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		<description>The original writings of author Madeline</description>
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			<title>Touching Not Feeling</title>
			<description>What is this illness I see?&amp;nbsp;This misdemeanor so often committed,Of touching not feeling.Moments once felt with passion, with aweNow barely touched with the snap of a camera, or tap of a keyboard.The quiet, still reverence beheld of wonderMay be glanced at for secondsBefore you must tend to the ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1433671/</link>
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			<title>Wings </title>
			<description>It's not you,I promise.Blame it on these wings I have grown.&amp;nbsp;Almost full length,&amp;nbsp;Magnificent but melancholy.&amp;nbsp;This nest I love seems crowded now.&amp;nbsp;It's not your fault,&amp;nbsp;I just take up more space than before.&amp;nbsp;I will find the way,Navigate this convoluted path.&amp;nbsp;Becau..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1429392/</link>
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			<title>Drunk Off Cookies</title>
			<description>Once again, I stumble to and froEven thoughI only had one.I'm such a fool, not Cool enough to raid yourLiquor cabinet for the buzz,Cuz I head straight for your Cookie jar instead.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1426989/</link>
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			<title>Toe Ring</title>
			<description>I love you.&amp;nbsp;See how the sunflower leans&amp;nbsp;To the sun that emanates warmth,&amp;nbsp;Nurturing rays.&amp;nbsp;Your love is unfathomable,I cannot wholly emulate.&amp;nbsp;Your hands are rough and strongFrom the home you have built.Your feet sunburned, toasted reddish brown beautifulWith the glimmer of gol..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1426872/</link>
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			<title>Infatuation</title>
			<description>Falling in love is sweet,Cherry blossoms and tied-bow neat.&amp;nbsp;Zealous hands that meet with purpose...To complete the round of applauseFor these two lovers, the charitable cause.But falling in infatuation is tart,&amp;nbsp;Tangy passion with electric heart.The good, the bad,I'll have it allFor the lin..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1424949/</link>
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			<title>Thoughts on Individualism</title>
			<description>America runs on the idea of individualism, freedom for its citizens. However, what does this mean for a culture? Individualism, as seen in any student government textbook, sets forth the idea that what is best for the individual will ultimately be best for the whole. Our founding fathers wrote the C..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1423981/</link>
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			<title>Boys</title>
			<description>What cynicism I holdFor my true loves,My only eligibles.&amp;nbsp;What seed was planted&amp;nbsp;So fervently within meThat I only view them &amp;nbsp;Through scornful lens?I pray,&amp;nbsp;Take this contempt from meLike an everlasting bruise,&amp;nbsp;At the convenience of&amp;nbsp;Any passerby's clumsy or intentional bum..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1423786/</link>
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			<title>To Daunt</title>
			<description>In the very wake of prominence,&amp;nbsp;of opportunity,&amp;nbsp;Life seems to do nothing--But to daunt.&amp;nbsp;Unconscious joys would flood, rainwater on an already satiated field.&amp;nbsp;Now time pleads for rain, but none is given.&amp;nbsp;It seems life offers little perception,&amp;nbsp;Little guidance I used to r..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1422041/</link>
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			<title>Child's Play</title>
			<description>My stomach is churning,the&amp;nbsp;Butterflies have formed a rebellion.&amp;nbsp;Invited, I drive to his house,&amp;nbsp;Although I hold no interest in his proposal ofromance,&amp;nbsp;Nor the mere company he promises will&amp;nbsp;Kindle that of which he desires in me.&amp;nbsp;My only incentive hidden in..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1422038/</link>
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			<title>A Rude Awakening</title>
			<description>The alarm's crude yelldisrupts my escape from reality.I've been cheated, betrayed by time's&amp;nbsp;Fast climb to consciousness.No light peeks from window cracksTo help me along.&amp;nbsp;House dead, silence tempting.The atmosphere outside so uninviting,&amp;nbsp;So solitary.Pillows and mattr..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1422036/</link>
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			<title>Left Awake</title>
			<description>Tonight, the day refusesto give me to the dark.&amp;nbsp;I lay awake, fully conscious.&amp;nbsp;But can sense the loosening grip of&amp;nbsp;Day on my arm.&amp;nbsp;Please, hand me over already!Have I not fulfilled my day's obligations?Have I not heard everything the day needed tosay?Well then, I ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1422035/</link>
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			<title>A New Dance</title>
			<description>I inhale and exhale,&amp;nbsp;Each surge of airRefreshing and seductive.My eyes are closed, how I like it.Where am I? Only others can really tell,&amp;nbsp;But don't spoil it, please.&amp;nbsp;I am in a forest, in the arms of the night.I sit on cool dirt, its earthy musk mesmerizing,Filling my..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1422034/</link>
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			<title>Growing Pains</title>
			<description>Humming pain -- the thoughtless one.Devoid of any hiatus that will lend relief,&amp;nbsp;To its victim that quietly suffers from itsPerseverance.&amp;nbsp;Waves brought upon the shore retreat in lengths,&amp;nbsp;That give it a blissful look at the sun.&amp;nbsp;Yet I experience no look,&amp;nbsp;For my sight is blinde..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/madelinepomar/1421662/</link>
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