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			<title>The Day Ends</title>
			<description>finished three days of lawn work and watched the day end</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/3131555/</link>
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			<title>The Only True Myth</title>
			<description>with apologies for long absence - busy about other things -</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/3124040/</link>
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			<title>The Armadillidium Vulgare</title>
			<description>observation while cleaning a basement.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/3004717/</link>
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			<title>Love Never Fails</title>
			<description>Faith at times does falterexcuses go unacceptedregrets get pushed asidepatience can be exhausted.Worries can wear outanger will often subsidesorrows fade awaypassions get satisfied.But love never failsfor it is never wasted-its reach has no limitwherever it is found.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2964771/</link>
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			<title>Nature of Faith</title>
			<description>If my desire was your trust,belief based solely on me,I would offer you my wordupheld only by my name.Never presenting evidenceI might even hide my tracks.If there were an adversary&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;he would twist all that I saypresenting the facts verifiedclearly implied and stated.&amp;nbsp;I would say that..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2964583/</link>
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			<title>No Evidence</title>
			<description>I read an article today on the evidence against creation and came to the conclusion that it is not about evidence or lack thereof.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2964399/</link>
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			<title> Senility Orbit:</title>
			<description>The thrust of youth&amp;rsquo;s booster rockets is spent10,000 leagues beyond the maturity horizon-here the setting sun is an ever present view&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;outside the small space you have come to.Once you were encircled by the sons of mannow gravity flails you and you labor to stand-this is that odd pla..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2964074/</link>
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			<title>Hope is not as Hope is:</title>
			<description>Emily Dickinson said it so much better </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2963424/</link>
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			<title>Word Salad: </title>
			<description>my approach sometimes with my writing and pottery</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2962841/</link>
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			<title>Leeward Shore</title>
			<description>this is a rework of an earlier piece - not a lot of changes but trying to work with a tighter 4343 ABAB meter - still using some near rhymes in places b/c I like them - lol </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2962441/</link>
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			<title>The Man of a Thousand Faces</title>
			<description>The man of a thousand facesand every one of them untrueseen in any number of placeswith various colors and hues.&amp;nbsp;Profile or even right straight onhe&amp;rsquo;s there waiting to encounterand drag you right headlongwith suffuse of false banter.Image is his chief collateral&amp;nbsp;his smug mug is evide..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2962115/</link>
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			<title>Diogenes: </title>
			<description>Diogenes:&amp;ldquo;Where is the one I seek,that truly honest man-are you all of a race&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;with choices misplaced?Awaken fellow citizens,&amp;nbsp;arise from your sleep-dawn breaks I&amp;rsquo;m at it again,your Madman, out of his keepholding aloft, I walk the streets,a revealing fire filled jarto boldl..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2959487/</link>
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			<title>With the Present</title>
			<description>my excuse?  I taught English grammar for over 20 years- </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2954449/</link>
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			<title>The Birth of Choice - debate via prose or poetry prompt - carl - missouri</title>
			<description>debate via prose or poetry prompt - a planned route</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2953224/</link>
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			<title>Youth's Nostalgic Cacophony</title>
			<description>discordant memories of my early life on a farm </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2951746/</link>
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			<title>Journeys - debate via prose or poetry prompt - carl - m</title>
			<description>hope I understood the prompt correctly</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2949977/</link>
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			<title>An Impression:</title>
			<description>remembering a childhood experience of an oncoming storm. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2949040/</link>
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			<title>Broken Piece</title>
			<description>a review by John the Baptist words &quot;broken pieces&quot; made me think of the times I walked a beach looking for perfect shells. One day I realized the place of the broken piece.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2948325/</link>
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			<title>Headlong Into Oblivion - previous Why I Write - Prose or Poetry Debate prompt - carl - Missouri</title>
			<description>Headlong Into Oblivion - </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2948047/</link>
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			<title>Back to You</title>
			<description>Back to You:It all comes back to youocean wave sky blue-echoed reverberationsblended refractions.Life passes through trivial&amp;nbsp;to rejoin behind the veil-acceptance grantedtransparency gained.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2946031/</link>
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			<title>Turning Pages</title>
			<description>My wife reads the end of a book before starting to see if it is worth reading.  Made me think about that approach to a day or to a life. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2945888/</link>
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			<title>This Singular Night - Debate via prose or poetry prompt - carl - missouri</title>
			<description>truly a life changing moment</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2939564/</link>
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			<title>First and Second Mind:</title>
			<description>just thinking about it</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2939030/</link>
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			<title>chalk cheese spice of life -  debate via prose or poetry prompt - carl - mssouri &amp; lisa carol - Co</title>
			<description>First two stanzas for anyone who wants to finish and post it for both of us. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2938408/</link>
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			<title>Obscure Clouds: Debate via Prose or Poetry prompt</title>
			<description>just seems right to me</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2937905/</link>
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			<title>History of Hair - prompt Ravin ink - carl - missouri</title>
			<description>truth be told</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2935570/</link>
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			<title>What is intended  </title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;little said, much intended.&amp;rdquo;  Gilbert White
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2935422/</link>
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			<title>Poetry Alone:</title>
			<description>from a short conversation with Soren - many thanks, sir. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2932900/</link>
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			<title>The Wild - ravin ink forum prompt - carl - missouri</title>
			<description>Tangled bedangled selves we see&amp;nbsp;flaunting their unwrinkled facesflat pressed inside the magic screeneach making their protracted pleasto invade our humble abodein laughter mixed merciless gleeor else to proffer no importexcept to violate our sanctity.Unwanted uncalled invaders&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;flaunt..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2931963/</link>
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			<title>No Escape: </title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;These are the times that try men's souls&amp;rdquo; Thomas Paine </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2931765/</link>
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			<title>What is Truth?</title>
			<description>only scratching the surface </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2931375/</link>
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			<title>Niggling Distress:</title>
			<description>To sleep, perchance to dream - Shakespeare</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2929911/</link>
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			<title>Balancing Act</title>
			<description>not sure but I think it's related to moderation in all things</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2929224/</link>
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			<title>When Eudora Welty Sang a Song:</title>
			<description>giving honor </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2928397/</link>
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			<title>The Wind: - Ravin ink prompt response - carl - Missouri </title>
			<description>in answer to a Ravin ink prompt </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2928225/</link>
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			<title>Once There Was</title>
			<description>variation on a theme </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2927243/</link>
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			<title>What If:</title>
			<description>Just thinking ... </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2926577/</link>
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			<title>Culture of Conceit</title>
			<description>so this is where we are....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2926047/</link>
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			<title>May We Find - (Ravin' Ink Group submission - If man is still alive, we may find) carl - Mo</title>
			<description>response to (Ravin' Ink Group submission - If man is still alive, we may find)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2925706/</link>
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			<title>Need for Dichotomy:</title>
			<description>Need for Dichotomy:Is good without evil even a possibility&amp;nbsp;Forgiveness instead of retributionFairs sky absent stormy weatherPeace minus the advent of warAgreement sans debatePleasure without painLight with no darkEarly and not lateLove without hateIf so how would we know what they areand how co..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2924110/</link>
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			<title>Trains in the Night</title>
			<description>have moved from a small quiet rural town to the city and one of the few things I like about it is the sound of the trains at night for some unknown reason bring me comfort and an odd sense of relief. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2923918/</link>
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			<title>Hand within Hand</title>
			<description>remembrance of a story my dad told me about himself as a child and his dad and how it resembled an event between myself and my youngest son when he was a child. - complicated, sorry. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2919965/</link>
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			<title>Eveline's Tears: </title>
			<description>With attribution to James Joyce and Smokey Robinson and the Imperials

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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2910851/</link>
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			<title>The Jay</title>
			<description>Ravin' ink prompt for Sat Oct 26th 2024. carl - missouri</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2910576/</link>
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			<title>A Different Drummer</title>
			<description>thoughts based on comment from fellow poem</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2910306/</link>
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			<title>The Long Parade</title>
			<description>The genre makes no sense to me so I'm going to label everything poetry.  Don't see how it can matter anyway.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2908495/</link>
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			<title>The First and Last of Forever:</title>
			<description>Within this night is deeply setstreams of soft spoken riddlesnight is warm, breeze is tame&amp;nbsp;sleeping will come but not yet.See here earth&amp;rsquo;s true tapestry&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;woven in streams and woodsthe creation displayed theme&amp;nbsp;of a long ago recalled dream.Hear then the clear invitationpresen..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2907482/</link>
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			<title>Like Moths to Flame</title>
			<description>we are</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2906217/</link>
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			<title>Quatrains</title>
			<description>trying my hand at this previously ignored type </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2905831/</link>
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			<title>The Leeward Shore:</title>
			<description>Come gather &amp;rsquo;round people Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters Around you have grown
- Bob Dylan</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/crutch/2905627/</link>
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