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Gahks

  • Lyric Poetry Re: The Authentic

    The Authentic “Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.” – David ...

    Oct 16, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Find Out What Grade Level You Write At

    An abstract of a course I've written got Grade 17 and Reading Ease score of 15. On the other hand, the poem below (which I wrote) got Grade 9 and ...

    Jun 23, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Starting a novel with a death? (Question)

    Pretty much everything that's already been said on the subject of opening a novel with a death is what I wanted to say, so instead I offer an alternative. Instead ...

    Jun 23, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Short rules for aspiring writers from famous authors

    I'd contribute a quotation from the great playwright Samuel Beckett: "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."

    Jun 23, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Satire.

    I've written an entire course on satire, so hopefully I should be of help! The first thing to note is what the definition of 'satire' actually is. Wikipedia, TV Tropes ...

    Jun 23, 2011
  • Writing Tips Re: Any Exceptional Books About Writing?

    "The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers" by Christopher Vogler. Originally intended as a screenwriting manual, but it'll be of use to writers of any genre, I'm sure.

    Jun 22, 2011
  • Official Polls Re: Do you have a Twitter account?

    I has facebook, but not Twitter. :p

    Jun 22, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Gahks' NaPo Poems

    #7: je veux savoir pourquoi tu m’abandonnes parmi les cris de la nuit pourquoi tu sors si soudain, disant rien de ta disparition pourquoi tu veux me voir mais tu ...

    Apr 19, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Gahks' NaPo Poems

    #6: night in antarctica surrounded by white and the rest is silence

    Apr 17, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Gahks' NaPo Poems

    #5: Light You seem to take me for a trick of the light, but I am here beside you, trailing a slow current of breath skywards. Morning is creeping up ...

    Apr 16, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Gahks' NaPo Poems

    #4: Dance Should we be dancing like this to time’s metronome, our lives held in ballroom hold, our feet shuffling on the floor as if tomorrow were some blurred-out poster ...

    Apr 15, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Gahks' NaPo Poems

    #3: Design My design for living: you and me building a home for each other inside each other. We’d furnish the rooms with sofas purpled in cosy dreams, lamps that ...

    Apr 13, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Gahks' NaPo Poems

    #2 early in the morning emerging from drunk-miasma I awake to find the city seesawing beneath me - my arms flounder in an ocean of crystal blue sky drowning in ...

    Apr 13, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: biros in a half-shell

    You do terrific poetry. I love it. ^_____________^

    Apr 11, 2011
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Gahks' NaPo Poems

    Okay, so here's where I'll be throwing in my contributions to the NaPo madness. #1: On the First Month Anniversary of the Japan Earthquake, 2011 In the vacancy of buildings ...

    Apr 11, 2011


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