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AGE: 45
LOC: Arlington, VA
GEN: Male
LAST LOGIN: November 18

Create Peace:  Why not make it a verb?

Writing is definitely an ongoing process for me.  What inspires me one day may seem useless on a different day, but it somehow all stays connected.  I believe writing must be a habit as well as enjoyable.  Success lies within, material gains/losses are what they are.  The best way to find out what there is to write about must also include doing it.  

    

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Version 4
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In visions of madness come Famine and fortunes Praises or beliefs Manifested before relief Images appear to haunt By suggested eccentric wants Unable to stall what they show Still making themselves known Surviving with cupboards bare Slaves worship what is not there Striking poses intended to seem How ordinary would have been Traversing halls of walking dreams Chivalry arrives yet unperceived Creating doors of zeal to open Just upon a mild approaching Without reason clear as vision Madn...
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Version 16
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Love is like an artist At work on his masterpieces Created with illustrious precision Inviting each of us to become Subjects by an inspired welcome Applying his care and efforts Lover’s hearts stay connected To any scene that they choose While his steady hand of might Inspires hues of shadow and light He can use what time Apart may even hide Blending the colors on his palette To match an individual’s beauty In honor of his technique and style Showing more than words could ...
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Version 6
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Nineteen Bridges over a Field 1. This untraceable field In quiet mire Raised by a mild sun  With rich heritage Forlorn Unsown Bare as feet treading Beside open highway On a long escape Crossing the mind Through unassuming form Knowing little more Than what has been Simplified by its age Changed to believe  It is just property Beside the music playing And tragedys forgotten In shifting climates To change some day A...
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Flash Fiction / Locked in the Absurd
Version 1
4 Reviews   6 Comments
Mid afternoon. One job; two radios.   One waits for the morning, whispering to it’s heartache in the dead of night. Romantics gossip over what strange means to them? Opera; music lessons; underwear; lingerie; the Holidays; and then, “Coming soon to public radio; Aristotle!” Thinking of her, the power goes out; change either begins at home, or ends without radio? Burning out in a library, reading notes about sudden euphoria, the court is adjourned. Work begins, again...
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Journal, Diary, & Blogging / Six words describing the creative life.
Version 1
10 Reviews   1 Comment
Todays wanderlust may become Tomorrows epoch.
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Poetry / discard discord
The last stanza stands out as the best one. The courage and vision of the poem says a lot. I like the whole structure and thought out rhymes and stanzas. It is unique, since this much structure rarely accompanies such precise and thought provoking words/ideas. Stanza 1, Line 2-Guessing you may mean "Ones you distracted"? It would seem to be an introduction of some anonymous antagonist of which really does not need to be mentioned. S3, L4, suggest syntax improvement "by hope reflected". S4, li...
Poetry / I Am My Own
I like the positive message you present. S1-I can only suggest breaking it up some. Lines 7-13 could use extra punctuation for an effect, like; I am, my own. My voice, is mine alone, My name, calls me alone. I own, my soul These words, you must know They could be your own. For Stanza 2, a smokey silhouette means you are close physically, which you are not, and so you cleverly added "Haunting" to show yours and mine place is in this world 'at the same time'? Possibly make this as long as the f...
Poetry / In Lieu of Love
Hi SP. You haven't been dead? I like the metaphors, 'veins cage', 'salty cerebellum' (like how would you know salty?), 'black madness', and 'hammock eternity'. You know you can write very well. So, to me, what this needs is on line 7 the word 'as' takes away from the rhythm by using two lines. The rhythm seemed to work with statements on each line. The last line "Where" seems okay, but could become stronger if you choose. Also, on line 5, 'Suddenly' may not be the perfect word but your choice...
I have a difficult time reading this because there are double spaces and the stanzas are askewed. The word 'doomed' is distracting to me, as well as anything to do with 'blankets and covers'. Besides that I know what you are saying and like it. I had a moment like this recently, when it felt like all that I loved about summer was coming at me through my bedroom window. It appeared as if sometimes we go out searching, other times we are sunken into the beauty around us, and at last it comes fu...
Horror / Mad Cow Fashion
I don't know why you say you don't really like this story in the preface? It may be dark, but it is still really good. The whole message about his adulterous wife, drinking, and gossip makes for a good story overall. It moves along well, without any real luls to me. Indeed the whole drinking thing gets to be monotonous, but you mixed it well with the breaking of cows, calling his wife, and etc. I would have never thought such insights would come to him about the bachelor neighbor, so who know...