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Read MoreJust speak to meand you’ll gaze into thewilderness behind my eyes.This wilderness,lush in dreams,barren realities!As I open the gate for you,I sit and listen white-knuckledto the voices within my mind.The further you trek in my mind,the closer to summery...
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Nice slide rhyme and repetition…
Solid imagery in [pioneer’s compass]…
I had a new idea for implementation
of imagery…Do something like a Carlos Williams
Red Barrel…Like just insert in…
In a unique and strange way…
Or do such a thing at multiple
sites in the poem…Perhaps with multiple separate
images…
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Read MoreHeaven can wait…Death a distant thunderstormwith lightning strikes far offannouncing its distant presence.Suicide is not the answer.I do not want to hurtthose that show compassion.So, I’ve decided Heaven can wait.
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This is awesome Daniel…
Such creative format…
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Will do! Haha
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Read MoreStanding like a figure from some Twain adventure i keep wondering when drubin's gonna put beads in that hair when the fires came up from the underworld he spit them out with a harsh breath i swear I have...
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Thank you for taking a read and thank you for asking
This is an actual person. He runs a haunted house/fun house out on the edge of our community. I asked him if I could write something that was inspired by him. Wrote from a place of fear and loathing with equal parts hope and magic! That thing that draws you in even if you shouldn’t.
Bat
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Read MoreEveryday becomes very familiar when a person retires. You get up,have breakfast,make beds,put out washing....you know the drill. But the most familiar things aren't things I do but things I think.Here are just a few. • All suffering is caused by craving.The...
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Peter
My God, your name is so appropriate after reading that piece… sorry, I’m kind of crass at times… but I just wanted to say this sounds more like an every minute thought, not just every day. What happened to that ‘business’ you were attending after coffee?xoxoxo
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That business after coffee remains unresolved 😉
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Read MoreIf you can imagine for a moment a final exam in a university upper-level English course, picture about 12 students in a small room vigorously scribbling away, answering discussion questions for 90 minutes about authors and themes, each of...
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Engaging… really pulled me in…
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You’re awesome
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I’m so glad you liked it. Thanks for giving me a read!
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Thanks, HJ. It’s amazing I made it through school
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I’m glad you think so!
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Very well written and build up. I’m going to have to read more of your stories!
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I’m excited to hear that, Daniel. I guess I’ll have to put another one up for you.
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I think you should undress me more often.
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Great detail. The suspense and direction this poem goes is alluring. Nice work!