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  • The Day All the Roses Died

    NOTE: Go to the end of the thread for the most recent version of this poem. The Day all the Roses Died One day all the roses died. Not all ...

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  • Foundation: False

    Foundation: False One day came a change, One day, something strange. A little fact of life went wrong, A little fact, but its grip was strong. A certainty that I ...

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  • A Burning Cigarette / I have judged

    A Burning Cigarette / I have judged The train grinds to a halt at the station. I look out the window, watching the people. A woman steps to the door, ...

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  • A Test of Metal

    A Test of Metal For all the ordeals of character that might arise, There is not much more telling than the threat of demise For some they are few and ...

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  • Grounds for Arrest

    Before I start the story, I just want to indicate what specific feedback I am looking for. I want to know if the idea for this story is sound. Does ...

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  • An Old Leather Binder

    I'm not sure if this is dramatic poetry, but I think its closer to that then Other is, so I'm posting it here. An Old Leather Binder An old leather ...

    1 min read
  • Starbucks Coffee Cups

    Starbucks Coffee Cups Ryan Workman Three Starbucks coffee cups, sitting beside a concrete wall, One large, one medium, one small. There’s a story in the Styrofoam, In the tidy little ...

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Too often we crave the extraordinary in life, without even learning how to cherish the ordinary first. Friend, I promise you this: if you can learn to take joy in the simple mundane things in life, the extraordinary will take care of itself, it'll be on its way, hurrying towards you. But if you skip the first part, it'll ever evade you.
— Arcticus