http://writingforme.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Writing Is My Passion en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:05:42 GMT 2010-01-05T09:05:42Z 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=281474977976631&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Black outs I breathe mist. The tunnel of winter spreads for fallen leaves, wintry angels, fading vagrants. I breathe mist while everything blackens; evanesces. Here, at this . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:53:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976631&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-05T00:53:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976283&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   An Introduction to Guilt Reduction Guilt is just an easy out, There’s nothing to be gained; Ruminations not resolved Simply add onto your pain. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:54:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976283&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-04T21:54:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976243&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace I love running I hate running The rush, the wind The anxiety, the nerves My release My escape Legs throbbing Heart pounding Speed Fear No racing Mind racing Nothing to run from . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:14:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976243&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Lindsay Renée Camilla G. 2010-01-04T21:14:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975972&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace I am not trying to belittle the Hudson river airline pilots achievement last year when he managed to  land a plane on an icy river and allow all of his passengers and crew to be  rescued from . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:06:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975972&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace REGGIE R. 2010-01-04T18:06:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975923&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   Evidence of the Thought Process There’s a difference between what one thinks and one’s actions; The first can move people, the latter moves mountains. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:52:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975923&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-04T17:52:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975191&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace In Legends of eld, three women dealt with time. One was the Dreamer another the Scryer, and the third was the Seeker. They have also, in more modern times been called The Dreamer (she never . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:41:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975191&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Sharon P. 2010-01-04T07:41:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975325&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Yes. You are right. It definitely needs to be rearranged. And maybe the total renovation is even better.   You make all the necessary calculations through Excel and conclude . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:38:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975325&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T09:38:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975283&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   You decided to do business with somebody, but when in her office, you heard a secretary speak about her as about alien. Should you act from now on this suspicion or should you learn for sure . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:57:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975283&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:57:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975282&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Last month was the first off-line meeting of "Be Funny" club. Everybody told a joke. Some of them were even funny and I laughed.   My turn now. I stand up. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:55:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975282&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:55:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975280&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   To be a good buyer is not easy.   I know. I am one of them. One of 'Good Consumers Association'. You know, those people, whom the surveyors phone last and . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:53:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975280&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:53:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975274&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   Why did you say that?   You could be silent. Does it matter if you are right or not? All the time, that being wrong keeps peace in the family, why do you have . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:48:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975274&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2010-01-04T08:48:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975238&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace One thousand or so masks are in front of me. Probably, one thousand or so will be gain. They all fit me, and only me. Until one day death will come - And scatter my . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:13:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975238&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Christine D. 2010-01-04T08:13:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975136&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Stare out the window What do you see? Desert Snow Mountains Fields Look closer Wildlife Plants Animals People No Closer What do you see? A world The world Our world Our home This is our backyard . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:28:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975136&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Lindsay Renée Camilla G. 2010-01-04T06:28:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975130&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Me. I. Lindsay. 2010. Change. Selfish. These are important ideas This is the year of me What I want Who I want My happiness is at stake Things I need Striving to survive No matter what . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:26:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975130&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Lindsay Renée Camilla G. 2010-01-04T06:26:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975117&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Welcome to My Week of December 27, 2009 to January 2, 2010 What I Loved... My new diet which is now vegetarian!  I used to be that way for five years before I fell off the wagon.  I am . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:13:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975117&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace T W. 2010-01-04T06:13:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975112&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Welcome to My Week of December 20th to December 26th of 2009 What I Loved........... Watching some silent movies.  They were my first closed captioned movies when I was little.  I remember . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:06:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975112&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace T W. 2010-01-04T06:06:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974747&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace He  Lives  In   a  Bottle, Somewhere  in  the  mountains ; And  drinks  to  face  the  day. Then  he  drinks  . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:47:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974747&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Lonnie F. 2010-01-04T01:47:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974777&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Bitter taste of an afternoon A moment streams down the roof. The noise of rain enters. The northern window opens its thirst. Is it you homing? is it you a drenched bird is . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:01:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974777&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-04T01:01:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974324&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace it is so hollow the place where once lived my heart waiting your return is there any meaning left your absence   leaves just a void   Michelle Wooten © 1-3-10 . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:35:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977974324&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Michelle W. 2010-01-03T17:35:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973644&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   Assassins of Our Future (The Bullet) Perhaps it lies upon some shelf, Or in a box, or drawer Innocent, sitting alone I should think Just past . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:00:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973644&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-03T06:00:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973403&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   The child we leave I go down gradually; go under. Drown. The pregnant river radiates my soul.   I know I am waiting on the pier; a child. Two boats playfully . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:10:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973403&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-03T01:10:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973051&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   Rebuttal to Invictus I am the Captain of  my Soul But the Owner of the ship Controls the nuts and bolts of Self; Destination and length of . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:23:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973051&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-02T19:23:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973062&grpId=3659174697251349&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=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace MaryBeth W. 2010-01-02T19:22:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972691&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   The Picture Poem The “Big Picture” lies in the details Of the bumblebee’s gossamer wings, A spider’s web framed in the moonlight, And other . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:14:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972691&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-02T18:14:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972713&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace She resides at the heart of darkness - within the confines of blasphemy. The walls are painted bright by the color of anticipated larceny. She creates melody in bed but doesn't lend her voice . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:57:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972713&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Ratan . 2010-01-02T14:57:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972661&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   Prismatic Awareness Prismatic Awareness occurs when a person comes to know and/or become conscious that there is a Producer of Light; that Man, as well as all material objects . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:29:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972661&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Greg Wright 2010-01-02T14:29:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972093&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   Inteview l Chat l Book Giveaway at <a href=" http://www.pumpupyourbook.com">Pump Up Your Book</a></p> <p><strong>Tuesday, Jan. 5</strong><br /> Guest . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:48:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972093&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Kim S. 2010-01-02T04:48:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971930&grpId=3659174697251349&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=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-02T00:59:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971928&grpId=3659174697251349&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=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Michelle W. 2010-01-02T00:55:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971773&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace   Submitted in response to the Friday Gather Writing Essentials prompt by Nancy L. This is the New Year's column I wrote last year for my hometown newspaper. I'm happy to say, this resolution . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:53:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971773&grpId=3659174697251349&nav=Groupspace Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams 2010-01-01T21:53:08Z