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Column: Test at sharepoetry
Just testing the column funtion on Sharepoetry to see how it works and where it shows up etc.
Not Really A Story-- at storywrite
I am setting this up for a class test that I am doing regarding navigating the site. I am doing it to brush up on some of the features that I may not use often or that may have changed over time.1
Column: Reasons to Bypass a Contest at allpoetry
We all have our reasons to hit backspace after reading the details of a contest. Here are some of mine. Feel free to comment or add your own reasons, maybe my list will get longer....

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on Daddy Fell into the Pond by Alfred Noyes, on June 24
One of my favorite poets. Funny how this simple write of a a short and simple happening still bears the same mark one finds while reading his more complicated works like The Highwayman.
on So You Want To Be A Writer by Charles Bukowski, on July 15, 2008
Lol, perhaps he never found one worth keeping
on The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy, on March 4, 2006

One of my favorites
This poem has been a favorite of mine since the first time I read it in Jr. High. It makes some hard points about war that are often never taken into consideration. It is one of those timeless pieces that still applies to times of war and it is written in a way that the language is easily discernable by deciphering meanings of old expression in context. I never even looked up the words like nipperkin until I was much older and realized I had no clue what a nipperkin was.

Basically the piece forces us to consider the fact that the enemy is generally just a bunch of people just like ourselves. It examines the absurdity of killing strangers who are probably just as likeable as we are. For so many people around the world, the military is simply a job sought out because a person had no better way to support themselves or their families.
on About new snow by Kobayashi Issa, on December 19, 2005
Had I lived during his lifetime, this guy would have been my friend. I love his stuff.