Stories tagged writing

Forgotten Moments

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I write to do the impossible.

Surprise Return

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Maybe writing had become my religion.

too pissy for poetry

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feeling obligated to write/ is like feeling/ obligated to fuck.

Missing the Forgotten

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Twenty-six years after leaving, I wanted to forget.

Letter for K.

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the kind of thing that begins with a fist

Time and the Toolbox

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The thought of losing time causes such fear that time itself, in the form of moments, comes and goes without us realizing that it doesn't wait for anyone or anything.

for one dedicated to artemis

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artemis is but a mincing fawn:/ no sacred bitches need i in my ranks,/ nor hunting dogs to tear a man apart/ when i have teeth enough to bruise fine flanks.

insomnia made bearable

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the cheek of you! to dream/ upon my sheets in schoolboy peace/ when here i lie,/ each second spent/ a tranquilized tiger cursed with awareness/ for all the flesh so near its maw.

Will Write For Crab Cakes

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By: Roz Warren (and Janet Golden)I'm a humor writer. My work appears in publications from The Funny Times to The New York Times. Janet is a history professor whose writing was confined to academic journals and the occasional op-ed. Driving back from the Jersey shore one…

My Day To Your Night.

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The weather is chilly here in discomfort The goose bumps raise their black flags I've never peered through domes of eternal bliss Those sleek enough, slide past me I seek the empty company in brown plastic bags, With only a few holes and a branded…

Loving the ordinary

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Luxury, for my wife is a lie-in, undisturbed and swaddled in all the duvet's warmth like a birthday present wrapped in love all alarms, phones and distraction from dreams ceased save for the constant metronome of the second hand ticking inevitably a

The poet. Pt. 3

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I think I remember now why people write poetry.

The Third Time my Father Tried to Kill Me

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They sang and clapped and stomped shod feet on hardwood floor, the smell of man sweat and bomb-making thick as perfume.

The Editor Is Always Right

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J.K. Rottenblotter, editor of Horrible Stories Magazine, has a midnight visit from a rejected short story writer to debate whether classical vampires or sparkling vampires represent real world vampires.

S.Hallow

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Andy writes porn.