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robertzimmerman

  • thunder and rain

    Thunder claps,the sky grows dark.Bring on the rain.Lightning where is the spark?He has been put out; but not for long.He can here it now, the rainman's song. Off in the ...

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  • Becoming the Watcher

    Star,so far away.You are ever so kind,to i sit and i talk and i gawk.But I am so to wonder that this star I gaze,has always been to me…the same.But ...

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Way, way back in the 1988 Presidential election, then Vice President George H W Bush had a phrase he liked to use: "A Thousand Points of Light." It refers to the idea that a community is made up of people who contribute in a thousand, different small ways, but with each helping to illuminate their community. It's a phrase I think about a lot when it comes to YWS. Looking forward, the site will continue to change and grow, but it will always remain a community dedicated to promoting creative writing as a favorite pastime.
— Nate