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I have something to say but like…

by Jacqueline on April 10, 2008

How we speak spills over into how we think, how we write, and more importantly, how people hear us.
Don’t Lose the Listener:
If we insert “like” between everything, are we truly making our point? As the listener, I cannot hear what someone is actually saying, because honestly, I’m trying to wade through all of […]

Slam Poetry

by Lindsey Charlton on April 10, 2008


How To Endure (and Possibly Enjoy) a Long Car Ride

by Lindsey Charlton on April 9, 2008


I’m in Love with You, Words

by Jacqueline on April 4, 2008


Edward the Rein-octo-con-monarch butterfly

by Edward Atkinson on April 3, 2008


Remembrance, Joy, and Drinking!

by Edward Atkinson on April 3, 2008


Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

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