tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49305919736058781762024-03-05T19:16:15.958-05:00Collage PoetryThis is my poetry blog, and my attempt at appropriation art.
All these poems are collaged poems. They are composed of different words, segments and sentences from several articles from different publications.Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-18230168934366210322013-03-30T01:40:00.001-04:002013-03-30T01:40:50.356-04:00Conquer (made from Allure & Seventeen Magazine)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hurt has many faces</div>
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Resistance and acceptance,</div>
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history and identity,</div>
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loss and hope.</div>
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They endure.</div>
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The inspire.</div>
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Witness a miracle</div>
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& dare to come alive.</div>
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Skinny</div>
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Welcome beauty</div>
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<br />Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-60099415015923263792012-09-13T22:44:00.001-04:002012-09-13T22:45:51.035-04:00Self Reincarnation (Made from articles from O, The Oprah Magazine)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fearless,</div>
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<br />Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-31944815753760461662012-06-13T21:06:00.000-04:002012-06-14T14:07:47.687-04:00El diario de un romance primer (made from Somos Así 3, a Spanish textbook from high school)I don't speak spanish, but I studied it for years. This is my attempt at a Spanish love poem- I understand it might not be 100% accurate but I wanted to try something new. The intended English translation follows the Spanish poem.<br />
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No seas mentiroso <o:p></o:p></div>
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When you fall in love.../ Do not lie./ Be generous;/ Do not be selfish.</div>
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I always make mistakes/ but you are wonderful.</div>
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Believe me, please/ I tell you the truth/ when I say how much I love you.</div>
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My love/ take my hand/ come with me/ forever.</div>
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I don't give up.</div>
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I remember</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> An exchange of words,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and smiles,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which draws you closer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and closer,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">until you begin to feel</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">strangers who suddenly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feel like home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">together we learn how to fly,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">together in thought and in heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">colorful, strange, and beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hand in hand</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">together</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no one will rule over us.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-50702141608301789112012-01-23T15:01:00.000-05:002012-01-23T15:01:53.969-05:00Chance (digital collage from NYtimes.com)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQp15ASgUm4huwoOu2n6W555JIRXBVOA5v_BOP4asN4Nkhn_BlVCmcAtH0kjBCoDySKHKGbfmpXSMnMNcFrMhJIoX_ecNdHIMlBSt63xxr3kaRMFIbenriylF5JrjiWsbKHrHs4QexCj5u/s1600/chance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQp15ASgUm4huwoOu2n6W555JIRXBVOA5v_BOP4asN4Nkhn_BlVCmcAtH0kjBCoDySKHKGbfmpXSMnMNcFrMhJIoX_ecNdHIMlBSt63xxr3kaRMFIbenriylF5JrjiWsbKHrHs4QexCj5u/s320/chance.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(created from <a href="http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/thomas-langmann-the-man-who-took-a-chance-on-the-artist/?ref=arts">http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/thomas-langmann-the-man-who-took-a-chance-on-the-artist/?ref=arts</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess I was dreaming</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about passion, love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">everything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything at the same time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I saw the light</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so afraid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started at the bottom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Someone asked me to move to the other side.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's silent</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the weakness of this life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Became strength</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Passion, love,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">everything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everything came</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from this</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">miracle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-73122932173738108672011-11-02T20:38:00.000-04:002011-11-02T20:38:13.536-04:00The Painted Dolls On The Move (made from the children's book "The Big Book Of Indians" by Sydney E. Fletcher)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuwikl_s_6HBj8AlgF6QM6P8Y7wV-tKuKqE3JqS-lvf_Pf6skfqD6_oBTVyyj3Mi5B7p7Tg4KIrlarwcQ8kPPgWrYNdRcIL49AWi6Lh14tESMZvsgQOnnf3hXTtVnRA6ENkXHwkoZFKVj/s1600/poem+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuwikl_s_6HBj8AlgF6QM6P8Y7wV-tKuKqE3JqS-lvf_Pf6skfqD6_oBTVyyj3Mi5B7p7Tg4KIrlarwcQ8kPPgWrYNdRcIL49AWi6Lh14tESMZvsgQOnnf3hXTtVnRA6ENkXHwkoZFKVj/s320/poem+001.JPG" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Painted Dolls On The Move</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Young children prove fearless</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were dusty stars,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A band of warriors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">massacred.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Their very existence</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was considered</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the greatest gift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The warriors returned</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Running from evil spirits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dance as memorials to the dead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dance the War Dance.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-81042438799091494602011-08-26T19:34:00.000-04:002011-08-26T19:34:26.363-04:00Tragic Crash (made from an article from The Putnam County Courier, the local paper)Recently, I was in a car accident, which I'm still both emotionally and physically recovering from. On August 11, 2011, I lost my best friend in this accident. I created this poem in the hospital, using an article from our local paper on the accident and her death. This poem is for you, Caitlyn.<br />
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</div><div align="center">Tragic Crash</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">A horrible accident,</div><div align="center">Massive injuries</div><div align="center">The vehicle rolled.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Lost control</div><div align="center">We drifted into a ditch.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">unresponsive,</div><div align="center">not breathing.</div><div align="center">The young woman</div><div align="center">Wonderful, caring,</div><div align="center">her short time</div><div align="center">rushed.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">She was pronounced dead.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We are heartbroken mourners.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Caitlyn was laid to rest</div><div align="center">and I love her like she is returning home.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-57953804258423031122011-07-20T21:22:00.001-04:002011-07-20T21:23:50.599-04:00GO BRA-LESS (made from bumper stickers)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sgFqMU3rSzLLtWwEPPnSUHeapya20SlioJVlHmtf5DS_8J4r-CxA8QUJkqfwGjMRi7QXksZcwqLu-qnTJm5gKH4G-Qu9sR2odId7X3XCCt7Z6PeacDzXzm2_M0OLHT1SxokH7sS8glt2/s1600/DSC03992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sgFqMU3rSzLLtWwEPPnSUHeapya20SlioJVlHmtf5DS_8J4r-CxA8QUJkqfwGjMRi7QXksZcwqLu-qnTJm5gKH4G-Qu9sR2odId7X3XCCt7Z6PeacDzXzm2_M0OLHT1SxokH7sS8glt2/s320/DSC03992.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Skinny woman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pull the wrinkles from your face!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soccer mom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not to worry...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your daughter is in good hands!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But shut the bitch up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Help</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I live in my own world</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside of me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trying to get out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it's ok...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who says I have to be normal?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-25466855055722159532011-07-15T19:30:00.000-04:002011-07-15T19:30:57.448-04:00Brave Boy (New York Post)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTDNG7JffgwFm6pLRV2TIoQm-7LZ_K1KBEaNUOd5nPeT_LkJqj2acv4ohsf3HBxM1b5y3WXrX-8b42UShVC363dHL4imbwO0B0smrPp0zKk_UrHO8QsFeD-1tkJ0twrTH8UqRXKbDFBuh/s1600/brave+boy+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXTDNG7JffgwFm6pLRV2TIoQm-7LZ_K1KBEaNUOd5nPeT_LkJqj2acv4ohsf3HBxM1b5y3WXrX-8b42UShVC363dHL4imbwO0B0smrPp0zKk_UrHO8QsFeD-1tkJ0twrTH8UqRXKbDFBuh/s320/brave+boy+003.JPG" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brave Boy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Play nice, kids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The big bad boy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tragic boy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Head to head</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fight for life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the long road may end.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ultimate sexual experience</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Show me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How your tree bears fruit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sex on demand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He's a traveling time bomb</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day turning into tragedy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His peace has come.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/m0JV6xeJ6ps?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-2660249888690331182011-06-21T12:52:00.003-04:002011-06-21T15:23:37.137-04:00Promises, Promises (The New Yorker, Glamour, Cosmo) Behind the Scenes with Jess Schneider: The Making of a Collage Poem<div align="center">Check check check it out.</div><div align="center">Here's a look at what goes into making a collage poem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/iAvUK6k9T7Q?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FINAL PRODUCT:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Salvage what you have left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love, loss, longing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beauty, beauty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The naked and the dead</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hiding in plain sight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The nightmare I couldn't have,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gods and dolls</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dead in the water,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Simply naked</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Completely living.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Save us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wild child and bad girl sex</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big ideas,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Confessions,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Discoveries,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Secrets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A daughter's revolution.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What's sexy now?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Admit it, you're a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">troubled paradise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Free yourself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your body</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your eyes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stinging sensation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Poison into pressure</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your skin may burst.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Place your fingertip over</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These darkest areas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gently massage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gently to provide best penetration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keep in mind</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Your skin may burst.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Time is up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You leave as usual.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The water runs clear</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the same shade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You never change.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-79290197434444434092011-06-05T22:33:00.001-04:002011-06-05T22:33:56.547-04:00The New Yorker (made from my rejection email from the editors of the New Yorker)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpLja0wYkfjU4qhARzj3VVv7_8rIn1PWllt9b2LGmnaZFHe65pFV-636nfDCap2L0KdJ-JZMrzXdqmQIL5gIQET7U8zAI3mzuHWBYF1fY4t26WvZzvfpnmrf2oqx7nb2bDPslUMpQC4Y-/s1600/we+are+the+editors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpLja0wYkfjU4qhARzj3VVv7_8rIn1PWllt9b2LGmnaZFHe65pFV-636nfDCap2L0KdJ-JZMrzXdqmQIL5gIQET7U8zAI3mzuHWBYF1fY4t26WvZzvfpnmrf2oqx7nb2bDPslUMpQC4Y-/s320/we+are+the+editors.jpg" t8="true" width="286" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">The New Yorker</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We are the editors.</div><div align="center">Consider us.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Carry your regret,</div><div align="center">Your warmest regret.</div><div align="center">Consider the oppertunity</div><div align="center">We are unable to regard.</div><div align="center">Consider us.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Consider us</div><div align="center">And the regret,</div><div align="center">the regards,</div><div align="center">the work,</div><div align="center">the oppertunity,</div><div align="center">and the giving</div><div align="center">and giving and giving.</div><div align="center">Consider us.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Thank you for giving us</div><div align="center">The regret we carry.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-38867438444816884732011-05-08T18:01:00.000-04:002011-05-08T18:01:24.276-04:00Mom (made from Mother's Day cards)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXEEZFvDVndA1HUb0Ku8ufLHUKBJpuA7RnvcoEfc3oP1dPNJvVNwe_fx5ZwbtI9j1eOoscJXCp5R097rAUXlARNsBaKftnhrBxR1vR2Cm72WeA-r-k0Ypc9ZlRXxvu-jvmjK7fjlyOgw6/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvXEEZFvDVndA1HUb0Ku8ufLHUKBJpuA7RnvcoEfc3oP1dPNJvVNwe_fx5ZwbtI9j1eOoscJXCp5R097rAUXlARNsBaKftnhrBxR1vR2Cm72WeA-r-k0Ypc9ZlRXxvu-jvmjK7fjlyOgw6/s320/001.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A mother's love</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So beautiful </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So peaceful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A mother's heart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A world filled with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">blessings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">beautiful moments</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and bright thoughts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This day is for you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For your smile</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's your day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to know you're celebrated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful day for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thinking of you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and telling you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how much it means</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to have you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's the perfect time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for both of us</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to enjoy every little moment.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-55653976238473105942011-05-01T17:20:00.000-04:002011-05-01T17:20:08.535-04:00No one is there. (SUNY Purchase Lit Society's publication: The Leaf Unturned)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSLgPKYA9WrTr8LnlMYJklCpVCYqnHmXnW2-hCzDOUazD0PbidNL40y-GbPaNS650NoqHOUBNFMylUT-NuW_wJyyxswrgUhOUgTSCiVm-yOQiTcW7arvx0aQ3L5DUbtLN40qFJgM03cLr/s1600/no+one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSLgPKYA9WrTr8LnlMYJklCpVCYqnHmXnW2-hCzDOUazD0PbidNL40y-GbPaNS650NoqHOUBNFMylUT-NuW_wJyyxswrgUhOUgTSCiVm-yOQiTcW7arvx0aQ3L5DUbtLN40qFJgM03cLr/s640/no+one.jpg" width="172" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No one is there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a hollow town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shadows scattered</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cage The Animals</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">drunk beautiful boys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">safely kept</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">lost in me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">smashed roses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">between your legs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want to taste your skin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to be fucked</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">birds and the bees</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hollow me out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how low</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">can my dignity go</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fingers split your</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">shaking hands</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">slipping down</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">his hollow chest;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No one is there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he loved to feel nothing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the cold and quick exit,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">throat sore,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">mouth dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">His eyes fluorescent </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and dead seeming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my body stands</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a wilderness</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">frozen in a tangling kiss</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we fucked to feel something</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and there is nothing in return.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No one is there.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-33613797908207871942011-04-24T20:13:00.000-04:002011-04-24T20:13:35.153-04:00Wishing (Greeting Cards)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5bQLThxBk-I89vBI3B5OEVDvYWbrKa3NIU9LPZoy33WbuG1hVa6q-hd2GYhAmdNP4RjUn4q636xui-eilaWmxWMa232pjXdG31heweLBFFLY074B3SbC2fhmaM9wdR3rqMhe68LsVB_g/s1600/scan0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5bQLThxBk-I89vBI3B5OEVDvYWbrKa3NIU9LPZoy33WbuG1hVa6q-hd2GYhAmdNP4RjUn4q636xui-eilaWmxWMa232pjXdG31heweLBFFLY074B3SbC2fhmaM9wdR3rqMhe68LsVB_g/s400/scan0002.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keep wishing on stars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You're more wondrous than you know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Celebrate this new beginning</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that will bring all that you are hoping for</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and dreaming of.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope will come to us like the rain,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that waters the earth with peace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May the peace be with you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and guide you always.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoy your journey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In every way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fill your heart with your dream.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It will find you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every dream will be found.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a wonderful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">memorable</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">life.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-2410196942058439242011-03-17T13:09:00.003-04:002011-03-17T13:14:04.885-04:00Stealing The Color (The New Yorker)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL3lSrjOXg75JNXlcLlu68CijwGI4OgFavnkQt9vBxuesuCRj6bt3EQo7gH7_iPYyldyPpyz0KOn4En4FFenoo6J5c3XxvUbWc7WxN4OHKmXuS9TS-fVCPIwwTPFdSy1-8BvMyugv_3yt/s1600/Stealing+Color2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL3lSrjOXg75JNXlcLlu68CijwGI4OgFavnkQt9vBxuesuCRj6bt3EQo7gH7_iPYyldyPpyz0KOn4En4FFenoo6J5c3XxvUbWc7WxN4OHKmXuS9TS-fVCPIwwTPFdSy1-8BvMyugv_3yt/s320/Stealing+Color2.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwuS1Jov2qK5iTHDYDPS3WbInttTmPZ3ey36WFm77OXQMtmJAuC-ybvncc2Riy8XLSuvrPNg4z3peLANwioItesraxNZqUJBCMWYg5lwN4Y5efRK5RBAPsiDkw5zF4iZHdrhzTexShyphenhyphen4PI/s1600/Stealing+Color2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stealing The Color</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some terrible thing has happened to this girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I draw it just so I can remember it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful garden,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Willow trees, roses,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">everything symmetrical.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">vibrant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sexual bewilderment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You could smell that they're using you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flashbacks in the garden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She abandoned herself</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was disturbed by</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the police presence, the dark clothes,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the disappearance of nail polish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life was nothing like what she remembered.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was as if everything lost color and suddenly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">went to black-and-white.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was in love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that dream she had fell apart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was raped.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The minute you get to the garden, it becomes realistic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She just jumped off the roof</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">into the garden's eerie calm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Following a dead woman down the street,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She becomes a ghost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That garden completely changed my life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It separated us,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Women Without Men</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">forever.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-73852394461940596412011-02-28T13:53:00.001-05:002011-02-28T13:56:49.584-05:00The Beginning Is Near. (made from fortunes from fortune cookies)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsxPhncjVshOEZqvCqjJTvIxZvSXD1n5YGDg2brx9lO5c-Qk9VbMu2FSxVOna6iOr7mnYSJQ2zUUzVpbKRvHIQUyKxbEqdr_-7WjTZid90Vg-yjKU8t-TN7vvFzmBsLS4ULWLo-YO6PZp/s1600/thebeginning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsxPhncjVshOEZqvCqjJTvIxZvSXD1n5YGDg2brx9lO5c-Qk9VbMu2FSxVOna6iOr7mnYSJQ2zUUzVpbKRvHIQUyKxbEqdr_-7WjTZid90Vg-yjKU8t-TN7vvFzmBsLS4ULWLo-YO6PZp/s320/thebeginning.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Beginning Is Near.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To give is to deserve</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But love is acting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not feeling</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trust</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But still keep your eyes open.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look first to yourself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The best mirror </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is often your eyes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You are the guiding star</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in your existence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay strong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You will step on the soil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of past misfortune.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But there are lessons to learn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is enough time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To take a different path.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happiness is around the corner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Down the next street.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You have a deep emotional nature</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Strong and sensitive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Look first to yourself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not him, or his eyes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joyfulness prolongs your days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happiness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feel it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trust it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But still keep strong.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-69670169920333271212011-02-27T16:18:00.000-05:002011-02-27T16:18:06.127-05:00It's Not Your Fault (pamphlet on dealing with rape & sexual assault)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2IertKl-gmeTWuVfMFOcioGX8RQnNZ_BpKD-K1tmq1PDd7iCpLkOGHiBbpzMrYeW4CdxtMWpL1FOPFHs3WY4wXaGEOtfu-cMSuINtlFSXVAkl0xwTnjvYY2aexcheZGhB5OS4N0kw1tO/s1600/collage+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2IertKl-gmeTWuVfMFOcioGX8RQnNZ_BpKD-K1tmq1PDd7iCpLkOGHiBbpzMrYeW4CdxtMWpL1FOPFHs3WY4wXaGEOtfu-cMSuINtlFSXVAkl0xwTnjvYY2aexcheZGhB5OS4N0kw1tO/s320/collage+003.JPG" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"It's not your fault"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She didn't scream</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She did not fight back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was drinking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these are excuses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NEVER blame yourself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Listening not judging</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Listening not prying</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's normal to feel angry, afraid, anxious</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feelings intensify and overwhelm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sit with your silences.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Protect yourself</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Discomfort</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aggressive behavior</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feeling vulnerable</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">find a way out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If it feels like you're being pressured</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then you are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"NO" means "NO"</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-54556486303706777392011-02-26T00:59:00.000-05:002011-02-26T00:59:34.468-05:00A Harder Rain's Gunna Fall (Digital Collage: NY Times Online)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiGlGGYJ7jT31kIJGcRnrjSyuRGIGv-ieyNiWQO-aim15Z6O7nJ0wG8alCxuuMRIPxW4bJYdHnDAByIjxMZNd-NrmkoJpisnqUjpEzB0nuinS5rWSZpmmGWUbNdLHUnMjToHOuXyCoQdw/s1600/A+Harder+Rain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiGlGGYJ7jT31kIJGcRnrjSyuRGIGv-ieyNiWQO-aim15Z6O7nJ0wG8alCxuuMRIPxW4bJYdHnDAByIjxMZNd-NrmkoJpisnqUjpEzB0nuinS5rWSZpmmGWUbNdLHUnMjToHOuXyCoQdw/s320/A+Harder+Rain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Harder Rain's Gunna Fall: They shoot people from ambulances</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He blew kisses to the crowd.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He urged them to fight</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to fight to the death.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">protesters tried to march</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thousands streamed out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of mosques after prayers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">sending forces to join the fight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the capital had fallen to rebels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the violence broke out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">young loyalists charged with emotion,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">triumph and anger</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fight for justice and freedom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"This is the invincible force of youth,"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he said,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Life without dignity is useless."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The antigovernment</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last strongholds in a widespread rebellion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Every individual will be armed,"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">he said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They have no freedom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the life of pride, unity and dignity,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the flag flying and hoisted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They want freedom, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">young loyalists, young supporters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thousands shot dead</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and left without a prayer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The coffins of dead protesters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">bodies being taken away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to beaches to be burned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it will become a hell...</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-61245256384332956602011-02-13T12:30:00.001-05:002011-02-13T12:32:07.682-05:00Creator or Liar? (made from small booklet about accepting Jesus)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSca8HasE0kRSjd54BlrWsdtiDVI8QTInWvnSXIgqbVjmgkb_yErbvPVLsMAb_J6kTutV82CMy8E0UgZ3KIIsn_YNcIKCQdaQJMCn5Xyr3VtNBs2sR2rrWfgc2OxlZrMWz3V8VeT3d2is/s1600/creator+or+liar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSca8HasE0kRSjd54BlrWsdtiDVI8QTInWvnSXIgqbVjmgkb_yErbvPVLsMAb_J6kTutV82CMy8E0UgZ3KIIsn_YNcIKCQdaQJMCn5Xyr3VtNBs2sR2rrWfgc2OxlZrMWz3V8VeT3d2is/s320/creator+or+liar.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Creator or Liar?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">God created heaven</div><div style="text-align: center;">out of the dust of the earth.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He made man</div><div style="text-align: center;">and man was given a choice</div><div style="text-align: center;">good or evil</div><div style="text-align: center;">to obey or disobey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sinner multiplied and</div><div style="text-align: center;">covered the earth...</div><div style="text-align: center;">God loved them</div><div style="text-align: center;">and watched over them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But violence was everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They rebelled and killed the prophets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jesus was born,</div><div style="text-align: center;">He was the world</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the world was made by him.</div><div style="text-align: center;">His was the only perfect life ever lived.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He was challenged and crucified.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Satan- the powers of darkness</div><div style="text-align: center;">They crucified the Lord.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The devil and his angels loved the world,</div><div style="text-align: center;">But claim Jesus was a liar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">God was broken</div><div style="text-align: center;">and man was lost.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The lost shall be cast into the</div><div style="text-align: center;">lake of fire...</div><div style="text-align: center;">God destroyed the earth with water.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enter into the joy of thy Lord!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nobody else can save you.</i></div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-16378135250811155082011-02-11T00:55:00.000-05:002011-02-11T00:55:19.203-05:00Disordered Eating (Made from pamphlets about eating disorder awareness)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0hxHIW_a7mTJH6Clts3GpVtZJJEzXdgGcHUquM902EgqXM0AQrCyCMVA9TRlj3mZV3a_xOGxGI7XHxsYDnRj0hgz7ez0nS-Qs3wx3WVPM7Tk0gKbsnrojoFu1bK2qlKnQV9s8lKY7UgU/s1600/disordered+eating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0hxHIW_a7mTJH6Clts3GpVtZJJEzXdgGcHUquM902EgqXM0AQrCyCMVA9TRlj3mZV3a_xOGxGI7XHxsYDnRj0hgz7ez0nS-Qs3wx3WVPM7Tk0gKbsnrojoFu1bK2qlKnQV9s8lKY7UgU/s320/disordered+eating.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Disordered Eating</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Afraid, angry and helpless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These feelings are natural.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ask for help.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Admit concerns.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You are doing the right thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Figure out what to do next.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What to say</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where to go for help.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are people out there who understand</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Self-starvation</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Binge eating and purging</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">over-exercising</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">vomiting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feeling out of control,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ashamed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">disgusted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feel nothing at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beauty and shape</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">weight or body size</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">be aware of the ways your beliefs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about your body</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">your healthy and strong body</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">are influenced by our society.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take good care of yourself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cycles of pain or fear</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and the need to feel control</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">can become destructive obsessions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">your body image is being manipulated</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Know the difference,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Respect yourself.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-50208182912586890892011-02-07T19:10:00.000-05:002011-02-07T19:10:21.904-05:00For Those Touched (informational pamphlets on Cancer & HIV)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD98ZG1mptRgiXQ3PKy_9ZYKjV_F9LWjGt4dIAnUF-FnwR3C_IUn3KGXzVssCd1tI8deATuv8yNuwvwWMDR-y89TRkO5wSN2pLwi5DoBjBHFjP_e0Ur6X08VZdam23Hobf60uWWUvNcJJ/s1600/For+those+touched.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD98ZG1mptRgiXQ3PKy_9ZYKjV_F9LWjGt4dIAnUF-FnwR3C_IUn3KGXzVssCd1tI8deATuv8yNuwvwWMDR-y89TRkO5wSN2pLwi5DoBjBHFjP_e0Ur6X08VZdam23Hobf60uWWUvNcJJ/s320/For+those+touched.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For Those Touched</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Living is more than doctors appointments.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's so much to feel, to experience,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Laugh, love, share, cry,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Learn to live</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And let it all out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">People are living with diseases.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are hugging, kissing, sharing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Family and friends living with treatment and loss,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Living with a diagnosis.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are still living.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Treat your heart, your soul,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and your spirit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">People have found strength, comfort and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">any excuse for a party.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Living is celebration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everyone is welcome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are survivors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Join us!</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4930591973605878176.post-39201130479239338902011-01-22T11:53:00.000-05:002011-01-22T11:53:00.616-05:00Cosmo's Guide to Meeting More Guys (Cosmopolitan)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmwpGENZQmauFMUqFVyTaX30_ZBxK7Iu2uSEV1uy6PADqPU0eBcUSecrcBhJCYaTP5hIQI_BrRNG36ur8cnFpgsGIdsprVI_e_gs7zJZg7mErPoU36Y7UwAfoIBZFpajfH0rhZFyuFyR8/s1600/COSMO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmwpGENZQmauFMUqFVyTaX30_ZBxK7Iu2uSEV1uy6PADqPU0eBcUSecrcBhJCYaTP5hIQI_BrRNG36ur8cnFpgsGIdsprVI_e_gs7zJZg7mErPoU36Y7UwAfoIBZFpajfH0rhZFyuFyR8/s320/COSMO.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cosmo's Guide to Meeting More Guys</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Make him happy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fake yourself right into a real orgasm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Give him what he needs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A happy lover comes back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I have to wait for him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoying your breasts helps you feel confident</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but a flat-chested girl should spend</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a fortune on outrageous lingerie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Women's self esteem dips</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So we're more likely to spend money on things</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that make us feel more attractive, like</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">slimming must have tops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some clothes really do make you look fat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'll never meet expectations without shrinking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel flowery and feminine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like how a real woman should.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Embrace who you are</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fake yourself.</div>Collage Poethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08095357713771306737noreply@blogger.com1