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I Want To Know You Again – Polished Personal

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 AbigailAbigail

… the impact of separation in an individual’s life… In the car, on the way to the airport, I found myself remembering the day he left. I probably asked 100 questions to prepare for the[…]

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Something Lost – Polished Personal (Creative)

January 12, 2020January 20, 2020 _luca.jr_

– Something Lost – “…the impact of separation in an individual’s life” (Text: Perpetual Motion by Tony Hoagland) The days were hot and the nights were brisk on those seemingly endless roads. It was just[…]

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Monsters of the Past – Polished Personal Response

January 11, 2020June 15, 2023 juleannaJuleanna

“… significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance” Response to Poem: Piano Tuner’s Wife – Wilmer Mills I can hear the cannons calling out to me across the field. A[…]

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Stay in the Lines

January 9, 2020January 11, 2020 suggestedsimplicityNazeefa

A polished personal (creative) regarding an individual’s response to convention and circumstance. Response to “Dairy of a Piano Turner’s Wife” and “Waited”  When I used to see my face in the mirror, I always admired my[…]

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Drowning – Polished Personal Response

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 tinadashChristina

Drowning “… impact of separation in an individual’s life” –   “Don’t even bother apologizing at this point, there’s no use!” “I wouldn’t apologize if there was a gun pointed to my head!”   I[…]

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the vanishing stones: polished personal

December 28, 2019January 8, 2020 nimjayNimrat

prompt: …the impact of separation in an individual’s life. text: “Perpetual Motion” by Tony Hoagland “She’s caught the traveling disease.” That’s what Dad would say as we sat at the dining table alone for the[…]

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A Desire to Vanish – Polished Personal

December 24, 2019March 22, 2021 AbhayPAbhay

…the impact of separation in an individual’s life Text: “Perpetual Motion” by Tony Hoagland Theme statement: When an individual desires to be removed from circumstances in the present, they will, in the moment, feel a[…]

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niche: a bit of wisdom from me to you

December 18, 2019January 21, 2020 mariamc

  If afforded the opportunity, I would roundhouse kick my past self in the head. I’m hoping it would succeed in knocking some sense into her. It’s not her fault that she was so young[…]

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through the eyes of an outcast

October 20, 2019October 26, 2019 lexiconaAlexis

“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account, we shall be more attached to one another.” While reading Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley,[…]

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Learning to Keep Secrets (Polished Personal)

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 liamcgUncategorized

Prompt: The impact of separation in an individual’s life. Chosen text: Perpetual Motion, Tony Hoagland

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