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All of this

July 4th 2008 04:10
All of this I have thrown away
Just for you.
All of this I have destroyed
Just for you.

All of this:
Myself
My heart
My soul
My life.

All destroyed,
Just for you.

All of this-
My future
My happiness
My love
My truth.

All thrown away,
Just for you.

Just for that one moment in your arms-
Do you see it now,
How you have ruined me?

I did not wish to;
Did I truly have a choice?
Completely destroyed...
I am nothing now,
Nothing without love...

Now there is nothing left

But an empty shell
Pouring endless words
Of despair.
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If I told you...

June 30th 2008 22:26
If I told you I love you,
If I told you I hate myself,
If I told you everything I am thinking,
Would you believe it?

If you read these tear-stained pages,
Would you wish,
You had let me explain?
Would you wish,
You had not made that vow?
Or are you truly happy now?
That no matter
The truth
You cannot come back?

I love you;
All the blood and tears
I shed each night
Is proof enough of that
See me lying here,
Might as well be dead;
Are you happy now?

Because I'm not.
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On Writing: The Core of Poetry

June 29th 2008 22:24
Poetry is all about technique;
It is about rhythm
How words flow onto the page,
How the pen moves,
How it all comes together
To paint a picture...

Poetry is one of the most beautiful forms of writing. It is appreciated by many and there are many great poets who have-sadly-passed on. So many budding poets in this day in age, with dark and beautiful writing, but poetry is such a hard market to get into.

And poetry is not as easy as one may think to write, for most.

A poet chooses their words carefully, generally going for the minimal words needed to make the biggest impact. Sometimes a poem is much much longer but your average poem is no more than fifteen to twenty lines. Poems are written with an eye towards rhythm and grace, and often written to the end of being read aloud.

Most of the great poetry is dark. Many poets wrote during hard times and wrote dark poems, but in poetry perhaps the darkness is most beautiful.

A poem verse:

I love you
Cold words that spill from
Broken hearts-
And bleeding lips.

Note where the lines are split; I could have put the words 'broken hearts' with the line before it, but I preferred the rhythm of taking a breath there. Most poetry is meant, to some extent, to be read aloud. To put images in the reader's mind with fragmented sentences and paragraphs. And in some cases the fragmented style inherent in poetry makes the symbolism that much more beautiful.

Poetry can be tricky to master for some; and for others, it just flows. Whichever category you fall into, good poetry is a pure art form and it is a passion just as any other form of writing.
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A Poem

June 29th 2008 22:12
Broken
Lifeless
Lonely


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Words On A Page

June 16th 2008 03:56
Writing: the art of putting COHERENT words on a page... and so much more.

Just because you can perform the act of writing words coherently doesn't make you a true writer. A true writer takes talent and hard work. To be a true writer you have to be determined to write, to want to write, to love writing


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A Writer's Work

June 13th 2008 23:14
What good is writing?

Let me tell you what writing is good for


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Trying To Start Again

June 13th 2008 21:09
It's so hard... so hard. I've been through hell the last few months and I've lost all drive to live. All drive to write.

But I'm back. I'm going to try again. I HAVE to try again. If I am to survive the hardest trials of my life, if I am to survive these things, I must write. I have always written. It is my release. It has been with me since grade three, one of my hard years. It was there when I had to move, Daddy got sick, my parents split up. It was there all throughout the worst school ever


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A Lack Of Drive

March 11th 2008 00:47
I haven't been writing much and to be honest a lot of my drive seems to have disappeared with a stressful weekend. I'm sick, lacking smokes, possibly being broken up with, among other things.

It sucks to be me. And when it sucks to be me... sometimes that's good for my writing, other times it's horrible. Right now it's horrible


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Another one!

March 2nd 2008 16:19
I have more great news:

Greetings


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So...

February 29th 2008 03:36
In three weeks I'll have nowhere to stay for more than two weeks or so. I'm being kicked out.

But I will continue writing 'cause I'm stubborn like that. I will get a big break in writing, I'm pretty sure of it. And I grow surer every day


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Writing Is My Work

February 27th 2008 04:40
Writing is my work, my passion, my joy in life. Writing is everything to me; it is the one thing I have had for six years, the one thing that I rely on and trust in.

And there may be something called a 'day job' but I'm praying I'll never need one. I guess I didn't really see much hope until that publication. Now I'm out searching for more of the same and I'm ridiculously happy


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...I win...

February 25th 2008 02:30
Thank you very much for your submission! We'd love to include it in the March edition of the Rag.

Alana


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A Little Poem

February 14th 2008 13:00
To hold you in my arms forever,
Would be a dream come true;
And the only thing that I'm afraid of


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Back

February 14th 2008 12:41
Have you ever noticed that the best writers go through some of the hardest times? I cannot begin to describe to you how much I have suffered in the last two months. I was fighting with my mother; I went into an open relationship before being dumped by a guy I'm completely head over heels with, I managed to fail all my first semester classes, and I suffered a hospital overnight after which I became severely stress sick for over a week.

All writers go through times like these. And I have written so much and been so inspired during this whole time that I'm almost grateful for the pain. In the end though, it all worked out well


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