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		<description>The original writings of author Mai L Nissen</description>
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			<title>Murky</title>
			<description>Dreadof unknown threatsMurkywaters stir panicInhearts unsettled&amp;nbsp;Feedingon itselfIndefiniteMurkinessCirclingfish in bowl&amp;nbsp;22nd of September 2015&amp;nbsp;Inhearts unsettledMurkywaters stir panicDreadof unknown threats&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1809411/</link>
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			<title>Bottom of Society</title>
			<description>Low expectationLower participationLasting poverty</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1809409/</link>
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			<title>Criminal</title>
			<description>Condemn those in needCrafty politicians stampCriminal at birth</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1809408/</link>
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			<title>Invision</title>
			<description>Invision a worldNo competition or conflictNo human enter</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1809407/</link>
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			<title>Mend or Mind</title>
			<description>Scraps of memoriesCircling within consciousnessNowhere to settle</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1809405/</link>
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			<title>Glue and stitches</title>
			<description>Don't know what it is about to be honest.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1807668/</link>
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			<title>Between Strangers</title>
			<description>I don&amp;rsquo;t know youYet I seek you outI recognize that lookYou are like meThough other things drive youI am looking just to feelYou are looking for comfortOur eyes meetPupils dilate, for a moment we seeWe see what&amp;rsquo;s behindThe way that you look at m..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1807665/</link>
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			<title>Running with Scissors and Knives</title>
			<description>Running with scissors andknivesIs myfavourite pass-time gameThethrill of risking the livesOf myselfand others without noticeable blameCasualties are many and seemingly randomThesecrimes attached to no real shameIt is sadand preposterous to fathomthatdeath of a person is n..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1621579/</link>
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			<title>Burn</title>
			<description>To be honest, this poem is inspired by a multiple of feelings and different events... so don't really know what it is about myself :)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1621554/</link>
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			<title>For the Common Good</title>
			<description>Another rant on political issues and the tendencies to ignore them.... - sorry, can't help myself!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1621551/</link>
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			<title>Politicians</title>
			<description>A rant about the political situation, the rhetoric in debates in Denmark and the rest of Europe. What can I say!? - I am just a disappointed fellow human-being.
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1616916/</link>
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			<title>Bitter</title>
			<description>Lemony bitter	Sugar to silence the hurtBitter Lemonade28th of August 2015</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1616878/</link>
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			<title>Inhumane</title>
			<description>commentary of political and public rhetoric in Denmark</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1616811/</link>
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			<title>Hate</title>
			<description>Just a commentary of the media's influence and the political situation in Denmark at the moment...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1616808/</link>
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			<title>Inside the mind of a little girl: Patronizing Tendencies</title>
			<description>the continuation of the two previous short stories, &quot;Inside the Mind of a Little Girl: Tacit Systems of Conduct&quot; and &quot;INside the Mind of a Little Girl: A Quest for Knowledge&quot;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1608801/</link>
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			<title>Dust - Space 3</title>
			<description>Letting you touch my heart,know it&amp;rsquo;s darkest secrets;Letting past love and bitter memoriessweep away;clearing the dustsolidly settled within these harrow,hollow walls.&amp;nbsp;Too full of darkness,leaving no room for light;Slowly I sweepto cle..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1608723/</link>
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			<title>Hollow - Space 2</title>
			<description>Although, empty it feelsinside my shielded heartwithin it; cold, dark andhollow intermingled in vicious art;Layer upon layer ofdarkness that never seems to end,hollow that echoes sharplyaround every hidden bend,&amp;nbsp;frozen forever by the coldthat harbours within my fou..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1608715/</link>
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			<title>The Missing - Space 1</title>
			<description>TheMissing&amp;nbsp;In this space, weliveunable to touchor see the heartof another.Try to reach outand within secondsyour body and spacethey&amp;rsquo;ll incinerate.The bubble,in which youexisted willevaporate;Leaving no traceof your existence.&amp;nbsp;The space, confined withinthe bubble,seamlesslymerges ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1608714/</link>
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			<title>To think</title>
			<description>Just thoughts...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1608708/</link>
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			<title>Misplacement </title>
			<description>I misplace keys, phones, myself...
Alternative version at top, original following in read print</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1506219/</link>
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			<title>This Little Word (2nd version)</title>
			<description>- Because I just can't help making a short story long!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1499608/</link>
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			<title>This Little Word (Original)</title>
			<description>Just musings... </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1499605/</link>
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			<title>From Ashes...</title>
			<description>Deciding to live to the best of my abilities - recovering from depression...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1499500/</link>
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			<title>Congruity, Dichotomy or Some Other Pretentious Nonsense </title>
			<description>Just writing without thinking too much...

revised version at top, original at the bottom...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1499496/</link>
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			<title>For Tea</title>
			<description>A poem written to my friend, Tea. A response to a poem, she had written...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1499491/</link>
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			<title>For Rosanna</title>
			<description>'For Rosanna' is written to good friend of mine and is inspired by another poem, 'For Tea'.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1499490/</link>
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			<title>Inside the Mind of a Little Girl: A Quest for Knowledge</title>
			<description>A story of a little girl who lives mainly in her head, as the material world around her seems peculiar to her... Revised version at top, original version following in red writing.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1496539/</link>
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			<title>Inside the Mind of a Little Girl: Tacit systems of Conduct</title>
			<description>For those who have received a read request for this story: I realize it is a bit long, so I do not expect any quick response. However, when/if you have the time, I would appreciate your comments :)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1496535/</link>
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			<title>Inside the Mind of a Little Girl - part 1b</title>
			<description>A story of a little girl who lives mainly in her head, as the material world around her seems peculiar to her...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1496484/</link>
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			<title>Inside the Mind of a Little Girl - part 1a</title>
			<description>A story of a little girl who lives mainly in her head, as the material world around her seems peculiar to her...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1496483/</link>
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			<title>Loving You</title>
			<description>This is an old poem about past relationship with an alcoholic....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1496253/</link>
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			<title>Studying With an Agenda</title>
			<description>When people get the idea that you are exciting and the answer to their problems and happiness.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1496249/</link>
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			<title>This Game Called Love</title>
			<description>I do not like to settle, to live a lie. Loneliness and security is not love.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1496247/</link>
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			<title>Who Are You</title>
			<description>Letting someone go...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494968/</link>
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			<title>I Barely Remember Your Face</title>
			<description>Trying to move on after a long relationship...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494960/</link>
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			<title>For Lillebror Johan (For Little Brother Johan)</title>
			<description>Wrote this to my little nephew the day after he was born... </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494894/</link>
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			<title>Embrace, Extend, Extinguish</title>
			<description>A poem about individuality, identity through consumerism... a play on the strategy used by Microsoft: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494629/</link>
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			<title>I Do Not Wish to Hide</title>
			<description>Trying to accept that my resources are few when affected by depression; To plan my life around these factors to avoid going into a deeper depression that is so difficult to escape once there... </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494521/</link>
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			<title>Location, Location, Location</title>
			<description>There are many truths, truth is often subjective, which is important to remember...
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494287/</link>
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			<title>I Was Never Here</title>
			<description>For whatever reason, some men see me, not for who I am, but rather for what they wish or need to see.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494061/</link>
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			<title>freedom</title>
			<description>Leaving a relationship that I had allowed to poison my mind.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1494040/</link>
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			<title>Final Pyre</title>
			<description>Description of a time with heavy depression that nearly broke me... Blaming hating myself for not being strong and able to do the things I used to do...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1493407/</link>
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			<title>Here in Your Hand</title>
			<description>Being loved by someone, who hate and doubt themselves... Who cannot or dare not feel the love of another.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1493403/</link>
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			<title>To Distinguish Rhetoric From Knowledge</title>
			<description>Individuals do not question politicians and media based on the assumption that nobody lies...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1493070/</link>
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			<title>Only You Know Me</title>
			<description>Description of how I experienced depression from age 16-18. I have noticed there are young people in here, who suffer from depression! I hope this will make them feel less alone. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1492940/</link>
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			<title>Nothing But the Void</title>
			<description>A poem about my ex boyfriend after six years of struggling with his alcoholism...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1492614/</link>
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			<title>I Smile...</title>
			<description>Thinking I was suppose to be perfect, scared to fail when I was younger. The feeling of not measuring up revisited me recently, which has resulted in this poem.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1492557/</link>
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			<title>A rose by any other name...</title>
			<description>The act of naming is not neutral... Words form the world.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1492510/</link>
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			<title>Soft, Crystal Kisses</title>
			<description>When the world is so beautiful that everything else fades away</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1492444/</link>
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			<title>Waking In The Night</title>
			<description>when it dawns on you, what has happened...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mlnissen/1492399/</link>
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