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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: The mystery of two endings —03 by Robbie Cheadle
Did you know that Charles Dickens re-wrote the ending of Great Expectations? He made this change after he’d submitted the final chapters to the printers in June 1861. He was apparently persuaded to make the change by a close friend who felt he should end the book in a way…
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My House by Amber Drake
The rooms in my house are too many to countAnd each with a secret of its ownThere’s a room filled with starlight, another with dustAnd one where the wolves like to roam There are skeletons in the closets, snakes in the bedsAnd corpses shuffling in the cellarThere are bats in…
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FOR ‘HER’ – a true story by Mike Steeden
I found myself wondering what had happened of ‘Her’ these days. I do hope things are better for her now. You see I once heard of her story on the News a few years ago and I will not give the name of the real gal in this true poem.…
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a watermelon in the streets by Bogdan Dragos
“D’you remember?” he said. “That time when we returned from work. We were working in the same place back then. And it was dark outside and we walked along the street when suddenly there’s this big watermelon that pops in our way. We walked up to it and gave it…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: book overview part 2 by Robbie Cheadle
I recently re-read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, a book I read and loved as a pre-teen. This is part 2 of my overview of this famous novel. We left Pip in London, living between the homes of his tutor, Matthew Pocket, and Matthew’s son, Herbert Pocket, who is initially…
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The Money Store by Gerald Yelle
Blinded by the window’s glare it felt like I was pushing one door into another and I felt like I had to apologize. Someone chuckled and said that was alright. My eyes adjusted but the place was nothing like I remembered. All the shelves were pushed to the side and…
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HAMLET by Luisa Zambrotta —01
Hamlet and Modernity Of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet is often said to be the most popular and beloved due to its timelessness and “universal appeal”. Hamlet is a modern prince, not a medieval one, a university scholar and a skeptic, one who dares to question religious authority in his private thoughts, in…
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: book overview part 1 by Robbie Cheadle
The second and third will be released successively every Friday (Editor’s note j, Ré Crivello) When I was a little girl of 8 years old, my sister, Hayley, was born. Hayley was a dreadful baby, she cried all the time, and she would not sleep, ever. My dad was sleeping…
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keyboard warrior by Bogdan Dragos
he was jolted awake by a pang of pain in his side Like the devil stabbed its fingers into his liver It was cold and hot in the same time He couldn’t stand could hardly breathe His eyes went big into the darkness and he looked around and saw that…
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My Mother’s Dress Shop by Jeff Friedman
Break down the boxes that held the clothing and stuff them into the dumpster in the alley behind the shop. Break down the racks that held the sexy dresses, the leather coats, the French lingerie until they are just rods and wheels lying in a corner. Fold up the clothing…
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“Carpe Diem” by Luisa Zambrotta
A Movie Speech: ‘Carpe Diem’ from Dead Poets Society( 1989) Dead Poets Society (L’attimo fuggente): Drama featuring Robin Williams who plays an unconventional English teacher (John Keating), who disdains traditional teaching methods and text books. Keating blows into the oppressive halls of an elite Vermont boys’ academy like a breath of fresh…
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On the thread of a word. by John Coyote
Vote On the thread of a word (Freedom is only the distance between the hunter and his prey.) Bei Dao Just like a hurricane from hell.You twisted my world from a lonely existence to a lifewhere I needed your caress. You took me to a dark bedroom.Light many soft candles.Slowly…
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dirty window by Bogdan Dragos
He awakened at 07:30 in the morning and took a few seconds to stare at the ceiling and decide why this day too began without a so called morning wood Fuck the meaning of life and whether or not we’re alone in this vast world He wanted to know why…
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A Joyous People by Chyrel J. Jackson
The joy is in the food we prepare.The fish that we fryand fried chickentoo.Our cobblers andcakes, the butterycornbread andtender beef potatoesand carrots with gravystew.The music that wecreate.The naughty of SouthernBlack Blues.It’s the written stanzasof the poets penand the preachers preachin’gospels good news.The joy is in our happyhands clappin’ andsoulful fingers…
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Writing with the Senses — Touch by Teagan Riordain Geneviene
Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell Welcome back everyone. I’m sincerely touched that this series has been so well received. But that’s a different kind of touch than the sense of touch. Working the sense of touch into your writing can bring your words to life. It helps make it relatable. Although,…
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October 13, 1307 – The Destruction of the Templars by Luisa Zambrotta
On Friday, October 13th, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered Grand Master Jacques de Molay and hundreds of French Templars to be simultaneously arrested. They were charged with heresy, idolatry, corruption and other crimes against the church. Many of the Templars were tortured into confessing their crimes and then…
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