even days in advance of the infamous "Ball drop". That's alright you can watch the . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:16:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970346&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace M C. 2009-12-31T16:16:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970183&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Barbara...got me to fill up with love for Dad..by her comment in my ealier poem.I wrote this due her,\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mother angry..this liitle pip . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:02:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970183&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace sunil m. 2009-12-31T14:02:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace                 My dear son,   Dexter, I must tell you, how you got your name . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:57:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969803&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-31T07:57:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969675&grpId=3659174697251398&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=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Atticus *. 2009-12-31T05:17:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969001&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace My first Poem ever this has been ....mentored by Kushal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   A letter came weekly from Dad to me,years passed by letters piled up .. But I returned . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:54:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969001&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace sunil m. 2009-12-30T19:54:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969041&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace James Hansen is the world's leading climate scientist fighting against global warming. Yesterday, Dr. Hansen told the Guardian: He is vehemently opposed to the carbon market schemes – . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:23:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969041&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. 2009-12-30T19:23:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968695&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace I had planned to write a summary of 2009 with my thoughts, but the events of the past week in my family changed my plans.  I hope that you will forgive my abandoning of politics for this week. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:09:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968695&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Troy Stouffer 2009-12-30T15:09:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968582&grpId=3659174697251398&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=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Peter O. 2009-12-30T13:09:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968368&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace ...I'd like to talk a little about hope... Hope is a very important ingredient in our lives.  We know we need the basics, food, oxygen and a place to live, but our lives are not worth living when . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:04:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968368&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Heather C. 2009-12-30T09:04:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968154&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace   SUNLIGHT DANCE   Sun rises softly, The Eastern Sky beckons her With dew dipped fingers.... Morning breeze Meanders through grasses That wave lazily as she . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:57:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968154&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Michelle W. 2009-12-30T04:57:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968011&grpId=3659174697251398&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=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-30T02:15:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967936&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace   Drums of Love     The plain field turns down a clear path to exaltation, Countless time we spent mesmerizing inside twilight. I imagine . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:53:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967936&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-30T00:53:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967880&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace This is the year 2009. That is, unless you are Chinese or Jewish. As I sit and watch different programming on television many references are made to the happenings of the first decade of . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:39:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967880&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Ivan N. 2009-12-29T23:39:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967737&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Volcano's   We sometimes forget that nature changes the climate of the world, this has happened many times in the past. Look at 1650bc when a volcano erupted in Greece. This volcano took . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:54:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967737&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace graham Lear 2009-12-29T21:54:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967466&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS ALWAYS, THEY NEED TO COME HOME SAFE,,,   repost,   A New Year, a new beginning. How many will go forward? Hopefully, healthy . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:01:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967466&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Marie J. R. 2009-12-29T19:01:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966626&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace             I  sing, I sing, I sing I sing as I do most everything I sing as I drive in my car I sing loudly there, no one . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:16:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966626&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-29T08:16:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966520&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Many people in today's world are worried about global warming. Quite a few people think that it might be down to humankind and its carbon footprint while this might be true we are forgetting that . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:00:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966520&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace graham Lear 2009-12-29T05:00:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966204&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace OK, so you're a climatologist and some whistler blower published your emails on the internet for all to see. What can you do? Well, you might take a cue from a lying, cheating scumbag whose wife walked . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:10:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966204&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. 2009-12-28T23:10:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965961&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace                             The Stag   Most powerful . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:57:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965961&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Mike Ellwood 2009-12-28T19:57:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965165&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace This movie allegedly cost half a billion dollars to both produce and market…and it was worth every penny.  What I envision for the moment is that a young generation of film fans are watching . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:42:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965165&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-28T04:42:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964747&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace                 I dreamed of the unknown comic   Remember, the one with the . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:15:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964747&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Elsie Duggan 2009-12-27T21:15:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964377&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace   The Olden Days (a free write.)   Born in 1945 and raised for the first eight years in a city my memories are of love and family, roller skates that clamped to my shoes, jacks, . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:52:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964377&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Digital Diva S. 2009-12-27T13:52:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964373&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Sometimes we feel like we struggle through our lives all alone. People sometimes just don't understand what it is to walk a mile in our shoes.  But we are not all alone, our Lord is with us every . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:37:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964373&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Heather C. 2009-12-27T13:37:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964095&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace     Beautiful Words   Love always struck a cord Between me and our intimates desire All my life I only needed you, . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:54:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964095&grpId=3659174697251398&nav=Groupspace Rony J. 2009-12-27T03:54:38Z