Tag: literature
group name: paree
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February 19, 2007 01:15 PM EST --
I propose to publish a series of pieces that together I will call Guidelines for Writing Fiction. In this, the first in the series, I will discuss point of view (POV).
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May 29, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
I am looking for reccommendations among the published fiction and poetry writers here at Gather. I've been on the search for a genuine online writer's circle, off and on for some years now. During . . . more
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July 22, 2007 11:19 PM EDT --
If you've seen my profile, you know that I participate in 3 online reading discussion groups. One is for Pulitzer winners, one is for classic literature, and one is for fiction in . . . more
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August 13, 2007 12:00 PM EDT --
The following is based is based on information taken from excellent Complete Idiot's Guide to Literature by Jay Stevenson Ph D.
I compiled these notes in order to discover where I fit into the world . . . more
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July 05, 2007 05:06 PM EDT --
Are you a Canadian writer, whether published yet or not? Would you like to be? Or, even, are you just doin' what needs doin' to get through a creative writing course?
Do you have . . . more
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July 05, 2007 04:24 PM EDT --
A Fine Balance, a novel by Rohinton Mistry, contains stories of people being discriminated against, abused, maimed, murdered, and in some cases driven to suicide. There is much despair throughout . . . more
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October 23, 2007 10:12 AM EDT --
One of the blogs I check out almost daily posted one day a question asking which book character you would like to be . The blogger picked more or less any heroine in any fantasy novel (except Hermione . . . more
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July 19, 2006 02:23 AM EDT --
The anodyne for loneliness arrives with you--and what you have to say.
Ear Balm
Your warm gentle breath
Chaperoned by loving oaths
In my anxious ear
© 2006 Jim Ross
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January 16, 2008 12:33 PM EST --
My esteemed Gather colleague and connection Nick K. recently posted a plaintive piece on poetry appreciation, or lack thereof. "Oh cursed verse, I rarely get ye" cites a few of . . . more
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May 23, 2007 08:55 AM EDT --
Acrostic poetry can be traced as far back as ancient Greece. It was a very popular method of form poetry and still is today. Acrostic poetry is very specific in its form and has a well defined structure. . . . more
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July 05, 2007 04:18 PM EDT --
The narrators of The Diviners and Surfacing are engaged in the process of recreating their lives or "re/membering" their identities by working through childhood memories. In both cases, the authors . . . more
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January 17, 2008 08:40 PM EST --
MyWindow
My window looks at a fairy tree.
Its branches bend and twist.
Its leaves are whispering with glee
Its hallow makes a whistle.
A little river under the tree
Is running . . . more
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July 19, 2006 02:20 AM EDT --
There is always a moment when everything is clear
Afterglow
Here in the twilight
Where morning is memory
There's nothing but love
© 2006 Jim Ross
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January 07, 2008 09:28 AM EST --
large collection of today's Chinese poetry in bi-lingual edition
ANOTHER KIND OF NATION: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Poetry edited by Zhang Er and Chen Dongdong. Talisman House, . . . more
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February 21, 2007 09:21 AM EST --
There were all kinds of stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land. It wasn't until refugees started passing through our town that we began . . . more
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February 26, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
Begin reading Chapter One of A Long Way Gone
Just three days earlier, I had seen my father walking slowly from work. His hard hat was under his arm and his long face was sweating from the hot afternoon . . . more
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November 28, 2007 06:30 PM EST --
While teaching high school English, a parent came to the school and filed a complaint against the English Department of racism. We were all called to the meeting including the teacher being accused . . . more
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September 02, 2006 03:08 PM EDT --
I wonder if I'll ever be
A poet?
I can't even seem to rhyme!
Like Muhammed Ali taught
about some
butterfly?
So would that not disqualify, . . . more
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July 30, 2006 09:44 PM EDT --
My stomach grumbles and I ignore it until . . .
Trailside Rest
Heavenly hisses
Sounding through the quaking leaves
Clap the backpack flap
As if in urgent patter
Reminding me--time to eat
© 2006 . . . more
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September 10, 2006 05:35 PM EDT --
Sun Blessed Bowl
Summer's vessel gorged
Autumn's bowl begins to fill
With yellow and red
Light, late seen and early gone
Golden rays touch larders packed
© 2006 Jim Ross . . . more
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