Process
How A Car Accident Made Me A Poet
Looking back on it now, with hindsight and the kind of time that living through a global pandemic allows, I finally was able to look back on the last six years of my life. Reanalyzing your life is a difficult process. While things are happening and the beat is moving and you’ve got fire under your heels there is no time to turn around or to try and see where your choices will lead you. Sure, some folks have that level of hindsight but I’ve never been one to wait around and study how things would turn out. Well I used to be, there was a time when I was a young lost twenty year old and all I did was plan, plan, plan. Instead of doing or just picking up the baseball bat and taking a swing, I would pace around my basement apartment and daydream. I built up an entire dimension of what could be but I never pulled the trigger.
By Damian Rucci2 years ago in Writers
Of Passion and Pleasure
This past year has been an incredibly stressful one. And, yes, that is in comparison to the absolute and unforgiving hell-scape we all felt during 2020! That's because my dad passing away was only a small part of that equation, believe it or not. It was definitely the catalyst that seemed to start a horrifying downward, emotional spiral for me.
By Taylor Rigsby2 years ago in Writers
Online Publishing platforms . Content Warning.
Online publishing platform and there are several alternatives that cater to writers, bloggers, and content creators. Keep in mind that the popularity and features of platforms can change over time, so it's a good idea to check the latest reviews and updates. As of my last update, here are some alternatives to Medium:
By Rasheed Allen2 years ago in Writers
On Poetry and its Purpose. Top Story - December 2023.
Part 3 in my 'writing' series. Find Part 1, here and Part 2, here. In our popular culture of carefully curated spectacles that we consume from the side-lines, poems are not spectacles, neither can they be observed passively. Carefully curated, yes. Spectacles, no. A conversation could never be a spectacle. Poems demand an exchange of electrical currents through the daily, mundane, abused, and ill prized medium that is language. The force that is used for deception, as often as it used for revelation. Through the tactile material things - the baseball bat in your dad’s trunk, the oar floating away from a boat, the unused spoon in your kitchen drawer, or the space where once your grandfather’s favourite willow tree stood forty feet tall. The bat becomes a lost passion, the oar/your dreams, the spoon/an opportunity and the tree/now a drum soundtracking the memories you never had. The language that is an old vehicle, fuelled with familiarity, arriving at destinations further than it has travelled, always having more to mean than it has to say.
By Mesh Toraskar2 years ago in Writers
Plugging Sheepishly
Hi all, I am now taking the leap to share my first YA novel; " Tea With Nanny". Promoting others is always easier than promoting myself. It's available on under my previous surname, Andrea Simmons. My grandmother urged me to complete this story which I began years ago in a creative writing course. Years later, after she passed on, I gave it a go. It's a piece from my heart; I learned a whole lot about writing and hiding under my bed waiting for feedback. Like fine wine, our writing improves with age, ( unless it's from a box), of course.
By ROCK aka Andrea Polla (Simmons)2 years ago in Writers
Sands of Solitude
In a bustling city, where the symphony of car horns and chatter formed the background music of everyday life, there lived a man named Evan. He was an ordinary office worker, spending his days amidst towering skyscrapers and rushing crowds, his aspirations quietly suffocated by the monotony of urban existence.
By Zain Siddiqui2 years ago in Writers
Top 10 Countries With Long Railway Lines. Content Warning.
Trains have been important for making economies and societies around the world better. They help move goods and people quickly and easily. They also connect cities, towns, and faraway places. Some countries have very long train lines that go through many different kinds of land. This article will talk about the top 10 countries with the longest train lines. These countries are all committed to making their train systems better and more sustainable.
By Nouman Yousaf2 years ago in Writers
