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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 Anderson on April 10, 2008

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I belong to a poetry community on LiveJournal, and this video was posted there a while ago. I had never heard of slam poetry, had no idea what it was, but have since then sought out opportunities to see it. This guy is supposed to be pretty awesome, and I know there […]

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

by Lindsey Anderson on April 9, 2008

This past weekend, a dear companion and I drove to Georgia from Maryland. We had to entertain ourselves for roughly 11 hours in my Honda Civic. The weather was neither warm nor bright on the way down or back, and our spirits, though not in poor condition, were not in the cheeriest of conditions either.
1. Bring […]

I’m in Love with You, Words

by Jacqueline on April 4, 2008

Wind Yourself
around my tubular core
like a vine
around a house’s pillar.
Sleep in next to me
under the weight
of the feathered comforter.
I’m in love with You, Words.
Fill me up.
Spend all of Your time with me.
Be the reason for my coffee habit.
Words,
You are my
front,
back,
left,
and right.
You chase Yourself through my mind
like a passenger train,
letting each person off
in antiquated
stations where
mothers dote
on […]

Edward the Rein-octo-con-monarch butterfly

by Edward Atkinson on April 3, 2008

This rocks. Build Your Wild Self is a website promoting New York Zoos.

I’ve never enjoyed wasting time on the web so much before!

Remembrance, Joy, and Drinking!

by Edward Atkinson on April 3, 2008

Mind Sprocket brings you two new authors this month in a series themed by remembrance.
Liam Davenport hails from London with a lucid depiction of a night most would not recall, and Lyn Lifshin, the multi-award winning author, composes two gems of leaping joy and a sober remembrance.
Drink, Drink Up, My friends! (by Liam Davenport)
Cove Point […]

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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