Hi, Suzianne, thanks for your input--everyone in this group is always so helpful and your suggestions pull a better story out of me than before. This is a...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Jun 2, 2010 12:37 pm
Dear Allanna, I would be delighted to see your first three chapters. You are quite right in thinking that it would be better to see them together. I hope all...
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vck
vckennedy
Jun 2, 2010 12:39 pm
Orders are now being taken for "A Bubba in Time Saves None," the Yard Dog Press anthology that includes a short story by me! ...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Jun 4, 2010 3:14 am
Green Man Green dreams surround me Wrap me in moss forests The goddess' viridity kiss To her newborn child Sunlight knife strikes The wet canopy pierced ...
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Mare
alinville2001
Jun 4, 2010 10:00 pm
MM & BB,Jerry, This is lovely. Allanna...
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Steven Felicelli
fenriswoolf
Jun 4, 2010 10:14 pm
Purgatorio Press is now accepting submissions - http://www.purgatoriopress.com...
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Bernard d
rede2rollbaby
Jun 5, 2010 2:37 am
A Chilly Wind Does Blow. The wind, seems mostly to carry winter's cold, balmy warmth fled with youth, as we grew old. Seems simple joys of life grow harder to...
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Bernard d
rede2rollbaby
Jun 5, 2010 2:37 am
Glossary: Ringer: stockman, station hand on a cattle property. Fourex: Queensland's most popular Beer. Neatsfoot: a leather dressing oil. claret: colloquial...
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Mare
alinville2001
Jun 5, 2010 8:31 am
Thanks for letting me post this here Allanna Summary: In 1807, Napoleon was marching through Poland where the Poles, long oppressed by Austria, Prussia,...
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wings081
Jun 5, 2010 5:35 pm
0900hrs Saturday and I'm late rising .Finished my porridge and bananas and I'm ready to face what the world has to offer. Opening up t2w I see Mr Prolific from...
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Bernard d
rede2rollbaby
Jun 7, 2010 3:55 am
Here's Looking At You Mate. Watched, as he downed his ale, never once, pausing at the task. Eyes misted, reverence to regale, in an alcoholic warmth, to bask. ...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Jun 7, 2010 3:59 am
MM Allanna, I'm happy you enjoyed this piece. I usually write rhymed and metered poetry, but thought I might try something a bit different for a change. I...
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Bernard d
rede2rollbaby
Jun 7, 2010 4:05 am
G'day Wings Old Mate, Thanks for that...I did notice the error and corrected "the" to "then", when I posted on a bush poetry site which has edit ...
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Terry Girard
andernutrition
Jun 7, 2010 11:24 am
I love this. It is something I want to save and reread. Thank you! ... From: Bernard d <rede2rollbaby@...> Subject: [ticket2write] A Chilly Wind Does...
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wings081
Jun 7, 2010 9:22 pm
Hi Bernie RE. "I suspect it's pretty boring at times" Nobody in their right mind would accuse your posts of boredom, ennui, tedium or any other synonymous...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Jun 8, 2010 1:18 pm
Well done, Allana...This is the kind of historical novel that many people really enjoy. It is good to see solid history woven into a novel. I understand that...
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Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Jun 9, 2010 12:47 pm
Today's qoute: "You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm." – Colette About Colette: Colette was the pen name of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette,...
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wings081
Jun 9, 2010 9:00 pm
Dear Suzi I like Colette's quote from Claudine and Annie: "When she raises her eyelids it's as if she were taking off all her clothes" As ever Wings...
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Mare
alinville2001
Jun 10, 2010 6:56 am
Thank you for your encouragement and kind words, Susan. Allanna ... Summary: In 1807,...
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birds1303
Jun 10, 2010 4:25 pm
Jerry S., is that it? HI, i've enjoyed reading your work and i hope that i would be able to read more of this kind. Somewhat i can say that your poem, to me,...
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paolosaopaulo
Jun 10, 2010 4:29 pm
Pinocchio Half man, half tree: describe limbs with leaves, ["no, not like Pinocchio"] and when the reader reads looking only at one part: wood [but not sees] ...
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birds1303
Jun 10, 2010 4:30 pm
reminds me of Robert Frost's imagery that is very close to nature. I think that it is the point where one was once young and is now getting old. The "Misted...
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paolosaopaulo
Jun 10, 2010 4:31 pm
yep me too. :)...
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wings081
Jun 10, 2010 9:43 pm
Hi Paolo Shades of Blake's The marriage of heaven and hell: "A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees" As always Wings...
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Jerry S
jerry5849
Jun 11, 2010 2:43 am
Birds, I'm happy you enjoyed Green Man. It was a bit different for me to write something which wasn't rhymed or metered, but that is the fun of...
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paolosaopaulo
Jun 11, 2010 7:50 am
wow, thanks wings. that answer was more than enough hahaha.:)...
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paolosaopaulo
Jun 11, 2010 7:52 am
Watching Glaciers fall I'm enjoying spaghetti for dinner. While watching glaciers fall… the impact of the breaking ice clashing on cold sea water. "No, not...
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paolosaopaulo
Jun 11, 2010 7:52 am
yeah, i get what you mean. haha. believe me. now if only i could translate my tagalog poem to english. BUt then again the very essence of my work in my native...
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words_on_toast
Jun 12, 2010 4:11 am
A language of life only you understand,feel impatient the way unfair circumstance planned,fight a fight with your conscience for guidance of self,find the...
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paolosaopaulo
Jun 12, 2010 9:07 pm
For one, i liked the rhyme or sort of melody. Uh, and i still don;t get it why you have to shoot yourself....
