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Heard With New Ears

My first and only attempt at poetry

Guardians of Muraycia - Chapter 1

A young girl embarks on a mission to save her planet from a sinister sorceress.

Daily Flash Fiction Challenge

Enter your story of 300 words or less.

CLEARLY ESTRANGED

POEM on one sided love. Moment, I realize our love is over.

BY ONLINE AUTHORS

Linda's True Best Friend Has Joined Her

First Linda, then George, then Ginny. Now Cork has joined them, leaving only one.

Iron Paper

A writer's point of view.

Bound in Hell

Halloween Poem. Found myself speaking in the Cryptkeeper's voice while writing this piece.

Resilience

A story of an adoptee's humanity as she discovers her biological family.

READ A NEWBIE

Learning lessons

An Essay of my life lessons for a memoir for my children.

Chalk and Cheese

A bored sage muses about cheesy comestibles.

The Thorny Little Plant

Growing up can be hard, even for a plant.

Mumbai’s Luminous Empress

A poetry where the waves notices everything and speaks thought rising and falling tides.

BY ONLINE AUTHORS

Bee Design 3

Design for a commissioned merit badge.

Homecoming

Breaking the bro code (dating an ex). A Weekly Quickie entry.

The Sci-fi Writers Guild

Collaborations, discussions and reviews - Welcome to the Sci-fi Writers Guild

DOTD Chapter 21

Lucien fights the Viel Mother. The ruins crumble. A run for safety.

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30 Day Image Contest

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Rated: GC · Book · Contest Entry · #2046748

My book for the 30 Day Image Prompt Contest

Hmm, let's see how this goes...

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Cinn

Aug 1, 2015 at 2:38pm
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Love it. Some of it sounds familiar. It's similar to some of your other work as far as the phrasing goes, but who cares?

That last line is beautiful too.

Elle

Jul 28, 2015 at 6:37pm
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He chewed tobacco until it chewed back. There's an image I won't get out of my head in a hurry!

Charlie ~

Jul 22, 2015 at 7:44pm
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Crossfaded! Yes.. We were drinking, but for sure coulda been huffing too.

I'm glad you like this one. I'll have you edit some stuff after the contest ends anyway. I need to add some to my poetry folder.

Cinn

Jul 21, 2015 at 3:41pm
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I haven't heard the term 'crossfaded' in years. Ah, nostalgia!

So, the brown paper bag... booze or huffing? Considering the rest of the poem, it definitely seems like... huffing. Just curious about the intention.

Lightning and ribs... both featured heavily in one of my recent poems too. Strange that they seem to go so well together.

Anyway, I think this is one of the best in the contest so far. Love the first stanza... the whole narrative is really solid... the imagery is off-kilter awesome. The "i know i can trust them to do their best at chipping away" is a bit verbose, but that's the only criticism I have. Tighten the last lines after the contest and it will just be gold, man.

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Cinn

Jul 20, 2015 at 3:41pm
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Aaaaw... sad and dark but written in a sweet nostalgic tone. Not a favorite, but I dig it.

Cinn

Jul 19, 2015 at 7:03pm
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I thought maybe you had something else in mind, actually. That's just... how it read to me. Clearly, the emotion can across just fine because that's what I got out of it too.

I definitely have those moments where if anyone speaks to me, looks at me, or touches me, I feel like ripping their face off.

It just... happens sometimes.

Charlie ~

Jul 19, 2015 at 6:18pm
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Exactly. I knew you'd get it.

Cinn

Jul 19, 2015 at 6:16pm
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Teddy bear gore is superior to all other forms. Yeah, man... chew that bear's face right off. Love it! Honestly, pretty amazing description of those 'everything is technically fine, but I'm agitated so fuck off" moments.

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Cinn

Jul 18, 2015 at 12:22am
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Sorta hard to ease into "Then he twisted the head off a live chicken". Just saying.

Charlie ~

Jul 18, 2015 at 12:16am
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I was probably easing into the story. Don't wanna be super gross about it at first.

And yeah, I'm still horrified.

July 24, 2015 at 12:28am

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Day 23 - Mechanical Failure

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I've wanted to reboot you,
turn you down and feel the
heat roll off your body in
angry waves. I've felt your
cold exterior melt at the
slightest touch and if I could
mold you, code you, beneath
the tips of my wicked fingers,
I would modify you into the
perfect machine and watch
you come to life in your robotic way,
eyes flashing, body jerking.
Because you've always been
classified, beige exterior
hiding the patterns beneath,
and I'll blanket you as long as I can,
keep you concealed in the footnotes.

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