Tag: writing
member name: maria (lurking in the shadows of the night) B.
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April 16, 2007 08:31 PM EDT --
Today I am feeling extremely low. I became addicted to Gather and at the start I loved it. I tried to keep up with all my contacts, (108 ) and apart from a select few (About 10 of them) a lot have . . .
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October 19, 2009 02:16 AM EDT --
A conversation in a neighbour’s house somewhere near you :
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December 06, 2009 04:21 AM EST --
Waves lapped gently against the shoreline far below as Bess Halthrope stood on the cliff top. She was bare footed and wearing a dress that barely kept her warm against the coolness of the coming night. . . .
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January 15, 2007 05:55 PM EST --
Down
Down
Spinning round and round
Through a vortex, deep dark, dense
Lungs exploding
Crushing against my chest
Fear screaming a torturous sound
Eyes seeing all, the worst and the best
Escape
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January 15, 2007 06:02 PM EST --
Fury burns deep within
And Anger so benign does begin
Boils like a cauldron
Seething til it reaches the highest point
Brimming, Overflowing. Cascading, a
Volcanic eruption, spewing words
That never should . . .
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April 07, 2008 06:02 AM EDT --
The sparkling flow of water drew Bill like a magnet. The snow capped mountain and the kaleidoscope of trees in all their autumn glory reflecting in the crystal clear water. This had always been home to . . .
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March 31, 2007 08:36 PM EDT --
Although our summer is over,(though you wouldn't think so with the lovely warm autumn we are having at the moment.) don't we all look forward to when summer approaches. Walks along our golden beaches . . .
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December 04, 2006 05:29 PM EST --
I dream of climbing mountains high
Of swimming deep oceans as fish go by
I dream of green grass and windblown trees
Flowers fluttering in the breeze
I dream of children laughing at play
never . . .
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February 21, 2007 01:58 AM EST --
This year marks the seventeenth year of a mourning that never ceases:
Who is the one person in your life that after passing, lingers in your mind day in and day out? Who took you for who you are with . . .
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February 10, 2007 10:57 PM EST --
Annie Black was six years old. A pretty girl with dark black hair that sat on her shoulders, a rosy pink complexion and deep blue eyes. She was the youngest of six children. She lived in a housing commission . . .
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October 22, 2007 09:08 PM EDT --
Too many jack-o-lanterns and cornstalk scarecrows stretched across the sprawling backyard as Sylvia entered through a back gate and made her way towards the house. She counted thirteen lanterns and twelve . . .
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November 05, 2007 04:25 AM EST --
“My dear Mrs. Pemberton, hello!” Captain Williams said as he answered the door to her insistent knocking. “Won’t you please come in?”
“Good morning Jeffrey’ . . .
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October 08, 2007 03:25 AM EDT --
Mmm. okay. I don't write romance, come to think of it, i try not to read romance either. I would much rather something with BITE! hope you enjoy this little tale I wrote just for . . .
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April 17, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
Thomas! Thomas! Where are you?" his mother called. She had called him twice from the house but he never came so she went down the garden to look for him. She saw his shoes before she even got to the . . .
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April 17, 2007 07:46 PM EDT --
Thomas's mother decided to take him to the doctor the next day and have him checked out even though he seemed to be fine in the morning. She had sat and watched him the rest of the night. It was the . . .
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October 16, 2006 01:05 AM EDT --
I wrote this a few years ago when I was very angry. The selfishness and greed of some people is beyond me( and still is) A little caring and sharing can go a long way.
Darkness falls and I sit . . .
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September 27, 2007 08:40 PM EDT --
Thunder heralded the coming storm with deep rumbles that shook the earth. Lightning seared the dark sky, alighting all in its wake and a torrent of rain spewed from the heavens. Emma huddled further beneath . . .
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January 09, 2007 06:23 AM EST --
Imagination is one of the greatest gifts a child could have. Here is a short piece that I have written as I remember when I was a child.
“Goodnight”my mother whispered as she put me . . .
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February 06, 2007 06:26 PM EST --
Anna and Hans Schmidt sat in the small lounge room of their flat going over the plans they had made. The news they had received a couple of weeks before had bowled them over. It wasn’t supposed to . . .
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July 30, 2008 10:49 PM EDT --
Winston inhaled deeply, trying to identify the scent tickling his senses. His mind was still numbed by the effects of the empty whisky bottle that lay beside him. It had become a ritual, hunting by day . . .
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