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Thoughts on Connecticut shootings
We are here again. So soon, we are here again. Another mass shooting. Another place where many lost their lives for no reason than being present when someone else decided to release their rage on those...
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Letter to My 14-Year Old Self
Dear might war, I am your older self. The self who can look back twenty-four years and see you as clearly as though you were stood by my side. I am writing this letter as a creative writing exercise: a...
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My Face As Introduction
Halakki tribe woman « Joshi Daniel Photography | Images Of People. Look to my face, friend: for there lays the tale of all the person I have been. My history is written in the lines and shadows that...
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If Your Universe Has No Moon …
“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they might have been.” - William Hazlitt The common...
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Conversations With My Mother – 1: Apology
This is what I’d most like to tell you: I am you no longer. I have grown – in interesting and difficult ways – into a woman of my own. I have thought, reasoned … and at times begged, for my own...
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Debut
On a journey of self discovery, come bearing gifts. Bring all yourself and an open mind - and all that you would allow in others, allow in yourself and then some! Bring a drum and...
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Coitus Interuptus
November 6, 2004 Dual Reach, by Kris Krug, CC-BY-SA2.0.Imagine the scene: Two people are in bed (let’s call them Lover A and Lover B). The way their bodies are entwined and the manner in which clothing...
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Conversations With My Mother – 3: I’ve Got To Look Away From You
You no longer have the right to ‘release’ me – I release myself. I will not destroy myself for you any longer; Nor will I allow you to do so. You lost that right today. I will no longer play maid...
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The Stink of Chronic Illness
Hello. I am might war and I am a functional movement disorder sufferer. Just give me a minute. Seeing the words down on paper tends to steal my breath. Why? Because those words just do not do justice...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says
Heed The (Warning) Signs Back in 2005, I saw this part of a sign outside an unremarkable building whilst travelling home from work on the bus in Christchurch, New Zealand. I was fascinated by what it...
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Careers Page
“Can you smile and work at the same time? If so, we have the job for you. No experience necessary. For further information and a no-pressure talk, phone …. ” This is an advert that we saw printed...
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Poetry Techniques
Poetry Techniques A crayon and a piece of paper. A moment of stillness and a wealth of opportunity. But what message to be emblazoned across this untouched landscape? What theme to be scribbled and...
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Seven Words
Seven Words We are much alike, friend. See me. Filed under: Random Musings Tagged: Conversations, DPchallenge, Khalil Gibran, Language, theories and suspicions, Words
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Imagined Spaces
For my children yet unborn, I have dreamed a place for you with my soul. I have formed a strong foundation out of my very being and furnished it with the essence of all I believe to be good and true....
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