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Hey there from Canada, eh?

Long ago, when the world was young and so was I, I told everybody who would listen that I wanted to be "an author" when I grew up, not a writer,because I knew perfectly well that writers write, but authors were the ones who got published!

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Should fathers be able to opt out of parenthood?: 2 of 52

Life as a single parent requires raising children with fewer personal resources. Two people living together can supply more time, energy, and money to meet children's needs than one. Although children can be raised successfully by a single parent to be responsible adults, there is pressure for a sole parent to supply double ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Mixed emotions: 4 of 89

How Am I Feeling? Verbose today, quite close to witty, though jittery, restless, really rambling relentlessly. I interrupt, again, apologize extensively, so sorry, not intended. Backing out of that conversing group damning thoughts Depressed today, quite close to desperate, though stumbling, grasping, really reaching out rec...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Long distance relationships: 3 of 65

Absence Seven-digit memory, Worn exhausted entry, You are gone. Voice mail is no substitute, Lacking contact, context, Touch love sight. Simply numbers, simply name - plainly everything has changed. Still your sound is what I crave today more than blood. Empty tape behind the tone, my embrace is there, on your late unanswere...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: False reality: 3 of 48

Belief System I believe I'm deceived more than often by myself. I declare it's not fair that my vision is untrue to who I am. I believe I've received more than my part of this pain we endure to procure an existence they call life breathe in and out. We survive just alive. That's what I believe, sometimes.
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Prejudice: 4 of 31

Tittering leans forward, conspiratorially confident of my complicity, "A raghead, right behind you!" Would she say nigger or fag or jap too? or does only war provide permission for gleeful prejudice? Has self-righteous religion twisted our gospel love to hate, unrecognizable? Still, our sisterhood is understood, so she waits...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Heredity: 1 of 3

Prison cells Heredity passed the hurt to you my eyes his smile our gift combo of chromosomes, defective chain my link his link your curse Useless regret useless attempt To grasp your soul to hold it to my heart Grief generations had deferred To you to us to her Another claim inhabited you love Your skin your gut your lungs B...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Words: 85 of 236

we are not what we eat, but what we say: hate, hit, hurt hard words listen, laugh, love soft words hurtful, helpful, hopeful my words my mouth is me. as I speak, so I am. who am I today?
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sinking: 19 of 50

Feeding the Dragon Insatiable nervousness suspended violently trembling threatening void below. He waits, thrashing tail clicking claws restless. Offering, cautiously lowered. Offering, frantic prayers. Bait or sacrifice, snatched.
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Vanity: 15 of 36

Vanity Unfair Vanity is everything. Shopping malls Bingo halls Magazines Social scenes Big Box stores Righteous wars Vanity is everything. Cars and bars and moisturizer jars scream desperation in a shallow nation. Botox faces Weight-loss races Illuminate our insecurities. Everything is vanity. Talk show hosts Web log posts O...
Arts & Humanities > The World Wars How Jewish children were treated differently than adults during the Holocaust: 1 of 1

Under Hitler's ruthless regime, Jewish children were subject to the same horrific treatment as Jewish adults. Starving in crowded ghettos, packed into stifling cattle cars, and murdered in Nazi gas chambers, children suffered along with their parents throughout the Holocaust. There was no mercy extended to the young and vuln...