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I just want to write for a living. If this site can help me, so be it. If it can't, what have I lost? My blog can be read here:
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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Hometowns: 1 of 30
You Are Now Here This is not a town; The trees were cut To board windows shut. The silos were knocked down. No barns were razed, Just left to rot. The farms were bought By co-ops, unfazed. Where did they go? Old women sighed When old men died. Children abducted by Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit. The crops still yield But onl... More..
Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Readers share their favorite novels: 2 of 56
My initial reaction to this topic was to wonder why anyone ought to care what my favorite novels might be. Then I found myself curious about the favorite novels of other writers, people I've never met and probably never will. So I suppose if I'm interested in the literary choices of strangers, someone else may feel the same ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) Is the recent increase in natural disasters God's judgement?: 1 of 23
Can an increase in natural disasters be clearly demonstrated? Perhaps this perceived rise in catstrophes is more a reflection of the speed of global communication and greater awareness of events on the other side of the world than any sort of dire warning, divine or otherwise. Recent high profile events like Hurricane Katrin... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Cats: 6 of 135
Laid Back Alfie You probably deserved better Than a toolshed to sun on And a wobbly chair to rest, But you were cool As the night in autumn, Too unruffled to protest. One day we tossed you in the car, Drove you to the Killer's Lair. If cats like you can't get in Heaven, They damn well best not send me there. More..
Relationships & Family > Gay & Lesbian Issues Are people born gay?: 6 of 102
The most that can be said thus far is there probably exists a genetic component to homosexuality. However, no single "gay gene" or has ever been identified as the cause of homosexual behavior. In short, no one knows for certain if people are born gay or decide to be gay, though perhaps the most likely truth is a combination ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Death: 49 of 693
Funeral At Sea I attended a funeral at sea. There was no ship resembling a hearse, Nor a line of boats following behind. Coast guards on jet skis Did not halt marine traffic. No minister delivered a sermon; No words hovered above the water To be cast away by the ocean breeze, And not a single gun, let alone twenty one. Only ... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Work: 1 of 12
HUMANS NEED NOT APPLY I walk on two legs and don't lay eggs So I can't be no reptile, No snake in the grass, no crocodile, Profile like a smile but get too close and you're toast. You only want sheep, dumb, you won't hear a peep from. Human beings don't get seen; the scam, the sham Is that Mary hired a little lamb. I don't t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Travel: 8 of 73
My Long Drive Home Looking forward, ever forward, Eyes glazed, feet cramped, Hands contorted to grasp the wheel, I inhale and think not of My knotted stomach, Which cries for an unpackaged meal. Sighing, my glassy eyes behold A red, blinking light Atop another silent skyline. And around it, expressways wind Over unwalked sid... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Work: 11 of 85
Office Ennui If only I could squeeze all the juice Out of the world and leave A Post-It note to my secretary saying, "Order me another." If I could watch the mail girl Dance all day to the rhythm Of the copy machine, I would not need heaven. Heaven, where a slash-and-burn plantation Sprout tulips and trumpets, Where Dizzy du... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Nighttime blues: 24 of 159
Eastside Saturday Night Sam Cooke said it best: "Another Saturday Night And I ain't got nobody." Is there a name for the grass That grows between The sidewalk and the street? Two teenage boys step across The crumbling curb and Bust bottles on the concrete. I shout at them from the upstairs window, Which stands open in the de... More..