Strawberry Kiss

Strawberry Kiss

Friday, April 21, 2023

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Still, there was a tale he had read once, long ago, as a small boy: the story of a traveler who had slipped down a cliff, with man-eating tigers above him and a lethal fall below him, who managed to stop his fall halfway down the side of the cliff, holding on for dear life. There was a clump of strawberries beside him, and certain death above him and below. What should he do? went the question. And...

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The Gardener

The Gardener

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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Earlier today, I randomly went through my electronic poetry collection, which includes the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Christina Georgina Rossetti and Rabindranath Tagore, among others. One of the poems that has long since pulled at my heartstrings is The Gardener by Tagore. The entire work is quite lengthy, but it never gets stilted. I first heard of the author when I was in my first year...

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Kick in the Teeth

Kick in the Teeth

Sunday, February 8, 2015

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I recently came across the older entries of a very interesting blog, Literary Rejections on Display. Although the blog's creator has, ironically, moved on to a career as a published writer, the website still has posts wherein aspiring authors anonymously shared the rejection letters or some such they received after querying their written works to various agents. Below are some quotes on failure...

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