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5/29/2013 12:19:01 PM Karlin K. Jensen Posts: 8	So it seems to me that all the great writers have gone through horrible things, or suffered from madness or other similar things. So, clearly, a good writer must go through something horrible before beginning his/her career. (Yes, I'm slightly kidding here) What horrible thing have you gone through? Serious or trivial, it doesn't matter, just do tell!
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10/1/2014 6:56:23 PM Bob Atkinson Posts: 294	Thank you Karlin for my comfort in not being a great or good writer edited by Bob_Atkinson on 10/1/2014
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12/13/2014 12:28:53 AM Kate Ginsberg Posts: 14	Not all my poetry comes from terrible experiences but here's what can happen when a young girl hitchhikes: Breaking The Surface ( a dramatization) He binds my hands and wrists behind me struggling to escape I see the fury of the coming storm arising high beyond the trees I know too well the chance I take when I accept a stranger's ride beneath my knees, cold earth awaits for this will be the night I die As the growing black enfolds me stars are blinking far above Goodbye, earth and sky and music Goodbye, everyone I love Something murmurs very gently while I spiral further down voice and spirit leave my body as in Death's dark pool I drown Just before my flame's extinguished what, I wonder, is my purpose? with that riddle left to answer I fight hard and break the surface Breathe again the cool, moist air feel my own blood fill my mouth gasping for the breath I lost as my life almost flickered out As I look about I find to my relief, I'm quite alone with ragged edges of my mind I think of those who wait at home Lying still beneath the pale moon, waiting for the sun to rise knowing Dawn approaches soon, I think about the night I died And though I almost left this world I'm far too numb to feel the fear I realize because of me a fool was almost buried here (c) 1995, 1998 by Kate Ginsberg edited by Emkatster on 12/13/2014 edited by Emkatster on 12/13/2014 edited by Emkatster on 12/13/2014
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