Crafting Poetry
By: HOLLY JAHANGIRIIf you write poetry only for your own personal pleasure--as a way of recording your inner emotions, as therapy, as journaling technique--then please read no further. There is nothing at all wrong with that, and no one can tell you the "right" way to do it. You might, however, want to invest in a good lock for your diary.If you have a fragile soul or a delicate ego, and you're going to bleed tears at the mere thought of your poems suffering rejection, please don't read this. Even great poets suffer rejection; most have enough rejection slips to wallpaper a small house. They toil

Terminus
Spare me the pains of the billowing dust,in the shadows of the glorious dusk.Don't sing me songs of adieuin whispers, that I barely knew.Rest and let go of the garbled breath,that wracks your tattered body.Let go, my love, of the threadthat leads to turmoil and misery.G

Bookstores and Reading
Ask any writer what his hobbies are and one would always be reading. I have never come across a writer who is not a voracious reader. This is because books are vital sources of information and knowledge. They keep us abreast of things we should know. We could travel the world through books. We could learn anything from books: from sewing, to blogging, to carpentry, to physics, to chemistry and many more. Reading would always be a major part of our continuing education.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks for November 6, 2009
Congratulations Doc Z, for having two of your entries in the Top 3. WOOF Contest – Top PicksPoetry Zorlone – “No Call to Counter Strike” - A poem inspired by the fall of Gondolin. Jena Isle – “My Painful Past” - What is more excruciating than remembering a painful past?FictionZorlone – “

Memoir About Genuine Friendship
I oftentimes hear people talking about a dog as their best friends. I could only respond to them half -heartedly, as I did not yet have a first hand experience regarding the matter. But now that I had experienced it, then I could truly say that dogs are indeed, the most faithful friends one could ever encounter. This is the story of my dog- Piper.