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AlfredSymon

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  • Writing Activities Re: Haiku Battle

    Count the syllables, found anything wrong with them? Maybe you would.

    Feb 3, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: 20 day challenge

    I'll give it a go!

    Feb 3, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Poem Spot - [ on the spot ]

    One Four Three Two Seven One, four, three, Sixteen Twelve Two, two, two.

    Feb 3, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Do-It-Yourself Obituaries!

    Albert Clavius Will someone please take his body away? He's been at the funeral for six months now.

    Feb 1, 2013
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Would you keep reading?

    Is it a line or a paragraph/stanza? Well, anyways, sorry for not replying as fast as I can; I've actually read this passage before, but I only got the guts ...

    Feb 1, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Hello, my name is...

    Hello, my name is Chuck, that's all.

    Jan 31, 2013
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Prompt Attack

    ^ That is hard. Thanks for the challenge, Ms. Audy :) Prompt : Write a limerick about the French revolution. Vreak ve rulez and make it az zerias as you ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game [2]

    Elli woke from a terrible nightmare of haze and death and found herself in a dark and dank cave. She waited for a while for Nigmant and Ferrefous, but she ...

    Jan 26, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: You know you're a writer when...

    When coffee, tea and any other caffeinated beverages are your favorite drinks.

    Jan 24, 2013
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Alphabet Altercations

    Greenness, the color my hearts lack greatly. No life, no sound, no lithe. Ghastly is now my image and forgotten is my time. God, can I ask for a chance ...

    Jan 23, 2013
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Prompt Attack

    in a very short couplet, describe the confusing depths of the human mind, their perception of the things around them and the world they live in. Yes, in a couplet, ...

    Jan 23, 2013
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Essential free book websites for those low on funds

    Goodness, dearest! It is only now that I've opened and read this thread! Time to scour those websites for something worthwhile!

    Jan 23, 2013
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading?

    Hey Priceless, I'm pretty happy with your philosophy! You're absolutely write , lot's of us (might even be all) are readers! Right now, I'm finishing the Mitch Albom's The Timekeeper. ...

    Jan 21, 2013
  • Poetry Discussion Re: -

    Leaves are green, the trunk, a brown, the fruits, soft and precious in pink and yellow. Do you fervor the wonders of the tree? It's colors wavering and glowing like ...

    Jan 21, 2013
  • Writing Activities Re: Poem Spot - [ on the spot ]

    .........................................I pick, I fold, I love and tell what is told.............. ...................I breathe, I see, I know what it is to be................. patterns--picky-pack-p

    Jan 17, 2013


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