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*Whispering to Molly, "We are!"*That deal is broke. If he isn't keeping his mouth clean, and that's all up in my face, what else doesn't he keep clean?
Would you ignore someone's phone calls,
and then when they say they called you,
you pretend like you have been having problems with your cell service?
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Not literally. But, there was this moment when... Well, that's another story.
When you look at the moon, who do you think of?
When you look at the moon, who do you think of?
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Not if they are going to make a scene about it. 
Would you ever get up in the middle of the night to play in fresh snow?
Would you ever get up in the middle of the night to play in fresh snow?
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Quote by LittleMollyQuote by AvrgBlkGrl
The question is...
Would you, could you, give up that last bite of your favorite piece of meat for love (or tell that love of yours that she/he should have ordered some of their own--after all you are paying)?
I'd rather cut it in half and share. If I couldn't cut it I would give to them. I'm sure they would appreciate it and share some of my favorite piece of meat later.
Hi lovely Molly!
You're supposed to leave a question too.
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Hey, I like wobbly bits. But, that's probably something for another thread.73RVebBZ1gD2Dnzd
I would climb every mountain and cross every sea without a second thought for love. I'm stupid like that.3ta939As70PeWRSK
The question is...
Would you, could you, give up that last bite of your favorite piece of meat for love (or tell that love of yours that she/he should have ordered some of their own--after all you are paying)?
I would climb every mountain and cross every sea without a second thought for love. I'm stupid like that.3ta939As70PeWRSK
The question is...
Would you, could you, give up that last bite of your favorite piece of meat for love (or tell that love of yours that she/he should have ordered some of their own--after all you are paying)?
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BLUE http://www.storiesspace.com/blue
Our very own Saga is the hardest working chick on Stories Space.
You just don't know how much she does around here.
And she is so sensitive--to everyone.
The girl has heart, and can write too!
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Right now, I really need to get off of this pad and go get ready. Date night!!
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It depends on how good their hygiene is.
Would you ever protest in the nude, if it guaranteed success?
Would you ever protest in the nude, if it guaranteed success?
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I'm a letter writing, thank you card giving and a short-note card delivering fool!! Doesn't it just make you feel better when someone gives you something like that? I have stationary and note cards special made. I like quality stock. It's a lost art and the ultimate act of sincere consideration. I have a beautiful script as well as print, which comes from being made practice my handwriting repeatedly as I was growing up. It is a lost art.
I still do use all of the faster ways to communicate. Hey they are handy. I may not answer my phone, but I answer my emails and texts. However, when I want to make a lasting impression or to really place a pause in someone's day, I give them something they can touch, feel and see me in. Letter writing and notes do that.
My son was not even taught how to write in cursive in school. I was taught that in the third grade and from that point it was a requirement. When I realized that he could not read some script writing, I made him learn. That's right, I pulled out those huge three-line tablets and taught him myself. I also made him practice his printing like crazy. Now if he chooses to use it, that's his choice. He may not. Good handwriting is necessary to clear communication. So much can be lost in the brevity of texting and emailing.
Don't get me started on text speak.
I still do use all of the faster ways to communicate. Hey they are handy. I may not answer my phone, but I answer my emails and texts. However, when I want to make a lasting impression or to really place a pause in someone's day, I give them something they can touch, feel and see me in. Letter writing and notes do that.
My son was not even taught how to write in cursive in school. I was taught that in the third grade and from that point it was a requirement. When I realized that he could not read some script writing, I made him learn. That's right, I pulled out those huge three-line tablets and taught him myself. I also made him practice his printing like crazy. Now if he chooses to use it, that's his choice. He may not. Good handwriting is necessary to clear communication. So much can be lost in the brevity of texting and emailing.
Don't get me started on text speak.
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I'm bumping this back up to the top. If you write, if you submit here, please take time out to read the article. DirtyMartini always chooses some excellent aids.
Too, it doesn't hurt to find yourself a beta buddy. Four, six, eight eyes are better than two. I don't care how long you have been writing or how good you think you are at it.
Some weaknesses you are aware of. If you are not than you need to start writing down mistakes you have made. If you find that you are consistently doing something, put it on your "List". Each and every time you even consider submitting something, review your list and proofread your work. I know that I have problems with shift tenses. I have to be conscious of the fact that I will shift them and never even realize it, even when I proof. The best writers know their own weaknesses even if they are never really able to completely get rid of them. At least then, you know what to look for.
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Too, it doesn't hurt to find yourself a beta buddy. Four, six, eight eyes are better than two. I don't care how long you have been writing or how good you think you are at it.
Some weaknesses you are aware of. If you are not than you need to start writing down mistakes you have made. If you find that you are consistently doing something, put it on your "List". Each and every time you even consider submitting something, review your list and proofread your work. I know that I have problems with shift tenses. I have to be conscious of the fact that I will shift them and never even realize it, even when I proof. The best writers know their own weaknesses even if they are never really able to completely get rid of them. At least then, you know what to look for.
Happy Writing
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The key thing is that you noticed and that means that your reader most likely notices as well. Sometimes repetition can act as a functioning part of the story. For example, the title of one of my short stories is "Want". I use the word want often, it has a key function in the story itself. I use it to benefit the story. Still, I had to be careful to not over use it. It had to be necessary. If repetition has no function within your story then you need to avoid it. Vary your word usage, show instead of tell. This is where creativity comes into play--how to say the same thing a different way. But first, make sure that saying the same thing is necessary in the first place.
One of my favorite writers, Toni Morrison, says that she constantly shaves off wordage. If she can remove something and it does not change the story, then it was not necessary. Every word should have a necessity to it. It should be there because it is needed. I try to remember that when I am writing pros but especially when writing poetry.
One of my favorite writers, Toni Morrison, says that she constantly shaves off wordage. If she can remove something and it does not change the story, then it was not necessary. Every word should have a necessity to it. It should be there because it is needed. I try to remember that when I am writing pros but especially when writing poetry.
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I love each answer to this question and feel these words move my heart. So I shall try and explain what a poem is to me.
To read someone words is a great honor to me. I get to see into that persons mind, heart and soul. Even the rambling as you say. It is beautiful to me. When I write. It feels as if I can not put the pen down until I am finished. Good or bad. Most times I know not what I have wrote until I read it.After I am finished lol strange but true. A poem or story is like a beautiful gift. I treasure it. Passion is a word I love. That is the word that comes to my mind and soul. I also have some poems I am not so proud of and some I love as I would a child. I have read others work and wept like my heart was breaking, and it did.... That is beautiful. It is an honor for me for someone to comment on my poem. The comment good or bad I know I touched a persons life and make them feel emotion. I am proud to be on this site with so many that is so gifted. Thank you for allowing me to express a little of what is in my heart. My soul. My mind. In one word it is .......ME
I think I love you Mary Ruth
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It's our art and we should revel in it, celebrate it and not question it
Exactly, concentrate on the art of it. Everything else is just semantics.
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I tend to side with Sherzahd. Poetry is an art form, as is pros. It is really hard to teach someone to be a truly fine poet. There is a natural, unexplainable, element that some have with little effort and some never achieve. However, that doesn't mean that it can't be taught. Like the study of art, there are techniques to be studied, guides for style, training and constant fine tuning. Like art, not just anything and everything the artist thought worthy makes it to the museum wall or any wall at all. To most artists, that's nice, but not necessary. Their desire to create is what drives them. The ironic thing is, if you read the personal writings of many great poets, you will find that for them the most important thing was that they write. They had to. They would have been doing it without the recognition anyway.
Just as there are many levels of education and intellect, there are many levels of poetry. I'd never assume the right to judge what level it should be written on, it depends on the writer and the reader. Journalism rules don't apply. The simplicity of "The Red Wheelbarrow" or "This is Just to Say" can't be paralleled to "Song of Myself". William Carlos Williams and Walt Whitman are both brilliant and all three poems are profound--one with a minimum of language and the other with the extreme. Someone might read either and say, "What's the point?" But, you will be fixed to find a survey American anthology of poetry without them in it. Why? Because they are exemplary.
And, that's poetry.
I'm curious, you speak as if the fact that your poetry may or may not make a point doesn't matter. Then why does what we think matter? We ain't (yeah I said ain't) nobody.
Concentrate on the art of it.
Just as there are many levels of education and intellect, there are many levels of poetry. I'd never assume the right to judge what level it should be written on, it depends on the writer and the reader. Journalism rules don't apply. The simplicity of "The Red Wheelbarrow" or "This is Just to Say" can't be paralleled to "Song of Myself". William Carlos Williams and Walt Whitman are both brilliant and all three poems are profound--one with a minimum of language and the other with the extreme. Someone might read either and say, "What's the point?" But, you will be fixed to find a survey American anthology of poetry without them in it. Why? Because they are exemplary.
And, that's poetry.
I'm curious, you speak as if the fact that your poetry may or may not make a point doesn't matter. Then why does what we think matter? We ain't (yeah I said ain't) nobody.
Concentrate on the art of it.
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Fluency
(edited)
I am fluent in many languages
Communication
A key
A way
To bring you within
With the shift of my tongue
The curve of my lips
An intonation of my melody
To have you "get" me
And desire to give
A chance
To be fluent
In you
~ABG
(edited)
I am fluent in many languages
Communication
A key
A way
To bring you within
With the shift of my tongue
The curve of my lips
An intonation of my melody
To have you "get" me
And desire to give
A chance
To be fluent
In you
~ABG
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In general it is "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan
For my son it's "Bring Em Out" by T.I.
For my husband it's "He Is" by Heather Headley
For my mom it's "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
For my son it's "Bring Em Out" by T.I.
For my husband it's "He Is" by Heather Headley
For my mom it's "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley
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My panties and bra have to be a matching set.
My make-up has to be applied in a certain order.
When shopping, I never pull the first thing from a shelf. I feel as if they are either shop worn,
touched far too much by others or a return. I always dig two or three back. Same thing with
books and magazines.
I've been doing the same morning stretches, in the same order before my morning
run for years.
"I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross plays in my mind before every major guest lecture program or panel I participate in, or speech I give. Suddenly I'm not nervous, back's straight and head is high with a sly smile.
Don't get me started on my skin care regiment. 👀
My make-up has to be applied in a certain order.
When shopping, I never pull the first thing from a shelf. I feel as if they are either shop worn,
touched far too much by others or a return. I always dig two or three back. Same thing with
books and magazines.
I've been doing the same morning stretches, in the same order before my morning
run for years.
"I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross plays in my mind before every major guest lecture program or panel I participate in, or speech I give. Suddenly I'm not nervous, back's straight and head is high with a sly smile.
Don't get me started on my skin care regiment. 👀
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I love Steffanie's response best, making sandwiches. Three of my favorite writers, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood, say that the simple act of washing dishes is a source of inspiration for them. An act so simple and necessary can highlight the complexities of life, give it order and clarity. I love the thought of that. Although, I have to admit that I hate washing dishes and thoroughly appreciate my dishwasher and housekeeper. Sometimes the simplest acts, the most basic activities or conversations can give me the most profound ideas. I love to watch people and their reactions. That along with personal experience, the ability to empathize to the point of feeling someone else's feelings and my imagination take it from there. I am careful. I'm a firm believer in that not every random thought or general realization is worthy of sharing. I won't use my art as an excuse to have my ramblings inflicted on others. When something stays with me, develops fully and says something that is provoking, I'll go with it and see it to some form of completion.
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I don't know...did a quick Google search, and I get a lot of this...it's a frequently posted quote, and I do have the patience at the moment to figure out the actual author...do you know?
“Nobody will ever love you as much as an artist can. On your worst days, they will find poetry in the knots of your hair.”
— That Could Have Been Me (k.p.k)
Sillly, anyone that knows poetry knows that poem. What do you know about the author of the poem that "you" presented? She's good. I couldn't find her anywhere.
EDIT: I found her blog.
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Wow. That one is good. What do you know about the writer? It reminded me of this (same inspiration I believe, but different spirit):
Nobody will ever love you as much as an artist can.
On your worst days,
they will find poetry in your body,
consume you until you are complete
and strong enough to face the world
once more.
No one will ever love you
as much as me.
Nobody will ever love you as much as an artist can.
On your worst days,
they will find poetry in your body,
consume you until you are complete
and strong enough to face the world
once more.
No one will ever love you
as much as me.
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AM, you know I luvs you don't'cha--always.
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AvrgBlkGrl is the single most talented poet that I have ever known. She has a unique gift that has actually on more than one occasion reduced me to tears by the sheer power of her words.
She is smart, funny and has a heart that is huge as well as beautiful.
It is not often in my life that I have ever felt honoured. But since meeting her, It has become an everyday experience.