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This is a story about a young boy who grew up in a strict household and was determined to take a punishment for his actions without shedding a tear and feeling NO PAIN!

A sneaky daughter and the wrath of her mother

so i got to talking with my good friend, an elder who i think is oh so wise.
and she brooke it down for me, the difference between love and, well, love.

As often as they can, The John Brothers load an upright piano into their City Car Share pickup, drive to BART stops in Oakland and just start playing. They attract musicians, homeless people, businesspeople...some of whom were willing to tell...

dysfunctional family with smiling faces

i walked away at 18

lived though 5 years in the fetal position

no internal injuries but my soul was bruised

my battle scars hidden with a melancholy smile

married a man...

 Lee lives in Santa Clara, California. He sees things. Ghosts. They come to him and knock late every night.

From ten thousand miles away, a Chinese seer watches. He knows that if Lee doesn't get help, he'll be in big trouble. My dad...

A massive, citywide pillow fight! On Valentine's, no less! I thought, how adorable, how twee, how sweet. How wrong I was. A story about heartbreak and helmets. Pardon the fact that this was...

Craig, a former minor league baseball player turned software executive had it with the software business.  So, naturally, he bought 5 pregnant asian water buffalo, rented 6 acres on a nothern California goat ranch and set out to make Italian...

Tony's brother Chris is an equally amazing storyteller...listen to his adventures in Alaska with the most terrifying animal alive...the MOOSE.

 She had asked for a Rice Crispy Treat. 

 

Dammit. My heart leapt into my throat. The tag on the tray said Marshmallow Bar. Can’t she read?

 

 Becky Wahlstrom - Write Club

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One Mans War

My Thoughts clash
Like arctic waters cooling hell torched steel
Images crash my persona, much as the tide breaks the cliffs during a
fatal storm
a war that would make Spartans...

I lied to a rabbi; a burden I’ve hidden for over 20 years. As a starving graduate student, the Temple hired me to teach religious school. For a part-time job, it paid extremely well. But the problem with religious school is; no one wants to...

This is my dad's story.  He is an eighty-eight-year-old  veteran of World War II.  Specifically he was a navy frogman on  UDT 11(underwater demolition team 11 -- the original Navy Seals).  Their job was to swim into the...

Poetry Preview "5 Seconds Ago" Written by Katrina Gurl for The Balcony View - Introduction of the Lovers Vocals and Musical Arrangements by Robert "Zaquir" Gordon Fan Page Us @...