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Saad El-Asha posted the poem titled I praise mediocrity, for my masterpiece is my own life...
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moodyt posted the poem titled A CONFESSION
Dec 23, 2021, 4:58:23 PM
It's a first for me. A poem about regretting the choices one makes..... (might not be good)
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Saad El-Asha commented on their poem titled When first I was told I had become a man...
Dec 12, 2021, 12:59:30 PM
Thanks, buddy.
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled When first I was told I had become a man... by Saad El-Asha
Dec 11, 2021, 9:17:23 PM
I find this quite lovely. It really brings back some memories for me. Very good!
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled Bubbles, Bubbles by Lonelyhearts1224
Dec 11, 2021, 9:13:57 PM
Witchcraft 101? :) Very good!
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled don't wake me up by occultoctober
Dec 11, 2021, 9:10:21 PM
I found this one a bit scary. Well done!
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled The World Across the Gates by occultoctober
Dec 11, 2021, 9:08:11 PM
Really nice imagery. You do an excellent job of capturing the craziness of a busy train depot.
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled end things by occultoctober
Nov 18, 2021, 10:48:57 PM
Oh, my! A really tragic ending. I am happy things did not turn out that way.
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled Inspiration Day by occultoctober
Nov 18, 2021, 10:45:27 PM
"I sit, among the harmonic symphony of coffee and cigarettes, across from Inspiration himself." - What a marvelous sentence!

How true this is!
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled Forget Me Not by occultoctober
Nov 18, 2021, 10:41:04 PM
A beautiful composition.
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled Fall for you by occultoctober
Nov 18, 2021, 10:35:38 PM
Very good. Superb imagery.
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kt6550 commented on the poem titled You, the storm by occultoctober
Nov 18, 2021, 10:10:11 PM
Very good! Nicely written! There is some real feeling here.
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Saad El-Asha posted the poem titled When first I was told I had become a man...
Nov 13, 2021, 10:51:21 AM
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Routh replied to the discussion titled Error Message
Oct 29, 2021, 4:05:32 PM
Sorry I missed this. Yeah I sometimes see this as well. It seems to be a YMMV situation and I can't track it down on v3.

It doesn't affect v5, which is nearing completion. I'm wrapping up...
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Mythbhavd replied to their discussion titled L. E. Modesitt Jr. "Once a Poet..."
Oct 29, 2021, 12:54:27 PM
Many of his works, both in Sci-fi and in fantasy, include elements of poetry and music. In later years, he married an opera singer and actually wrote a series around a character who is much like...
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Routh replied to the discussion titled L. E. Modesitt Jr. "Once a Poet..."
Oct 29, 2021, 2:01:54 AM
First thing that caught my eye is that they used the same creative commons photo we do (our header). :)

There are a couple of interesting things discussed in this article. The drift between...
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Mythbhavd started the discussion titled Error Message
Oct 28, 2021, 2:04:14 PM
Hey Chris,

About half the time that I post, I either get an error message or it looks like a post was made, but it's missing. Same with shoutbox.
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Mythbhavd started the discussion titled L. E. Modesitt Jr. "Once a Poet..."
Oct 28, 2021, 12:39:30 PM
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Last year, in the Tor/Forge Blog, L. E. Modesitt...
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Mythbhavd replied to their discussion titled Micro-stories or Micro-fiction
Oct 28, 2021, 12:23:31 PM
I'd agree that Oates' story falls more under the heading of prose. I think the purpose of micro-stories is to create a story in the mind of the reader. In the way that I'm using them in a clinical...
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Routh replied to the discussion titled Micro-stories or Micro-fiction
Oct 27, 2021, 1:55:35 PM
I don't have any experience writing micro fiction, I always find a story needs to be at least a chapter for me to consider it a story; perhaps I'm just a bit narrow minded in this...
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Mythbhavd replied to their discussion titled Does your relationship with your work change?
Oct 26, 2021, 5:21:46 PM
Hey KT,

I actually read back through some of your writing on Sunday and enjoyed it.
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Mythbhavd replied to their discussion titled Does your relationship with your work change?
Oct 26, 2021, 5:19:45 PM
Chris,

I understand. On Sunday, I read back through most of my old writing on here and all of yours too. I reflected on how I've grown and changed since I wrote most of what I wrote then...
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Mythbhavd replied to the discussion titled Stephen King's Misery
Oct 26, 2021, 5:13:04 PM
I'll agree. This was one of his best works and I think it was because of the honesty around his own experience. Similarly, I saw the same in Magic Kingdom for Sale: SOLD by Terry Brooks. It was...
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Mythbhavd started the discussion titled Micro-stories or Micro-fiction
Oct 26, 2021, 2:04:05 PM
Let me give you some background. Two years ago, I went through ACPE training to become a certified clinical chaplain and this year I'm pursing a 2nd residency researching spiritual care within the...
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Lonelyhearts1224 posted the poem titled Bubbles, Bubbles
Oct 9, 2021, 5:59:08 PM
Witches' strange and funny brews, Halloween poem.
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occultoctober posted the poem titled don't wake me up
Sep 23, 2021, 8:28:07 PM
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occultoctober posted the poem titled The World Across the Gates
Sep 23, 2021, 8:24:48 PM
Inspired by energies at Union Station in Washington, D.C. c 2016
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occultoctober posted the poem titled end things
Sep 23, 2021, 8:22:46 PM
 my younger self, in a darker time