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    <title>Gather: Articles by Solange S.</title>
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    <description>Recent Articles on Gather by Solange S.</description>
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    <copyright>Copyright Gather Inc 2009</copyright>
    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:16:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Presence~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977647427</link>
      <description>  

 I know what Love is 
I saw it yesterday morning 

 It pierced through my heart 
mind and soul all at once 

 Like a shock of lightening 
undeniably loud and lucid 
Yet at the same time gentler . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:07:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-04-06T00:07:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Someday~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977590168</link>
      <description>Someday~ 

 I've been dreaming of someday. 

 You know that one fine day when 
the world is in someway yours 

 It may be pouring, deafening rain 
and you can barely hear 
Or the sun may be shining . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:21:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-02-10T18:21:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>February Wonder~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977581393</link>
      <description>February Wonder   ~  

  
 

  I wonder how that February felt to her? 
  

  Knowing it was the last month she would carry me, as I grew inside of her!     How very bitter winter can become, or . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:26:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977581393</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-02-01T17:26:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>these--- my journals~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977579963</link>
      <description>1-6-08 

 To be able to breathe again. 
I never knew how precious a day could be. 
A day without fear, without feeling my heart outside of me. 

  ~Solange 

 (I've been keeping these--- my . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:15:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-31T00:15:45Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Haiku~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566945</link>
      <description>   

  Profound Prayers Fly  

  As the Temple floor chills my  

  Heart pressed against GODS.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:48:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977566945</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-18T19:48:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Joke~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977565577</link>
      <description>The Italian says, I'm tired and thirsty. I must have wine. 
The Scot says, I'm tired and thirsty. I must have scotch 
The Swede says, I'm tired and thirsty. I must have aquavit. 
The Russian . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:48:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977565577</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-17T02:48:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>the painting~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977201493</link>
      <description>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

 She felt the profound peace melting off the emerald shores. 
and knew inside nothing could even begin to compare to this feeling 
not even his kiss! 
Beauty so incredible, it was almost . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:49:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977201493</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-12-12T14:49:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Dear Mom, ( joke)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180653</link>
      <description>Life’s little problems    
  [My thanks to Malcolm for the following]    
 One day, as Rachel is cleaning her daughter's bedroom, she notices a letter on the pillow addressed to her. With a . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:22:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977180653</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-11-18T17:22:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>*Montauk Music*</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977152971</link>
      <description>i've returned from vacation, montauk, n.y. 
the easternmost tip of long island. 
here's something i jotted down, while listening 
 
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BEYOND the noise 
there is a peace . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-10-20T16:26:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>journal entry~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977110892</link>
      <description>Journal entry~

Nineteen light years ago, meaning was defined for me. Not the meaning of love, whether faith, either or mercy. Meaning in its most primitive form. Life. Today the child I brought into this . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:59:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-10-17T19:59:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Daughter Divine~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977149605</link>
      <description>Daughter Divine

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Grace epitomizes her

Beauty envies her

Laughter seeks her

Intuition and wisdom breathe in her

Compassion just has to take a back seat to her.

Spiritual light overflows . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:51:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-10-17T01:51:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>love is...</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146536</link>
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i realized what love is...

it is staying up all night when my daughter cannot sleep, because she is so

very sick.

not staying up all night to satisfy a man

 

it is cleaning . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:48:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-10-13T21:48:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>zeitgeist~a documentary</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125181</link>
      <description>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331

 

when you have some free time, here is a great doc of truth. kinda mind blowing if you don't already know!</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:36:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125181</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-22T21:36:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>zeitgeist~a doc</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123982</link>
      <description>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5547481422995115331

 

if and when you have the time, this is a documentary i recommend which speaks the truth. includes 911, religion and the central . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:57:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-21T15:57:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>resonate~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123149</link>
      <description>**************************
 
And she feels a spirit charging her... touching hers.
Like those goosebumps cover you, when you hear about a psychic phenomenon.
 
She can feel changes, subtle yet . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:15:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-20T20:15:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>the healing~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977121837</link>
      <description> the healing~


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oh, if i could tell---

tell of this feeling

it felt
felt
like an electrical rain
that was charging me through and through

the Great Communicator filling . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:15:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-19T17:15:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Lines in my mind~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977121206</link>
      <description>  

Lines in my mind~

 

 

 

Inspired by Oli Anderson's three word sentences.

Getting caught in the rain, Two minutes of fame. Third floor of the library. With time to kill. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:36:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-19T00:36:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>circa 2022~ an excerpt</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977118962</link>
      <description>something i am working on, feedback is appreciated? up to and including trashing the entire thing...thanks! 

 

under revision~ 

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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-16T21:43:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>my flaco~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977118052</link>
      <description> 

my flaco~

 

maybe a poem just cannot explain this profound loss i feel.

i had to bury one of my family members---my favorite feline friend.

how does one do THAT?

one isn't supposed . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:35:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-15T17:35:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Lincoln quote~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977118011</link>
      <description>&amp;quot;I have been driven many times to my knees
by the overwhelming conviction
that I had nowhere else to go.&amp;quot;

---Abraham Lincoln</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:49:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-15T16:49:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Daughter-Write Image Prompt--Week of September 10, 2007</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977114926</link>
      <description>Daughter ~

She looks at me with naive wishes to be like me.
And I look at her secretly with insane desires to be her.

Yet she is me
and I am her.

We are already one.

Simple adjustments to our bodies . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:55:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-12T16:55:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>for always in~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977111546</link>
      <description> 

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and, for always
i shall rise each morning before the Sun
and wake you with the sunshine, i have soaked up for your breakfast
and you will kiss me with rays of light pouring . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:22:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-09T16:22:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>photo essay~come take a ride with me!</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977107996</link>
      <description>Natural wonders in Western North Carolina include the highest peak east of the Mississippi, Mt. Mitchell, at 6,684 feet; the oldest stand of virgin timber in the eastern U.S., Joyce Kilmer National Forest . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:46:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977107996</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-06T03:46:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>quintessential~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977106137</link>
      <description> 

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my daughter sings in the shower

i cannot decipher the words

though the tune resonates inside the rhythm of the water gently descending

as my heart opens in . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:48:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977106137</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-04T12:48:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>nightmare~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977105901</link>
      <description>(during a twenty minute nap)      

   

 i was driving on a freeway and feeling verrrrrrrry tired, i remember telling myself i could close my eyes for just a moment. as they shut, i felt . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977105901</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-09-04T03:25:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>the other gold~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977098009</link>
      <description>Last night's ceaseless rainstorm hugged the earth. Oh, how morning was pouring blessings. And the earth opened its arms to embrace its divine shower. Imagine a blanket of gold leaves covering . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:03:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977098009</guid>
      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-08-27T00:03:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>haiku~</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977095096</link>
      <description> 

Life’s meaning revealed

 

a universe within me

 

i break into two

 

solange~

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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Solange S.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-08-23T17:51:14Z</dc:date>
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