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		<description>The original writings of author Amanda</description>
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			<title>Swept Away</title>
			<description>...things have happened that have changed my life and not always for the better but i still have hope because i have faith...and i have faith in the one i love.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/1244035/</link>
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			<title>The Southern Gentleman</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...for the southern gentleman in my life...thank you kind sir &lt;i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/1076083/</link>
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			<title>fading away</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...a reluctant farewell to something that was once very important to me...&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/538291/</link>
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			<title>A Different View</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...contemplation of a different type&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/503128/</link>
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			<title>The Spirit</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;written for a dear friend that just lost their father...&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/466801/</link>
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			<title>Conflicted Heart</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...sometimes love is a very confusing thing....&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/462550/</link>
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			<title>It Is Meant to Be</title>
			<description>  &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It Is Meant to Be&amp;nbsp;Feel my touch,My sweet caressAcross the space of time&amp;nbsp;Hear my voice, Whispering to you On the night&amp;rsquo;s breeze&amp;nbsp;Call to me, And I will be thereAs you will for me always&amp;nbsp;Think of me,I am..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/460165/</link>
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			<title>It Can&amp;#2013266066;t Be Love&amp;#2013266053;</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...or can it be?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/457666/</link>
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			<title>Hopes and Dreams</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...sometimes things happen for a reason&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/457458/</link>
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			<title>In Search Of&amp;#2013266053;.</title>
			<description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;...an observation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/447772/</link>
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			<title>A Different Path</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...sometimes destiny or fate if you will, has a weird way of telling us that it is time to move on...&lt;i/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/442487/</link>
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			<title>To My Gentle Breeze</title>
			<description>for you...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/439568/</link>
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			<title>The Flames of Summer</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...we are all keepers of the flame....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/430191/</link>
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			<title>The Thoughts of an Empathetic </title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...do you believe we exist?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/423477/</link>
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			<title>To My Father on His Day&amp;#2013266053;.</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...this to my father on Fathers Day.  He had been gone from my life since 1983 and though things were not the best between us, he tried to change this before he left for the next world....i do miss him and i sometimes wish things had been different.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/423474/</link>
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			<title>Country Life</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...thoughts of a past life, at least the better part of it...&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/419216/</link>
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			<title>I Will Miss You (acrostic)</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...sometimes things don't work out the way we plan.  this is a sad goodbye to someone special....&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/418391/</link>
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			<title>Windows to the Soul</title>
			<description>     Windows to the Soul&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It is said that the eyesAre the windows to the soulWhat is in one&amp;rsquo;s heart, one&amp;rsquo;s mind,Can all be seen if one takesThe time and care to look&amp;hellip;&amp;nbsp;The joy and pain, The happiness and sadness,The event..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/417582/</link>
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			<title>Waiting for the Words</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Waiting for the Words&amp;nbsp;Never at a loss for wordsWhen it came to this, she saysThe words always flowed&amp;hellip;Faster than could be committed to page&amp;nbsp;Now she sits waiting&amp;hellip;Waiting for the words to comeHer mind wanders to happie..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/412632/</link>
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			<title>First Session of the Therapeutic Kind</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...conversation with myself, inspired by my dear friend Yossi...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/400780/</link>
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			<title>Life Dictates</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;....just my mind wandering about on the path of life....&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/398211/</link>
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			<title>Long Ago, But Not Far Away</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; Not my usual style, again, but it is true and very simple...&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/b&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/395460/</link>
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			<title>Wicked Game</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Wicked Game&amp;nbsp;The tangle of the webDeception aboundTo capture the intangibleWoven into the fabric of a false reality&amp;nbsp;Sins of the fleshThe endgame of this pursuit&amp;hellip;&amp;nbsp;To sate the ravenous hungerSought out by any measureManipul..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/387783/</link>
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			<title>The Power of Words &amp;#2013266053;continues</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...this is a response to the poem, The power of words #1 by my friend Yos.  it is a continuation of those thoughts from the other side...to get the proper understanding, please read his poem first. thanks&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/385765/</link>
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			<title>Dysfunctional All</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...i just want to know why, but it is too late...&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/383105/</link>
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			<title>Song of Peace</title>
			<description>     &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;On the wings of a butterfly,In the soft whisper of the breezeThrough the trees,Silently passive,It can only be heardBy the receptive soul&amp;nbsp;Wandering haphazardly,But not without purpose,Seeking out those that will listenWith open ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/381266/</link>
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			<title>My Light</title>
			<description>...You are the light that shines...this is for you  :)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/381021/</link>
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			<title>Love is Like a Double Edged Sword</title>
			<description>...just a thought...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/380140/</link>
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			<title>&lt;i&gt;Encompassing Loneliness&lt;/i&gt;</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...Ultimately a far better alternative...&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/377707/</link>
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			<title>What is to Be...</title>
			<description>...i really don't know anymore....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/377071/</link>
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			<title>Indecent Proposals</title>
			<description>...was it really worth it?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/376620/</link>
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			<title>Thoughts of...</title>
			<description>&lt;i&gt;...something that just was going around in my head one strange night...&lt;/i&gt;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/374114/</link>
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			<title>Gentle Breeze</title>
			<description>...An unwavering companion&amp;#2013266053;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/373045/</link>
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			<title>A Matter of Understanding</title>
			<description>...assumptions made...
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/371519/</link>
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			<title>Dreams of Love</title>
			<description>a collaboration with The Lost Rose</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/370919/</link>
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			<title>For What May Have Been</title>
			<description>...a sad musing...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/369233/</link>
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			<title>Life in the Box of My Past</title>
			<description>...a past I am glad I left...even now, a year later....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/367676/</link>
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			<title>For You, My Love</title>
			<description> Though I have told youThat I would be your shelter,Sometimes I feel that I Cannot protect you from all the evilsIn the world or in your heartIt makes me cry to think that I can&amp;rsquo;t&amp;nbsp;If I could, I would take away the fears, the hurtI would hold you tig..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/362892/</link>
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			<title>Hope</title>
			<description>this is a response to [untitled] by JadedSparrow</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/359733/</link>
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			<title>One Voice</title>
			<description>I am only one, but with others we can become ONE VOICE...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/358144/</link>
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			<title>My Advice to You....</title>
			<description>inspired by &quot;Dirty Pretty Little Things&quot; by Bubo...and dedicated to my youngest daughter, Rachel</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/350740/</link>
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			<title>In Dreams</title>
			<description>...a place where anything is possible...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/349271/</link>
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			<title>In Our Twenty-seventh Year</title>
			<description>goodbye to you, my former life partner...I hope you find your way...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/346608/</link>
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			<title>To Walk in His Shoes</title>
			<description>a matter of understanding....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/343758/</link>
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			<title>Whispering Dream</title>
			<description>...can you hear hear me whispering to you?....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/342531/</link>
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			<title>I Walk in the Dark</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I walk in the darkThough the recessesOf my mindOnce certain of the path That was clearly in front of meNow is clouded, unsureI feel alone,No longer a part of somethingI felt was specialWhat happenedTo the love, the sharing?I only feel the pain of lossThe shadows of wh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/339675/</link>
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			<title>Freedom and the Past</title>
			<description>something had to give...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/337471/</link>
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			<title>Heart and Soul</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Our hearts and souls relateThey envelop and entwineAround each otherThe splendor of the translucent glowIn the heavenly light,As they soar skywardDancing with the joy in knowing,Never to be alone again&amp;nbsp;The pain of the pastSlowly grows fainterTo be obscured, left ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/337454/</link>
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			<title>Kaleidoscope of Love</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I captured your heartYou touched my soulOur minds intertwinedWe become one spirit&amp;nbsp;Despite our differences,The distance between usWe exist in a kaleidoscope of loveThe colors swirling around us&amp;nbsp;In your arms I want to staySurrou..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/334248/</link>
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			<title>I Will Be Your Shelter</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I will be your shelterHere in my armsYou can restPut your mind at easeCalm your heart and soul.&amp;nbsp;Long has been your journeyTo seek what is out in the worldWeary from your travelsEntrust me with your thoughtsTell me of all you have seen.&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/agtovar_phoenix1/333238/</link>
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