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All that time I spent with Ana
Could have been with you.
I could have learned just what you liked
And what you disliked, too.
We could have taken long, long walks
And dreamed both big and small.
We could have sat upon a hill
And said nothing at all.
Instead, I chose to wrap myself
In Ana’s cold embrace.
I told myself she understood […]
As of this morning, here’s how our “For Keeps” contest winners ranked:
Entry #2 by abigail: 2 comments + 2 votes = 4
Entry #3 by The Perfect Neurotic: 1 comment + 3 votes = 4
Entry #1 by Susan: 3 comments + 2 votes = 5
Entry #4 by Aerin Bender-Stone: 5 comments + 4 votes = 9
Congratulations, […]
We have our “For Keeps” contest entries and voting will begin at midnight (E.S.T.) tonight. (Well, technically tomorrow if it’s midnight, but you get the picture!)
There will be TWO places/ways to vote:
1. Visitors can vote by clicking on the poll located along the sidebar; and
2. Visitors can also leave comments at their favorites’ pages.
The poem with […]
Reason and Logic in the Mirror
by Aerin Bender-Stone
A zit?
Well.
I’d have a flawless complexion if I just drank enough water -
- oh, and ate fewer oily foods. I am my mother’s daughter.
Like hers, my tummy pooch glorifies the children it’s proudly borne.
And yeah, after breastfeeding, my breasts are saggy and worn.
My thighs could probably be more […]
I know, I know. It seems daunting to write a poem.
But isn’t an autographed copy of the book “For Keeps” worth it?
Hey, I thought so… therefore, I “entered” my own “For Keeps” contest (entry #0… it doesn’t count, but was really interesting to tackle.)
Three other budding poets have also sent me their poetry, and their pieces […]
Read it Both Ways
by The Perfect Neurotic
Just one more cookie while no one’s around
Under the stairwell in the hall
Savoring bits of chocolately goodness
Tomorrow I’ll run for 30 minutes extra
Looking in the mirror that night
I don’t recognize the person looking back at me
Veins of blue on cottage cheese thighs
Empty belly after a purge and flush
I remember […]
It’s almost a cliché - the teen with anorexia striving for the perfect body. But in our society, more and more older women (and men) are suffering from eating disorders.
In fact, I saw one older woman at the health club on Monday… she is getting smaller and working out harder. Her skin hangs loosely over […]
We have two wonderful entries for our “For Keeps” contest, but I’d like to see more! Sooo…
I’m extending the official deadline until midnight on Saturday, May 17, E.S.T.
Not familiar with the contest? Here is the official post:
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Okay, you love your body.
No, you hate your body.
Wait… it’s both.
That’s typical, right?
Yup, but let’s face it… your body is […]
“Where is Victory?”
by abigail
To have and know peace
is to have had and known war.
A time before the hatred crept in
I resided as a beautiful human being.
Now i am a woman before all else.
i am frantic–what do women do?
My inner instincts aren’t to be trusted
And i begin to to fill others expectations.
I wasn’t so engaged at […]
Feeling the weight of my years
by Susan
I feel the weight of 50+ years of comments:
“She looks just like her grandmother!”
“She’s so tiny — she couldn’t know how to read yet!”
“There goes ol’ Skinny-Legs! Guinter the Splinter!”
At 12, from a boy as he broke up with me:
“You’ll never have children — you don’t have any breasts.”
At […]
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