This is such a divisive topic, but it's angering trying to understand why sometimes. We should all be united in protecting schoolchildren, and all of our fellow citizens at large. I've never been able to wrap my head around anyone's argument for their need for an assault rifle or the laws that permit them, and likely never will, so I stand united with you. Thank you for opening my eyes to some of the hard facts that haven't sunk in for me before: the exact number of kids affected by shootings, etc.
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elise.writer, your writing is anything but laughable! The note you ended this on, that's the right conclusion: The thing to do is carry on living -- and carry on writing! Your poetry warms our hearts, and we only wish we still published a weekly page in the Burlington Free Press. I'm sorry that opportunity is no longer available. But I love seeing that today, you wrote a poem.
The wavy line of that shadow running through the architectural lines of this piece makes for such an eye treat! And that little person with their little bowl of food is the perfect injection of humanity and humor into an image that is stark (in the best way!) in its contrast and precision.
Very funny! That last line works as a note of sarcasm in the world of clocks, too, and a quippy way to end the piece (it took me a second to realize you were responding to the Timeless challenge)!
Sounds like you learned something important from this, so don't hold it against yourself too much! For what it's worth, I think every one of us has made this exact mistake, and lived to regret it just a little bit: Not being a part of the welcoming committee for a new classmate or coworker, that is, which can feel especially shameful when you discover they're a real upstanding human or could even be your next best friend. I'm so happy for you that you and this newbie eventually became close!
Wow, this level of detail is just incredible! So intricate. I can only imagine how long this must have taken you, each stroke of the pen to shade this out. Although the coloring and the shadows are on the darker side, there is something always beautiful about a barn in the countryside, and when it's depicted like this, all the more so.
This is such a divisive topic, but it's angering trying to understand why sometimes. We should all be united in protecting schoolchildren, and all of our fellow citizens at large. I've never been able to wrap my head around anyone's argument for their need for an assault rifle or the laws that permit them, and likely never will, so I stand united with you. Thank you for opening my eyes to some of the hard facts that haven't sunk in for me before: the exact number of kids affected by shootings, etc.
"Kyro" is this week's featured visual on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Everyone can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
"Annie" is this week's featured poem on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Y'all can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
What descriptive personification! I could so easily picture Winter here as a frozen beauty of a woman, sparkling as snow does in the sunlight.
Thank you!
elise.writer, your writing is anything but laughable! The note you ended this on, that's the right conclusion: The thing to do is carry on living -- and carry on writing! Your poetry warms our hearts, and we only wish we still published a weekly page in the Burlington Free Press. I'm sorry that opportunity is no longer available. But I love seeing that today, you wrote a poem.
The wavy line of that shadow running through the architectural lines of this piece makes for such an eye treat! And that little person with their little bowl of food is the perfect injection of humanity and humor into an image that is stark (in the best way!) in its contrast and precision.
Very funny! That last line works as a note of sarcasm in the world of clocks, too, and a quippy way to end the piece (it took me a second to realize you were responding to the Timeless challenge)!
Sounds like you learned something important from this, so don't hold it against yourself too much! For what it's worth, I think every one of us has made this exact mistake, and lived to regret it just a little bit: Not being a part of the welcoming committee for a new classmate or coworker, that is, which can feel especially shameful when you discover they're a real upstanding human or could even be your next best friend. I'm so happy for you that you and this newbie eventually became close!
Wow, this level of detail is just incredible! So intricate. I can only imagine how long this must have taken you, each stroke of the pen to shade this out. Although the coloring and the shadows are on the darker side, there is something always beautiful about a barn in the countryside, and when it's depicted like this, all the more so.