Unfortunately, it's not that simple. If it was, we'd have taken out bin Laden by now. And how long did it take to get Saddam? And no one ever took...
I heard the owl calling, Softly as the night was falling. He asked a question and I replied, But now he's gone across the borderline. He's gone...
On the drive home from Phoenix, where we'd been visiting her aunt, my friend Laurel told me the story of her brother Jack … the man who...
I agree also. I've never heard of a legitimate "writing contest" that charged an entry fee.
Interesting story, Zombie. I think the fish was trying to tell you something :)
In the history of the human species, whenever a new technology has been developed that could be used to: A) make a profit, or B) make a weapon,...
No, you're absolutely right. There are parts of it that do sound like PHC. It's a weakness in the story and it sounded that way to me too. There...
This is good stuff, dirtydog. You're so good with dialogue. I read one of Brautigan's novels many years ago. I don't remember when that was,...
LOL ... I had the same thought myself and tried to avoid it, since I didn't want to look like I was copying his style. Actually, I was going more...
I think this poem itself is like the "eerie icing of flourescent" (what a poetic image!). At first I heard it as the voice of some narrator to the...
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I'm guessing it has to do with the oil rigs? I've actually never even been to Bakersfield, except I think we drove through on the interstate...
Only if my dreams are real ... :D
But they only hum like that when the wind is blowing. I know because I've been back to the same road since.
Thank you again. It was funny, writing this. I got the idea one day last spring while walking on an actual abandoned pole line road in the desert...
Yeah, I vaguely remember that from the one Philosophy course I took in college.
Well, it definitely made me laugh. I thought the writing was brilliant. Inconsequential? I suppose it is, but I saw it more like a SNL skit. Not...
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Thank you all so much for your comments. I was actually halfway proud of this poem. It's heartening to see that people really do get it. :)
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