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Where we tell you about the things that have inspired us. We hope they’ll inspire you too!

A Mother Feeds

by Jacqueline on May 11, 2008

My creativity
comes in
a direct flow
from my mother.
Her blood feeds
my body with
oxygen to breathe
and her words,
like breadth for my ears.
An umbilical cord once
attached us
before I was
strong enough
to be my own.
Now our
thoughts and
hearts
align
because I am borrowed
from her clay.
It seems that we are
always attached to
the other end of
our life support.

The World is Just Awesome

by Edward Atkinson on April 26, 2008


Perspectives

by Lindsey Charlton on April 25, 2008


Do, Don’t Be.

by Jacqueline on April 18, 2008

We don’t become known for being; we become known for doing.

On trust: publish your ideas now and don’t stop

by Edward Atkinson on April 16, 2008


Slam Poetry

by Lindsey Charlton on April 10, 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


On Getting Ideas

by Lindsey Charlton on March 20, 2008


When Words Refuse Us.

by Jacqueline on March 19, 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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