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childhood bedroom , creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , writing , writing prompts
Childhood Bedroom
I was nine when Mama decided to wash the whole house in light pink. My room was not spared. Pink was nice but too girly and the sudden colo...
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creative writing , diary entries , essays , writing , writing prompts , you ought to be in photos
Bunso
In this photo you are a conqueror. Do you notice how we crowd to you? How we struggle to get into the frame, be included in your light? You...
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creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , writing , writing prompts
Seattle’s Best Coffee, Tomas Morato
Tuesday, July 5, 6:44 p.m. to 7:23 p.m. An ageing woman has a plump foot propped up on a wooden chair. She wears a bright blue baseball...
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creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , writing prompts
Pop
A bulbous cherry glittered underneath a concoction of vodka and soda. I circled the mouth of the glass, the clear well illuminating the li...
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creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , meditation , pottery , writing , writing prompts
Swirling: An Essay on Pottery
I I lose myself, every time. The walk ends in surrender yet the struggle remains. It is fighting and losing at the same time, like how the...
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creative writing , poetry , writing prompts
Heartbreak
The alarm has long moved past her waking time She captures the dusk in the ceiling but refuses to face the sun. She has a meeting to att...
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creative writing , poetry , workshop , writing prompts
Some Kindergarten Poetry
Himig (September 27, 2015) While moving boxes and tables and chairs, I thank the room for being small and the cage being equally small ...
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anger , creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , writing prompts
Anger (Excerpts)
II My history with anger began two years ago, when I jumped off the security ship and started freelancing and we started dating. Before ...
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creative writing , diary entries , essays , fellowship , travel , writing , writing prompts
Swerve
That kadin (local name for mountain goat) is a more experienced trekker than I am The other week, I applied for a travel writing scholar...
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baler , creative nonfiction , creative writing , diary entries , essays , surfing , travel , writing prompts
Mad Night
My stock photo, please don't steal. The first night of my second trip to Baler had me clutching a Swiss knife, trembling from unkn...
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creative nonfiction , creative writing , essays , personal reflections , writing prompts
Light
Full bright orange embers flickered as he inhaled, the lithe fire gnawing the paper with ease. He pulled the cigarette off his mouth, bet...
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