Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

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Losing Voice

ParisianTwist's picture
Submitted by ParisianTwist on March 12, 2008 - 11:20.
Podcast: 

When we write,
do our
voices
become
confined

to that empty
space
of white,
each black slash
marking
making
mixing
an emotion

what is it
that tells us what we
can
and cannot
say?

ourselves.
Ourselves

we are
our own

censorship.

imagine's picture

Wow... on it's own, this

Submitted by imagine on January 12, 2008 - 20:25.

Wow... on it's own, this poem is powerful. Listening to it, though... it feels like I'm being slapped in the face. Amazing.

ParisianTwist's picture

I was hoping that my

Submitted by ParisianTwist on January 13, 2008 - 20:01.

I was hoping that my voice
would bring back
the meaning
a little bit.
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"Characters are only the pawns of Reality, and reality must begin somewhere." ~Self Quoted

NeonKiwi's picture

Powerful.

Submitted by NeonKiwi on March 21, 2008 - 20:37.

Your voice added so much more... meaning... to it. It's amazing.
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It's not reality that counts; it's perception. ~Self-Quoted

glazwrites's picture

Well, it's absolutely

Submitted by glazwrites on April 27, 2008 - 19:38.

Well, it's absolutely awesome. I love the way you read it and the whole message of the poem. Great job! :)

Schila's picture

NICE!

Submitted by Schila on May 12, 2008 - 19:58.

You read with such feeling! It is so awesome.. Meaning is pretty well done in just the poem, but with the reading, it is so much better! Great work! You should totally podcast more of your poems!
Rock on!
Schila

Wow

Submitted by somebody on May 27, 2008 - 16:23.

OK, reading it, I'd be like, hey, cool that's interesting, but hearing it spoken so powerfully, and dramatically... Wow! It gave me chills. That takes a lot with me. I'm impressed, by the reading and the writing!

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