in the belly of the beast     (Rated: E)
: Joy - 48K @ 11-19-09 @ 10:28pm
She crawls like an anaconda to cut a path in the fertile soil of his imagination to make him forget his hunt for monkeys.

Prelude to a Second Chance     (Rated: 13+)
: Stik says Gobble Up @ 11-08-09 @ 1:46pm
All bad jokes aside, I want to voice my concerns about his love (lust?) to someone...but who?

Lincoln Speaks...on All Hallows Eve     (Rated: 18+)
: Joy - 48K @ 11-05-09 @ 10:55am
The sun fires up, scorching the hillside. A blitzkrieg of voices rise in panic. A firemen shouts, "Get out of here! Quick!"

Blessed     (Rated: 13+)
: NOVAcatmando'ing NaNo... @ 10-26-09 @ 4:35pm
shadows and banjos / play through the wood’s shifting limbs / seedy tar heels run

Meeple's Fun & Games: Once Upon a Time     (Rated: E)
: Silva Shado: Go Blue NaNos Go! @ 10-25-09 @ 12:47pm
Though I planted the seed, it was everyone else's love and guidance that made the plant grow and blossom.

Penelope and the turkey     (Rated: E)
: alfred booth @ 10-25-09 @ 6:57am
Like invisible thoughts, the cones opened up and a tiny yellow powder spilled over the rocks, seeds to be carried, like ideas in a book, along the whims of the autumn wind.

Pass the Write-Baton     (Rated: 18+)
: Joy - 48K @ 10-24-09 @ 4:35pm
He cuts the melon in half, and scoops the seeds out. No other fruit will be as sweet as this one...ever.

2008; Years Later     (Rated: E)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 10-12-09 @ 1:57pm
fresh pine / scented green needles / poke through snow

NOVAcatmando's P.loggia     (Rated: 13+)
: NOVAcatmando'ing NaNo... @ 10-12-09 @ 1:24pm
pine nuts drowning in vinaigrette, held captive by chard, atop radicchio and romaine...

Moment     (Rated: 18+)
: Stik says Gobble Up @ 10-12-09 @ 1:03pm
Even though the situation is all around terrible, I can't help but snicker when I think about his pining for his castmate. His last name makes a great pun in this situation.

Pass the Write-Baton     (Rated: 18+)
: Joy - 48K @ 10-11-09 @ 6:13pm
She found a dry pine with roots, hauled it home, and cared for it as if it were alive. What do you know? Faith can really move mountains. In her garden, the pine came alive and flourished, turning into a gorgeous Christmas tree.

The 3rd Quill Awards: 2009 Edition     (Rated: ASR)
: Andrew C. - NaMuWriMo 3m54s @ 10-11-09 @ 12:20am
He shook his head. "Gold isn't bought with money." He glanced at the devastated jungle. "Gold is bought with blood."

Quotation Inspiration: Official Contest     (Rated: E)
: Joy - 48K @ 09-30-09 @ 6:40pm
Midas, Cheops, Ramses, and all those who came after them, your gold has melted into the earth like bird droppings.

Unchained Haiku     (Rated: 13+)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 09-30-09 @ 5:18pm
train whistle wakes me / on the wall shaking photos / loved ones rattling / (you never call)

Scream!     (Rated: 18+)
: mistaiNletoe @ 09-28-09 @ 8:24pm
We are burned - scolded, whistling mutated melodies.

The 3rd Quill Awards: 2009 Edition     (Rated: ASR)
: Silva Shado: Go Blue NaNos Go! @ 09-22-09 @ 11:16pm
Whistling a jaunty tune, I sit back and bask in golden glow. I am grateful for all the support, recognition and friendship I have been given. I can only pray I can give half as much in return.

On the Edge     (Rated: 13+)
: NOVAcatmando'ing NaNo... @ 09-22-09 @ 9:26am
backbreaking labor/ over the whistling hot water/ slaving away on irremovable stains/ for the Sisters of Mercy/ in a divine laundry-prison

15 for 15 Contest - Closed     (Rated: 18+)
: Joy - 48K @ 09-20-09 @ 3:11pm
Morning glories purse their mouths, shivering with dread, for the whistle of the wind warns of cooler days and the sap turning frigid in their veins.

Mama, What Is It?     (Rated: ASR)
: Smiling Sonali @ 09-20-09 @ 2:53am
I don't know how to cook. / I'd rather read a book! / I've cut the carrots, look! / With a hand that shook / Now please let me off the hook! ...

Quill and Ink News     (Rated: E)
: Silva Shado: Go Blue NaNos Go! @ 09-17-09 @ 8:52am
One reason why I love my husband - when I get home from work - all tired and ragged - he sits me down - tells me to relax - then cooks me up a wonderful dinner - life is good.

Keep On Writing! Challenge     (Rated: 18+)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 09-15-09 @ 5:19pm
here I have cooked meals / with infinite care; you eat / too quick, tastelessly.

Beginning, Middle and End Contest     (Rated: E)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 09-15-09 @ 5:17pm
I had trouble with this one no thoughts pop to mind / with "cook" rolling off my tongue. / Just tastes, smells now gone.

Keep Dreaming     (Rated: 13+)
: Stik says Gobble Up @ 09-13-09 @ 2:57am
I tried not to think about how much my butt would be cooked if he actually went after the man. I had to put a stop to this.

Cabbie's Last Shift     (Rated: 13+)
: Joy - 48K @ 09-11-09 @ 7:39pm
What will they cook up next, those headless, mindless ones? Whatever they may concoct, they cannot wear us down; they cannot tear us apart. Still, I wish we could bleach them out and erase their stains off the face of the earth.

Written Words     (Rated: E)
: Joy - 48K @ 09-06-09 @ 6:32pm
She tries to guess his game, journeying like Marco Polo through unknown territory, past oceans of e-mails, past holes in deftly constructed lies, and past mirrors reflecting her distorted image, until twilight; then, she gives up.

A Soul Adrift     (Rated: 13+)
: Stik says Gobble Up @ 09-05-09 @ 3:01pm
"Thread my fingers in his hair and tell him I love him," he said. I couldn't stop myself from smacking the lovelorn idiot.

Hello to crystal goblets...     (Rated: 18+)
: alfred booth @ 09-03-09 @ 1:16pm
Slightly awake, alone in the dark with the slightest thread still available from the dream, I wondered whether I could knit anything from it, or whether, like always, it would break.

Birthday Raffle     (Rated: E)
: Joy - 48K @ 09-03-09 @ 12:58pm
You took a step toward me, breaking the thread of silences between us, and I held your hands once more. Thank you for visiting me in a dream.

Prose Pottery     (Rated: ASR)
: NOVAcatmando'ing NaNo... @ 09-02-09 @ 1:59pm
Personal, original, sensational, sin, creating quiet energy within.

Poppies     (Rated: E)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 09-02-09 @ 4:53am
I see emptiness / when the word SIN is spoken. / What then, purity?

the taste of life     (Rated: E)
: alfred booth @ 09-02-09 @ 2:54am
Sin. To speak a truth that will hurt your heart and soul. But not to speak what I need to tell you will wear thin my own fragile being. The dilemma of most lovers to sensitive for their own good.

Under the Bed     (Rated: E)
: Starr* Rathburn @ 09-02-09 @ 1:40am
A writer's sin is procrastination, always putting off for tomorrow what she could write today. Each morning she promises, I will be different today! And then when she goes to bed at night, she prays that tomorrow will begin the changes she needs.

Sr Mods' 2009 Birthday Contest     (Rated: ASR)
: Joy - 48K @ 09-02-09 @ 12:49am
Sunset highlights small things with great love, while I wish for the night to fall faster. Impatience is one of my sins that veils beauty or makes it malfunction.

Winners! cNote Collection     (Rated: E)
: spidey - NaNo WC = 33,434 @ 08-26-09 @ 7:47am
Feeling a bitter chill rise in the air, Judy unknotted the sweater from her waist and pulled it close around her shoulders. She smile a warm welcome at the coming Autumn.

A Conversation With a Past Me     (Rated: 13+)
: Stik says Gobble Up @ 08-26-09 @ 3:10am
"You're in a knotty situation," I said when he told me about his crush on the man. "What do you think you'll do?"

Mulch Ado about Nothing     (Rated: E)
: NOVAcatmando'ing NaNo... @ 08-23-09 @ 9:01pm
Sail lines on deck coiled neatly in figure eights, un-knotted, uncluttered, underfoot.

The Wedding Poem     (Rated: ASR)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 08-23-09 @ 4:12am
my brow furrowed with / knots. They chatter on with words / a language unknown

Sr. Mod's Back-To-School Field Trip     (Rated: E)
: Joy - 48K @ 08-23-09 @ 12:35am
With evil intent, silence twists and tightens us, then ties a knot to our daring to throw away our unmentioned love.

The Coffee is Getting Cold     (Rated: 13+)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 08-15-09 @ 7:16am
morning coffee steams / aromatic whisps up, up / waking last night's dreams

The Writer's Cramp     (Rated: 13+)
: Joy - 48K @ 08-13-09 @ 6:24pm
Coffee beans of homely exterior slide into the mill to be shred and pulverized. After this mythic death, they change into stars of the brew, but then, true stars never are as they first appear.

Sci-Fi Shenanigans     (Rated: 18+)
: Stik says Gobble Up @ 08-13-09 @ 11:23am
He sat still in the park, but his wandering mind and heart, focused on the unattainable, burned plenty of Calories for him.

Modern Life Haiku -vol.2     (Rated: 13+)
: ~unicornsong NaNo woes @ 08-13-09 @ 10:10am
butterflies wander / fluttering on light currents / through lavender stalks

BLAHHG....BLAHHG...BLAHHG!     (Rated: E)
: alfred booth @ 08-12-09 @ 4:19am
Winter whiteness blinds him in sameness; he wanders farther than his memory until that red chimney resembling a bloody souvenir on the snow wakes his lethargic gait. He has come home.

Lucifer Mewel     (Rated: ASR)
: Joy - 48K @ 08-11-09 @ 10:03pm
He wanders around the neighborhood, talking to and answering himself. Maybe he’s tasting some other life beyond this one, seeing what we cannot see. Luckily, his sneakers have held up.

Who's there?     (Rated: E)
: Just an Ordinary Mother @ 08-10-09 @ 1:43pm
When you drive a pin into me, it hurts just as much when you mean to, as when you 'don't mean to hurt'. Pins hurt, use them with care.

Want to be reviewed?     (Rated: E)
: spidey - NaNo WC = 33,434 @ 08-10-09 @ 10:56am
With a push of the pin, I added yet another note to my board of ideas. My eyes scanned the multicolored sea of muse-inspired thoughts and inspirations. A smile came to me slowly. Now to get started on them…

INDEPTH: Meaningful Memories     (Rated: E)
: Northernwrites @ 08-10-09 @ 10:28am
Li Ping eyes his opinion penned in pinyin on open telegram form: At pinnacle of storm, shrieking dragon of pinnate pink lightning pinioned pinyon pine. Jay's nest torched. Blue/white pinstripe pinion feather pinned to twin-needled branch. A few ions.

The Writer's Café     (Rated: 13+)
: Starr* Rathburn @ 08-10-09 @ 1:44am
When I read that, my first thought was, "Once u-pin a time." Does that mean I'm nuts? ha. Thought it did. Sometimes the mind works in strange ways, as if not attached to the brain that is supposed to do the thinking...

The Resurrected Stake & Garlic Contest     (Rated: E)
: Joy - 48K @ 08-07-09 @ 7:27pm
I pin it down to being a dream, just a dream, so I can breathe more easily, but the scent of your aftershave still pecks at my nose inside the room. Stop visiting me in dreams!

The Next 5 Words     (Rated: 13+)
: Starr* Rathburn @ 08-07-09 @ 2:05am
My friend is a Bliss by marriage; yep, she married into the family of Bliss. She honors the name by making all her friends happy to know her, as a constant source of glee, silliness, and support. I'm glad to call her my "blissful" friend!

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