Tag: short-form
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September 13, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
Smell of smoke and gunpowder filled the air. There were explosions all around the tower. Tom sounded the alarm and began returning fire, trying in vain to stop the screams of his fellow soldiers reaching . . . more
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August 22, 2006 09:15 AM EDT --
(Originally Published in The Providence Sunday Journal 4/27/97)
I once had an English teacher, a soft spoken lady, who in a one-on one dead-serious heart-to-heart talk warned me to avoid cliches like . . . more
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December 11, 2006 03:06 PM EST --
Bitter-almond mornings
spew poison
People crush my spirit
Fragmented woman
clawing her eyes out
So when they ask me
why I never
leave this room, I tell
them nothing. . .
shut the door . . . more
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December 14, 2006 02:45 PM EST --
Enchanted night draped with fresh snow
‘neath winter moon of milk that pours
silky webs, beauty to bestow,
like sparkling sand on foreign shores.
Like hooded druids stand the trees
marking . . . more
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December 28, 2006 06:22 PM EST --
How black lies the land in evening,
darkness bleeding into the soil
as sun ebbs, painting the trees with
with ebon brush, as shadows coil
Day has not left the sky, but is
taking the light . . . more
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March 03, 2007 05:01 PM EST --
Edward sat at the dinner table wondering how to present this to Marian.
Time was of the essence for he knew that she would be home soon
And she would know by the look on his face that . . . more
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October 08, 2006 01:35 PM EDT --
Lord,
Savior,
Almighty,
Abba Father,
every day I come
awake in joy, knowing
You love me, and I love You.
You are everything to me, Lord.
You blew breath into my being, Lord.
Every . . . more
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October 19, 2007 12:29 PM EDT --
Feeling a little dark today...could be the weather. But here's something that kind of spilled out today....a reflection on a suicide.
SO QUICK
Who knew that . . . more
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October 26, 2006 12:26 PM EDT --
Are you an aspiring author looking to become published on Amazon? Maybe a reader who got a breath of inspiration? Have you been taking extra time to fine tune your work? No matter which category . . . more
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August 21, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
It is with great excitement and honor that we announce the winners of the Short-Form Writing Competition for the month of July! We received hundreds of entries, running the literary gamut from poetry to . . . more
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September 01, 2006 11:50 AM EDT --
Congratulations to everyone who entered the Short-Form Writing Competition for the month of August! We again received hundreds of compelling entries from authors all vying for the chance . . . more
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January 22, 2008 03:38 PM EST --
Two of my favorite movies are "Back to the Future" and "It's a Wonderful Life". Both are heartwarming tales of how different the world and the lives of others would be if not for . . . more
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October 08, 2006 01:21 PM EDT --
I decided to invent another Wolfie form - the Wolfie2.
This form is 3 lines of 3 syllables, 5 syllables, 5 syllables.
Wolfie2s are less formal and may be about people
Eyes closed tight, . . . more
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December 18, 2006 12:12 PM EST --
Being kind to her
hurts the throat.
Her self-hate is so solid,
it will not soften,
even at praise well meant.
She dares you to
convince her.
In the end you hate her
for her insistence
. . . more
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December 19, 2006 12:24 PM EST --
How is it that age
does not drape itself
around me until I spy
myself in a looking glass?
Do I carry those years,
or do they carry me?
more
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January 03, 2007 10:10 PM EST --
Savage silken whispers
laving lies like butter on toast
Real?
My imagination?
Whispers that tickle my ear
with their suppositions
and manifestations
They hate me
Drive me
Connive
Thrive
Survive . . . more
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January 13, 2007 04:38 PM EST --
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August 10, 2008 12:17 AM EDT --
Snippets Crew Highlights!
Welcome in all of our NEW MEMBERS to
The Snippets Crew !
Here's a FIRST Flaming~Style Snippet
from ~ Michelle . . .
Have you been on line too . . . more
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October 10, 2006 01:20 PM EDT --
Wee cottage in the heather
with wood smoke curling high.
Aroma of baking cookies meets
all those who happen to pass by.
Gleaming windows catch the sun,
curtains are flags in the breeze.
clothesline . . . more
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October 10, 2006 02:27 PM EDT --
morning
snuck away
without stopping
more
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