http://scigirl543.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Maggie F. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:12:31 GMT 2010-01-07T08:12:31Z 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=281474977978955 You're not a poet? That, my darling, is, with all due respect, complete, utter, and total bullshit. You are a poet, as is everybody else. Life is poetry. You live, therefore you are a poet. . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:14:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978955 Maggie F. 2010-01-06T04:14:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978578 Big girl, you are beautiful, but you never believed when I told you. I am your sister. Of course I think that you are one of the strongest, smartest, most amazing women I have ever met, or will . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:30:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978578 Maggie F. 2010-01-05T23:30:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978192 You laugh because you know it's true. You'll be the 23rd one in - and 20 minutes late. You are a fractal. Overland is the only path. You will be covered in frozen water. You say "the house". Whose house? . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:50:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978192 Maggie F. 2010-01-05T19:50:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976527 This one goes out to you, giant protein-packed pancake. Your deliciousness is nearly paralleled by your delightful golden-brown color, your light and fluffy texture, and your oh-so-spicy tongue-trillingly . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:01:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976527 Maggie F. 2010-01-05T00:01:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974841 I'm not trying to rush, you see. I'd rather not grow up at all, but life phases just simply aren't the sort of thing one can control.   You notice something changing in the footing . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:07:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974841 Maggie F. 2010-01-04T02:07:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973959 life, the universe, the world. something wants to know is it worth all this? Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:10:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973959 Maggie F. 2010-01-03T12:10:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967414 Power is the joint creation of all the people, so shouldn't it, by law, belong jointly to all the people?   Power can't belong to all the people because the power is in your mind, in . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:39:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967414 Maggie F. 2009-12-30T23:39:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969328 I need to write an essay, but my thoughts are poetry and I can feel them coursing through my bloodstream pounding in my brain and begging, pleading to be released before they suffer the . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:11:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969328 Maggie F. 2009-12-30T23:11:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969302 conceived under the colors of a flag that stood for pride was a gorgeous baby girl who'd never get to be a blushing bride   she fell in love, and told them all, but all they had to say . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:58:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969302 Maggie F. 2009-12-30T22:58:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969292 e c i D   in 4   Dimnin esos   fall like broken pots against a   w a l l . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:52:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969292 Maggie F. 2009-12-30T22:52:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959720 hey i never get to talk to you any more. i miss you. i heard kimberly saw on your facebook that you broke up with jemila? i don't wanna have to hear third-hand about my best friend's . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:52:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959720 Maggie F. 2009-12-23T03:52:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950905 I am supposed to write a poem, without form in a style that isn't mine, and might not ever be. I,                         . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:59:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950905 Maggie F. 2009-12-17T03:59:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950402 Clink! Clank! Boom!   Thoughts exploding from the Brain Knocking ink onto paper as the jar is tip ped.   Flowing? No. Splattering, pell-mell, helter-skelter onto . . . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:54:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950402 Maggie F. 2009-12-16T20:54:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949398 Concept, Title, Poem. No! Concept, Poem, Title! No! Poem, Concept, Title? Rarely. When, then? AllAtOnce! Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:22:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949398 Maggie F. 2009-12-16T06:22:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930071 [[Author's Note: I wrote this poem exclusively from the first words that people said to me on one particular day. I didn't rearrange or add anything, but I cut some. I just stopped at the point in the . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:13:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930071 Maggie F. 2009-12-04T04:13:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930057 "they need to get up to date," she said, "these KKK people who wanna go back. That's why i Hate southerners." while i can understand not liking those who Hate for a part of who i am, i do . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:02:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977930057 Maggie F. 2009-12-04T04:02:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929967 "The One, The Only, The Ultimate"   Maui Loki Das Ubermensch Iron Man   Up, Up, and A-why do we need a superhuman superhero? Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:24:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929967 Maggie F. 2009-12-04T02:24:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929937 A girl, out of Boredom, decides to write a poem that Can fit into a pre- Determined, traditional form. She thinks it might be Easy, maybe even Fast, but, still, she struggles Greatly with . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:00:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929937 Maggie F. 2009-12-04T02:00:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929898 My Soul rises to the top, and shines through all the rest of my body.   My Soul rises to the top, and reflects my true intentions.   My Soul rises to the top, and covers all my . . . Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:23:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977929898 Maggie F. 2009-12-04T01:23:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917701 Today I posted the following on my googlewave account, and invited everybody I'm friends with as a collaborator. I plan on following through, and will post the final result some time in the future. . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:53:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977917701 Maggie F. 2009-11-25T18:53:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915556 [[I decided to post this piece at every editing step, just so anybody who reads my stuff on a regular basis has an idea of how things change. This also gives me the chance to get feedback from people . . . Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:03:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915556 Maggie F. 2009-11-24T14:03:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977913411 [[I decided to post this piece at every editing step, just so anybody who reads my stuff on a regular basis has an idea of how things change. This also gives me the chance to get feedback from people . . . Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:36:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977913411 Maggie F. 2009-11-23T07:36:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977908364 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 . . . Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977908364 Maggie F. 2009-11-19T13:02:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977902715 I am an anarchist of the most dangerous kind.   I believe not in destruction of property, but in destruction of arguments.   I live in an era of change in a city of . . . Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:32:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977902715 Maggie F. 2009-11-16T09:32:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884106 Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, but in all things that exist.   In all men women children people places things ideas there is an inherent beauty that can never . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:41:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884106 Maggie F. 2009-11-04T04:41:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977855980 Water crashing down in walls, Deserts dry as dust. What's become of our great world? Our cities all are rust- ing underwater where the sea has come ashore. Children cry, starving, with no cropland . . . Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:11:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977855980 Maggie F. 2009-10-16T05:11:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830237 I write for myself. Throughout my life, the one factor that has remained constant is that I write. From the first piece of non-preschool-homework paper I have in the binder titled "Story of My Life", . . . Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:35:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830237 Maggie F. 2009-09-29T07:35:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830200 There once was a girl. There have been many girls throughout time, but we'll be speaking of one particular girl. This girl left what she knew in hope of a better life. She did not immigrate to another . . . Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:36:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830200 Maggie F. 2009-09-29T06:36:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823567 I'm not so sure this is a better description of me than anything else I'd post, but I'll try it. What's there to lose?   The Real Me Survey: My personality The song to . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:12:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823567 Maggie F. 2009-09-23T18:12:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819027 When I was young, my mom would point across the street, at boys recently released from juvenile delinquent facilities, and back at it again already. She would say, "You see those kids? they're . . . Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:41:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977819027 Maggie F. 2009-09-19T21:41:24Z