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Gah, I'm so behind on this. I edited in April 2, but here's today's, written in a rush and based off of Slaughterhouse 5 :p : April 7th: Sorry About ...

I'm a day behind, but hey--that's way closer than I am to keeping on top of my own NaPo, so ha :p *falls asleep on keyboard* This is beginning to ...

you're definitely working on all the right things, my only advice now is to focus on boiling away anything that doesn't definitely add to the piece, until you're left with ...

Calculators Lie Hail, comet launcher; aim for knuckle-whites whisper between puffs: This is not a pipe Hail, comet launcher; press down on closed eyes saying as the thread slips through: ...

Ah! Thanks Zee, I've no idea why, but the spacing was awful. Fixed it now!

Am I allowed to use this to announce a return, as well? Here it is, then :p Granted, I'll only be on on weekends for a while, but it's a ...

I have to say Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, simply because you should read that anyway, and it happens to meet the requirements ;)

The italicized parts are spoken (they're from Lolita, by the by). Oh, and bolded = chorus ~~~~ You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style... I ...

Written from the perspective of Ted Hughes, her husband, after her death. And Ariel smiled at me Tooth-marked cheek, ..... oh, so cheeked-- with pushing poles down wet velvet; There, ...

My apologies for removing this, it's back in now. And thanks again to everyone who gave such lovely feedback!

the one-sentence, one-line format is really killing the flow here, so perhaps work on loosening that up. Beyond that, work on being fresh and original in what you do. Don't ...

Zee! I already talked to you on MSN about some of these, but I thought I'd stick my nose in your thread all the same :D. the 3rd is lovely, ...

I admit right now that I didn't read through this thread, so I'll just jump in with my experiences :p I participated in NaPo last year, and it helped me ...

these past four years have been four wasted, my dear. Lovely stuff. You've a knack for being blunt in a beautiful way. Like taking the contrasts of Remarque and squishing ...

Well, here I am. I've not written since I was last here, really, save one poem. So this NaPo is going to be something of a sink or swim, poetically. ...