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Mortality
Started by Cheryl Roshak in Sample Title. Last reply by Andy Reilly 1 hour ago. 8 Replies 2 Likes
Our mortality is inevitable, our chance of being born is not. How many sperm must die off before one mates with the ovum? And yet it is all so natural, birth, life, death. It is called life, this journey, and someday it will end.For myself, I have never feared the final destination, as I have always thought of it as just rewards, peace, or liberation, or the natural conclusion to a life well live and have not given much thought to the hereafter, if there is any. Well, that's not quite the…Continue
Literary Sunrise
Started by Daniel Templeton in Sample Title. Last reply by Johanna Mackey 1 hour ago. 11 Replies 4 Likes
It gives me pause, as a literary consumer; to revel in a gem found that can only be rivaled by a personal experience. However, my words describing such an event are so inadequate. I present to you, my literary friends, ADEQUACY:… as she lay becalmed on the oily swell a little north of the line and some thirty degrees west of Greenwich.The blaze of light moved down to the topsails, to the courses, shone upon the snowy deck, and it was day. Suddenly the whole of the east was day: the sun lit the…Continue
Technology for Reading
Started by UN Lewis in Uncategorized. Last reply by Wilson B. Sanchez 8 hours ago. 44 Replies 12 Likes
While I love any "tool" that encourages literacy, I can't help but think that real "books" are the best. Nothing is better that curling up with a book. What do you guys think?Continue
Newburgh Nocturno
Started by Wilson B. Sanchez in Sample Title yesterday. 0 Replies 1 Like
Newburgh Nocturno(By Wilson Benigno Sanchez|© 2006 Wilson Benigno Sanchez) Felt like some Tostones, but I didn’t have any Platanos (Plantains) at hand. The sky was trying to clear, the sun slowly making its way along its circuits to its noonday angle above the church, so I threw something light on my back and headed for the bodega. Once outside I blessed myself. The air was cool with the fresh scent of grass and concrete. The birds greeted each other in song while Muñeca trotted happily…Continue
What book of short stories would you recommend?
Started by Andy Reilly in Sample Title. Last reply by Daniel Templeton yesterday. 6 Replies 3 Likes
I'm looking for a good book of contemporary short stories to see me through a long-haul flight. What would you recommend?Continue
Tags: fiction, contemporary, stories, short
Is depression good for you?
Started by Trish Crew in Uncategorized. Last reply by MIke Wertz yesterday. 86 Replies 9 Likes
-- A life lacking the emotional upheavalsof depression and despair, fear andanxiety, grief and sadness, anger andthe agony of forgiving, confusion anddoubt, criticism and rejection, will not only be useless to ourselves, it will beuseless to others.Scott PeckContinue
My Son
Started by Eli Berit Swenson in Uncategorized. Last reply by Johanna Mackey yesterday. 1 Reply 4 Likes
My sonwill know me in himselfwhen his son sits hooded onhis arm and I have grownto be brother to allmy fathers, memoryspeaking to knowledgefinally, in my bones.Continue
Screenwriters add to the vocab of pop Culture
Started by Lucinda Scott in Sample Title. Last reply by Wilson B. Sanchez on Tuesday. 4 Replies 3 Likes
I love Daniel Templeton's Wordsmythe discussion about made up words. The bard, Shakespeare was responsioble for adding quite a few words and phrases to the English language. On a much lower note, I also love using clever words and phrases that become part of pop culture due to clever screenwriters. One of my favorite old sit-coms, "Seinfeld," added quite a few fun descriptive terms that my family and friends still enjoy using. Here are a few: close-talker, high-talker, low-talker, man hands.…Continue
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Lonely
Posted by Antonio Gallo on February 21, 2012 at 6:00pm 1 Comment 2 Likes
Lonely
Often I'm lonely - some Crusoe
looking for ships unsettling the horizon.
Thinking drowns feebly
in a sticky bladderwrack of words.
I puncture th bluesky
with razor-eyes;…
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Beloved Soldier
Posted by Hilda Soares on February 21, 2012 at 5:57pm 4 Comments 1 Like
BELOVED SOLDIER,
You don't know me yet every morning at the crack of dawn you get up and go out into some God forsaken desert to fight for what's right, and my freedom.
I want you to know that I know you. I see you and I appreciate you. You are the bravest person I know on the face of this earth.
I pray for "world peace" every night, and I pray for your family and friends. I pray for your safe return, but this war…
Like the Night...
Posted by Wilson B. Sanchez on February 17, 2012 at 9:00pm 2 Comments 4 Likes
Like the Night
(By Wilson Benigno Sanchez|© 2006 Wilson Benigno Sanchez)
I’ll tell you about her… Morena’s quiet like the night. With eyes that shine like streetlights. I see her sometimes, moving through the alley, a rhythm & blues tune pressed on her lips. She moves like a leopard, amidst the garbage, with the voluptuous grace of a Nubian Princess. She likes to search here, and will usually find…
Continue GoodNight My Moon (Mi Luna)... She Said to Me
Posted by Wilson B. Sanchez on February 17, 2012 at 2:30am 4 Comments 5 Likes
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Cheryl,God bless you and your mother. I believe that people are too precious to just disappear like a light that is turned out. I lost both my parents and my younger brother many years ago, but I know that we will meet again. The soul is…
Johanna Mackey replied to Daniel Templeton's discussion 'Literary Sunrise'
me too. such beautiful words and wordings :) -- "becalmed... handsbreadth... bowl of the sky..." it's lovely painting. amazing talent. i am on that ship... for just a moment.
Is depression good for you?
-- A life lacking the emotional upheavalsof depression and despair, fear andanxiety, grief and sadness, anger andthe agony of forgiving, confusion anddoubt, criticism and rejection, will not only be useless to ourselves, it will beuseless to others.Scott PeckSee More
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What book of short stories would you recommend?
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Thank you one and all for your kind and supportive words, they have meant a lot to me, each in your own ways.
I posted this piece just after I wrote it, so impassioned was I by my thoughts and revelations. I have edited it a bit, fine tuned it, as I…
Insomnia
Insomnia (By Wilson Benigno Sanchez|© 2008 Wilson Benigno Sanchez) Through one blood-shot half open eyelid I can see her, and then I don’t… I don’t know how long it’s been betwixt those two or three moments of fleeting consciousness. But there she is… She doesn’t seem to have moved, or noticed me, and pays no mind to my sleepy peek-a-boo games. Truth is my eyes are blood shot because this phlegm-fatale has been smoking up a quiet storm over there at the far side of the café, for who knows…See More
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As a former Floridian, I completely understand Cindy’s love affair with the sunsets there. I would, however, slip out of my N Miami apartment in time to catch the sunrise at Haulover about twice a week. You meet the most interesting people as…
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@Alan Wharton, since your 'Remark' is following directly after mine own, I must ask: What 'Scare Quotes' you are talking about? It is Confusing at 'Best'. And If it is directed to Me,, or Not... byallmeans,please…
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Andy Reilly replied to Daniel Templeton's discussion 'Literary Sunrise'
Apologies for contributing to the drift off topic.
Daniel, thanks for the great quote. It's an example of how a writer can take us to a place in our imagination that comes very close to real experience.
As for sunrises, there's something…
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