Tag: challenge
member name: Kate Keeley
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March 10, 2008 09:13 PM EDT --
I stared at the green tux.
"Isn't it divine?" Natalie smiled.
My bride-to-be had picked a tuxedo that matched my future mother-in-law's bedroom carpet. I imagined starting married . . .
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March 23, 2008 06:00 PM EDT --
Moldy Bread Rag
Our stories get fuzzy, but don't go stale
I leaned over Greg's shoulder while he typed. "You can't write that."
"Why not? It's semi-sensational." . . .
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April 02, 2008 12:05 AM EDT --
"Hey," Jackie says. "It's Friday. It's five o'clock. It's time to leave."
I nod. "I just have to send this email to my boss."
"Bon Jovi. Front . . .
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March 17, 2008 10:38 PM EDT --
"Where's the rent?" Mr. Meanie said.
Greta held out her cat. Her lip quivered. "Have Rufus," she said.
"I don't want a cat," he snarled.
"He's . . .
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January 19, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
Two wide
This bed of mine
Half empty without you
Warm side, my side, cold side, your side
Can I forgive you leaving me alone?
Strong one, mine was, weak one, yours . . .
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March 02, 2008 10:30 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
The music soaked into the deck, tickling . . .
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January 18, 2008 10:47 PM EST --
Never
Mind the other
Wise words will win at last
Time comes too late to hinder death
Bed soft and welcome warm against the cold
Blooded killer wind weathered . . .
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January 20, 2008 02:23 PM EST --
Promises
Broken before
You meant to keep your word
Hidden in illusion and hope
Silent
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January 10, 2008 11:01 PM EST --
She is eating dirt, and all she wants to do is die. Five minutes ago, in the bar, drinking rum maybe she didn't want to die. Tomorrow, head throbbing, lips bloody, safe in her bed, maybe she won't . . .
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January 12, 2008 08:48 PM EST --
While in Antarctica I discovered some surprising facts. Are the following statements true or false?
1. There are polar bears in Antarctica.
2. All penguins like cold weather.
3. Krill . . .
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January 15, 2008 11:33 PM EST --
For a penny Gerald Dean would let me look, and I wanted to see that bright, swollen thing. We were standing on his back porch, and the moon peered down at us through a v-shape in . . .
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January 16, 2008 07:06 PM EST --
1. Temperatures in Antarctica are heating up twice as fast as the global average.
2. In prehistoric times there was a species of penguin over 6 feet tall.
3. Seals' lungs collapse on dives . . .
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January 20, 2008 08:24 PM EST --
Icy
Glacier calving
Blue birds white wings melting
As they dive down into the sea
Clouds part winds drop howling currents calling
Follow me to warmer waters
Blind to fate . . .
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February 28, 2008 11:31 PM EST --
I am from the silence that sang
Stars into the sky
I am from the darkness that painted
Tears into my eyes
I am from the brush that imagined
Mountains into rain
I am from the emptiness that . . .
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February 17, 2008 02:28 PM EST --
During my recent trip to Antarctica, I discovered that scientists (and science) can be a hoot. I might have become a scientist if I had known these guys and gals were so much fun and lived lives of such . . .
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