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Thanks guys! Navita >> You got it -- twelve is an age. And why dramatic? No reason -- completely arbitrary. Thanks for your comments! talking of michelangelo outside in the ...

Thanks Kamas! twelve gethsemane of poppies, ruined by the heavy summer rain, and weeping ventricled petals – I am sorry that I didn't have longer to appreciate them. lasting into ...

Thanks lily! Here's some information on Depression glass -Kylan

I can't figure out Anthologies. So I'll just keep this thread up here. Have some poetry! carnival the water at the foot of the pier warps cold and desperate as ...

it is the first summer rain – the kind of rain that you can smell in the air, on the tip of the tongues of the clouds that turn gray, ...

Hey Holly! Thanks for your critique on "Bridges" -- I'm here to return the favor. So, like Navita, I enjoyed this poem for its brevity and sweetness, though, as she ...

it'd be great if you could give this a look. Thanks! -Kylan

Thanks Demsy! Yes, I knew the vocabulary would throw people off, but the idea is that it's being written by the main character at a later date, probably as an ...

(A/N: I was thinking of spliting this into two parts so it's a bit easier on the eyes, but it's really not the kind of story that can be split ...

So! Here we are! April 30th, the blessed end of the long distance sprint that is the National Poetry Writing Month challenge. How'd you do? Also, what did you learn? ...

april 30 gerta she lives in wisps, her hair tufted and white, like cotton boles picked for seeds. wearing her blue housedress, her hands resting alert and trembling in her ...

april 29 garage sale saturday afternoon, and the teaset that you claimed for the longest time came straight from the finest china-painters of beijing is being sold for twenty-five cents ...

An easy, simple poem. I love writing about storms -- there's so much lovely potential imagery. I particularly enjoyed lines like these: and lightning on white stilts clacked onto stuttering ...

Hey Nav, thanks for dropping by. >> No, the intended effect is never to go purposefully overboard. However, I was definitely trying to convey a feeling of heat and dryness ...

april 28 congo I.) you are too young to have these wrinkles – I trace estuaries of your skin, the crowsfooted eyes, the lines of latitude and longitude in which ...