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When Did You Fall in Love with Writing?
No. Not when you started writing, but when you fell in love with it. I’ll go first. Freshman year, High School, Survey Literature. Mr. Clark didn’t know it, but his vocabulary list had me open. He thought I’d look up definitions. He was wrong. I devoured them. I tried using every new word in a… Continue reading
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Ink Pen
Dear Ink Pen, No, just listen. I want your lips nestled against the collar bone Of this page I don’t care that people do not hand-write anymore I need you nibbling at history and touching passions I desire your soul pressed hard against my fingers I need you touching minds and resurrecting souls In private… Continue reading
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Are You Just Seeing Your Writing on The Side?
“Is your writing going to be a lover in the center of your life? The thing you pulse toward, the fever in your soul? Or is your writing life more of a casual crush, something you think about, but don’t do much about? You know how when you are in love, lying with your lover,… Continue reading
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You Don’t Have to Do What Everyone Else is Doing
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that your words flutter nervously across the page in anxious anticipation of acceptance. I can see the dilating pupil of uncertainty starring back at me, for you have let others define you. It’s not enough that you wear societies clothing, listen to its music, read its books… Continue reading
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For Those Who Settle…
For those who settle… Continue reading
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Going Swimming
“Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.” – Ann Landers Continue reading
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Passion
“You think you know all there is to know about her immediately upon meeting her, but everything you think you know is wrong. Passion flows through her like a river of blood.” – ― Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Continue reading
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