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The Art of Love- AKA Monet - Ella Camp
This legendary misty land lies just beyond Picasso, the golden hills of abstract reality; its population swells in fluxuate; as thousands enter, thousands wait. The sunlight of stark Picasso must not shine on Monet without the parasol of true love, for the heat of this reality may dissolve... Submitted 141 days 21 hours ago.

Immortal Poe - Jack H. Schick
The answer will most likely be "Yes", if you stop anyone, on any street in any town in the United States, or on any university campus anywhere in the world, and ask them if they have ever heard of Edgar Allan Poe. Now, over 200 years after his birth, he is one of, if not the best know American... Submitted 2 years 109 days ago.

The Best Books To Buy For Gifts This Christmas –Classics To Controversial and Fiction To Facts - - Connor Davidson
I've complied a list of books that I think would make great gifts for readers this Christmas. I've organised them by category and chosen only five books for each. I have found it very difficult to write this since my self-imposed limit of five has made it incredibly restrictive. However, I like... Submitted 2 years 169 days ago.

Metafiction and the 4th Wall - Bill Ectric
Most "new" concepts are not really new. They come and go in various incarnations, ever growing in our mass consciousness, until they reach the critical mass known as "everyone is talking about it." Two such concepts are metafiction in literature and its TV & film equivalent, "breaking the fourth... Submitted 6 years 329 days ago.

In Defense of the Rectitude of Semi-Colon Prose; A Man's Internal Struggle - Ella Camp
Once upon a time there was a man; replete, he was, in appealing, enticing physical beauty; a beauty enhanced by the fascinating charm of cerebral erudition; the combination of which, did engage the conceit that lies dormant within the being that is human. The sleeping fixed nature of his... Submitted 1 year 104 days ago.

Death, Thou Art Untimely - Sydney Harrell
Wait, Death, wait a while I'm not ready yet, to die Wait Death, wait awhile Don't take my life on the breath of a sigh. Wait, Death, wait awhile I've yet got years to live Wait, Death, wait awhile I've still got hugs to give. Wait, Death, wait awhile Where will my soul be sent? Wait Death, wait... Submitted 1 year 127 days ago.

Where Have All The Successive Dynasts Gone When The Forbidden City Still brightly Shines - - Hilda Cang
Nothing lasts forever. Over the past several decades or centuries, all the previous powerful world leaders, great people, inventors, doctors, famous writers, musicians, the kings and their kingdoms and the lots, the great talents and remarkable contributions of each individual and the... Submitted 1 year 206 days ago.

The Gold Miner's Metaphor - Ella Camp
In this certain time and place, the insurgent rage of "Gold Fever" swept across the land in turbulent, riotous waves of covetous greed and ambition; inundating the souls of men in a pulsing surge of primal urgency. Beset by this harbinger of universal madness, men did, in undulating droves... Submitted 2 years 38 days ago.

A Feast for the Senses - Ella Camp
She set out once more down the moss-covered stone path- in tentative barefoot steps, she walked- then skipped- then ran toward the beckoning oasis of unfolding displays of shade and bloom that frequently called her weary soul to respite. A magnificent kaleidoscope of scarlet, green, yellow and... Submitted 2 years 94 days ago.

Creative Writing Critique: Swiss Book Prize 09 (Satis Shroff) - Satis Shroff
MEHR MEER A translator and essayist Born in 1946 in Slovakia, Grew up in Switzerland, Living in Zrich, Won the Swiss Buch.09 award And 50,000 Swiss Franks. The jury was delighted With her Mehr Meer ,' Written with a pen Dipped in beauty That fills the... Submitted 2 years 186 days ago.

Perfectly Defeating Perfectionism: An Interview with Rick Rieser - Lisa Barker
When I first heard of Percy The Imperfectly Perfect Chicken , I had reservations. I get many self-published books from authors anthropomorphizing animals with a very heavy-handed feel-good message that turns readers off. Not so with Rick Rieser's first children's book. I have to say that... Submitted 2 years 196 days ago.

Camille Straits' Publication "Whispers" - Susan Thom
I have enjoyed reading Camille Strate's articles for quite a while now. They are upbeat and funny and spiritual through nature, and I like that. She has written a book, short and sweet, on the whispers we hear if we allow them to come in. It takes peace of mind, but it can be done. Camille... Submitted 2 years 277 days ago.

Can You Teach A Writer How to Write? - Hannah Quinn
Yes ! (and) No! This is a common and interesting debate, and often carries a touch of snobbery about it - on the anti side that is, which doesn't automatically make the anti side incorrect. But, is it? First, what does it mean: teach writing? Obviously, we are all taught to write... Submitted 2 years 356 days ago.

The Ironic Elevator (Conclusion) - Michael Ramzy
Seven hundred thousand dollars. 8 The elevator is now on the fortieth, forty-second . . . it has arrived. I have the fat man's briefcase in my left hand now and my suitcase in my right hand. It has been an hour since my wife was introduced to the sidewalk just outside the lobby of my... Submitted 3 years 64 days ago.

The Ironic Elevator (Part Three) - Michael Ramzy
I glanced at the photo, then turned my eyes back to the vial of medicine I was stretching my hand out to. I was only inches from it when I stopped. I was kneeling in the elevator with my arm out and I just stopped. The man continued to choke and clutch his chest, but I could no longer hear... Submitted 3 years 65 days ago.

The Ironic Elevator (Part Two) - Michael Ramzy
3 "Are you all right?" I asked. The man was quite heavyset, his large blue suit rumpled from both the humidity of the day and the weight it wrapped itself around. Although crumpled, it was still an expensive and well-tailored suit. It might be hard to imagine a very large man with a... Submitted 3 years 66 days ago.

The Ironic Elevator (Part One) - Michael Ramzy
1 Irony is not what I think of when I think of a rickety metal cage which rockets me up to the top of my apartment building every night when I get home. I never really thought about it before, to be honest. Yet if I had, I certainly wouldn't think of anything as dark or dramatic as irony.... Submitted 3 years 67 days ago.

Just Why Are Palindromes So Good? - - Cameron Home
Like always, I shall start on a question I have lately been pondering on. Palindromes, why are they so good? All they are words and phrases backwards. Some are boring and plain like Bob and Hannah but others are amazingly witty and interesting. What has gotten my mind interested in such things is... Submitted 3 years 68 days ago.

Can You Stop Being a Poet? - - Tex Norman
. . . . . Can you be a poet and suddenly just stop? Can you be a poet for a while maybe a long while and then become something else entirely? I only ask because lately I've been feeling all expository. For example, this morning I was going to write a poem about... Submitted 3 years 146 days ago.

Writing When I Don't Feel Like Writing. - - Tex Norman
I write every day. If you are serious about something and want to reach your potential, you have to work at it every day. You write when you don't feel like writing. That may be the hardest time to write, when you are uninspired, discouraged even, sick, in pain, when you just don't feel like... Submitted 3 years 163 days ago.

Say It Was A Lie! - - Tex Norman
One morning Mama says to me, "Tiff, you've seemed down lately. You've been grouchy lately, too. Tell me, is there something wrong? What is bothering you? I don't know why I picked then to tell, but then was when I said what I said. "Mama," I said, "sometimes daddy... Submitted 3 years 172 days ago.

How to Get Poetry - - Tex Norman
Early in the film Dead Poet's Society we have a scene where the literature teacher, Mr. Keating , played by Robin Williams is teaching from the approved text book, and he has a student read from the preface of Understanding Poetry, by Dr. J. Evans Pritchard , Ph .D. To fully understand poetry, we... Submitted 3 years 177 days ago.

Rules (a Villanelle) - - Tex Norman
As much as I resist rules, there are just some rules that you can't avoid. RULES (a villanelle) I want some rigid rules to guide me, some sure, yet simple rule of thumb like: righty tighty,- lefty loosey. I'm sure that such a rule would set me free from making... Submitted 3 years 179 days ago.

There Was Blood On Our Food - - Tex Norman
I was taking a little girl, 7 years old, to the doctor. She was in Foster Care and I was a Child Welfare case manager. As we visited, this little girl revealed the incident that caused her to be removed from her home and placed into the custody of the state. I wrote it up as a poem. I followed... Submitted 3 years 179 days ago.

The Transportational Power of Poetry - - Tex Norman
I read this quote in a book called Bridges Out of Poverty : Carl Upchurch was in solitary at Lewisburg , Ohio when he found a collection of Shakespeare's sonnets wedged under the short leg of a table. "I won't pretend that Shakespeare and I immediately connected," writes Upchurch . "I must have... Submitted 3 years 179 days ago.