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** time will tell
Mourners, sink down 
on knees, assemble, 
stiff as knives, 
plunged into newly dug earth,  
Despair like a shawl
hovering around them.
Tears running
down cheeks,  <b...

Started Jan 11th, 2010 at 1:01pm by peach
5 126 Last Post May 15th, 2011 at 1:30am
By: peach
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Earning the Rank of Dad
The story ends—though now he knows it really has just started.
The truth has fin'ly been exposed.  All lies have been discarded.
And though a casualty he's not, can't help but feel retarded....

Started Feb 22nd, 2006 at 4:53pm by Shawn_M._Roeder
5 55 Last Post Mar 31st, 2006 at 10:50pm
By: Shawn_M._Roeder
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What's Broken?
This was offered in class to the prompt of the title "What's Broken"...no other requirements to the assignment.
What's Broken?
The ribs all down his right side ache just like a four-hole pun...

Started Mar 2nd, 2010 at 1:22pm by dericlee
13 123 Last Post Mar 20th, 2010 at 2:18am
By: Tim
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Call Upon the Wind (please help with punctuation)
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I whisper to the trees
to pass my word to the wind.
Carry this message to my love
on your currents high aloft.
My cries to the night sky;<br...

Started Sep 16th, 2007 at 4:51am by Zaac
12 170 Last Post Apr 10th, 2008 at 12:17am
By: KerrinScott
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** love sick
Cold words carry the sting of frostbite,
a most intimate threat to tender flesh.
Exposed to such mean treatment
its healthy glow dims to shadow. 
Conflicted, love, turns chill<br /...

Started Dec 30th, 2009 at 7:27pm by peach
8 206 Last Post Jan 3rd, 2010 at 6:36pm
By: nas
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Fascinatingly Different (Revised)
3rd Revision
Abled differently, 
this child is a wonder, 
a source of delight 
to those who recognize 
her as unique.   
She holds the happiness
others seek in vain,...

Started Oct 20th, 2006 at 11:32am by sunilmathur
12 134 Last Post Dec 5th, 2006 at 6:45am
By: sunilmathur
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