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The Truth and Lies of Poetry
Read more: The Truth and Lies of PoetryThere is power in poetic verse. Words roll off the tongue like music, and lose us in the sway of emotions that flood each word. But what about the messages hidden within poetry?
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A Six Word Story (30)
Read more: A Six Word Story (30)Sometimes I feel like an overturned cup of confetti… Until I remember cups are for holding liquid, not everyone else’s bits and pieces. Confetti wants to be thrown around, shared, and bring colour to the world. Remember, it’s okay to throw those bits around, as long as you clean up after the party is over.…
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Plastic Grows
Read more: Plastic GrowsConnection, as plastic cubes press together. Click A sound that speaks of acceptance, success, and lifts a smile across determined cheeks. More clicks trumpet growth as the tower of color grows. “One, two, three, four, five.” Hesitation. What color next? Repeat the pattern? Mix it up? A finger taps lips in thought as eyes shine.…
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Lovers Getaway/Dwelling Literary
Read more: Lovers Getaway/Dwelling LiteraryDwelling Literary has again redecorated and on July 1st my piece, Lovers Getaway dropped as part of their BEACH HOUSE Issue. BEACH HOUSE will continue to be an interactive experience on the home page for the month of July, after which all included pieces will remain in their Archives. Dwelling literary continues to be a…
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The Worth of Early Works
Read more: The Worth of Early WorksMaking room for a new and better isn’t wrong, but maybe we should hang on to one or two of those learning pieces. Treasuring them like we do the scribbles and hand paintings of childhood.
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Would You Go?
Read more: Would You Go?If one could step out on waves, feel the liquid coolness flow, where would you go? Ride the tide, watch moonlight collide with creatures, microscopic soul.
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One Year Old!
Read more: One Year Old!Today is the day! Mary Grace Writing is officially ONE YEAR OLD! I am a muddle of disbelief, pride, exhaustion, and determination.
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Electric Lights
Read more: Electric LightsEyes so tightly shut, dark edges shimmer red. Electric blotches painted in yellow’s glowing thread.
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Morning Beach/Art Highlight
Read more: Morning Beach/Art HighlightHave you ever walked a beach in the early morning, and seen the pink in a sunrise shimmering off the water? Its quiet moments like that I live for. When I can’t find them in my own life, I like to paint them into being. Morning Beach is an example of such a moment. I…
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Six Word Stories (29)
Read more: Six Word Stories (29)Trees are more like people than we often think. They hide so much beneath the ground, just like humans hid part of themselves behind pretending. Beauty, intricate personalities, strangeness, connectivity, how we and they reach out for each other. It’s often not until something unwanted, something uncomfortable happens and washes away the dirt, that we…