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Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Does the best poetry come from the heart or from the mind?: 8 of 103

Poetry, quite intrinsically, based on what it is, can only come from the heart. Poetry is about feeling and emotion and how things are in the world of the writer. That having been said, introductory, I am not insinuating that the mind plays no part in the overall process. After all, without the mind the syntax and meter and ...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Vampires: 19 of 127

Darkness fell over his eyes as night descended once more upon his mind. His brain became opaque to all thoughts and he squinted maliciously. All his nerve endings and his skin seared in flaming agony. And then, all for him was lost. A flash of cold and goose flesh rippled across the whole of his body. His eyes jolted open wi...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Birds: 41 of 139

the bluebird sings its rainbow song as the clouds storm their sunshine droplets on the exterior side of the window of life speaking to lavender flowers bathing like kittens playing in green sugary grasses of autumns steel warmth as the cockroaches concentrated to invade the dusty palace of post nuclear planet earth
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: God: 72 of 186

I have no wealth of soul I am not rich of heart nor do I covet any treasure lying in wait on false hope and those hollow promises you have made your book is not good as many say it is but lies and deceit and treachery all your masks disgust me as you make your wicked followers your blessed one's and they worship you in their...
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Why fantasy novels are overlooked: 4 of 10

As an unfortunate observation, I suppose it is true that there is little room in this world for fantasy stories. One may assume a plethora of different reasons. The simplest and most basal of these may well be the fact that as we stand as a culture and country we are predisposed to the realities of profit, money, corporation...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) Should fathers be able to opt out of parenthood?: 22 of 52

That is just one hell of a question there. As a father of three I am sure I am bias, however I'm also certain that many of the women writing to this topic are also, for one reason or another, just as bias. As a man I could never imagine spawning an offspring and then having the were withal to abandon said progeny, but that's...
Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Why is poetry so hard to define?: 23 of 54

Poetry is not hard to define. Poetry is everything and everyone. It is every moment that all persons hold. The virtual inability to define it is what DOES define it. A novel, long-winded and oft-times overly descriptive, is easy to define as it concerns itself with the creation and path of a singular group of characters. Ima...
Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes Classical music's youth revival: 2 of 4

The revival of classical music has little to nothing to do with the age of its listener. Nor do I believe that there is really a revival to be made. To me it is more about a continuation of grand music being played by real people with actual instruments. Classical music is still around us everyday. Sure the music industry ma...
Education > Early Childhood Ed Should school systems move to full-day kindergarten programs?: 20 of 39

As a father to three wonderful children at or under the age of seven (I have twin boys) I would very robustly say that I am an advocate for all day kindergarten. My boys, being seven, have already successfully completed their first year of school. At that time our district only had half-day classes. As my wife and I both wor...
Health & Fitness > Alcoholism How drinking can become a habit: 8 of 14

As a simple statement, it is not really hard for the consumption of grain alcohols to become a daily ritual with most people. As an example, I give you myself. For the past twelve years of my life (minus the last 10 days and a brief hiatus in the local jail; drunk driving of course) I drank daily. Some days it was quite heav...