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  1. Parker Owens

    Dissonants

    If these affected you badly, I grieve - for I would not see you hurt. But if you found these worthy of thought and reflection, then I can smile.
  2. Parker Owens

    Dissonants

    I am glad this poem engaged you. I haunted me for a long time. I hope it sticks with you, too.
  3. Parker Owens

    Dissonants

    Thank you. So much can gleam in the dust, but we walk by it and over it...
  4. The Maker He labors in his workshop all the day, a craftsman best acquainted with his tools to bend and fashion wood as it were clay, or wiser men made over into fools. So he regarded me, unfinished steel, to make of me as inspiration chose, regardless of the hurt I'd surely feel when laid upon the saw, for so it goes. Recoil against the whirling, screaming blade which severs neatly, delicate and plain;
  5. Thanks to tim for introducing me to AC and his fantastic body of work. The Famous - Barr stories are incredible. And I have enjoyed Lust and Chastity. Die, Catfish, Die will be added to my reading list... Thanks, Dark for this fun feature...
  6. Dear Emi - such hard and unanswerable questions you pose in this poem. How difficult it is to look into the darkness and hear them echo into the caverns of time. But that you can pose them here in this form means both you and the reader - us - can ponder them, and maybe find a voice that will answer. But in all things, your words are powerful.
  7. Parker Owens

    Mated

    This was so good to find this morning. Thank you so very, very much for reading this, and for your kind and generous remarks. Funny how one can make friends as soon as one stops making the self the center of one's life...funny how love can break open the hard shells we form around ourselves. Possibly the best part of your note was that you, like me, admitted to tears - they are hard to write through, but wonderfully satisfying in the end. Scott became the man he was meant to be.
  8. Definitely worth a long wait. Thank you!
  9. Parker Owens

    Chapter One

    What a fun premise for the story. It seems like Matthew has a new obsession; singing with his unseen partner, and figuring out who he might be. It will be interesting for Matthew to actually meet the shy, mysterious singer. Come to think of it, I'd be pretty shy, myself.
  10. What a great ski holiday you took us on! I feel for poor Travis, the ski instructor - all those ineligible men! The food for all those guys must have been enough for a semi-trailer. But the best thing was definitely the last bit at New Year's. CJ finally, naturally, used the L-word, causing kissus interruptus. Great way to finish!
  11. I am glad that made you smile. Sometimes, serendipity presents one with a perfect opportunity. ...
  12. Parker Owens

    Chapter 11

    Hard to relive the incident, especially from Bailey's viewpoint. But you provide insights into Bailey that are terribly important, and the images of that night are haunting.
  13. Parker Owens

    Chapter 17

    Corey can speak convincingly. One can really see Liam in this chapter as Corey helps him confront a tough decision, and make a choice. Great dialogue, as usual, and wonderful the way you have the characters keep the focus on Liam.
  14. Congratulations tim! This news turned a grey morning into brilliant sunshine!
  15. Tragic and uncannily timeless in its description of North American school lives. The poetic story is well told and full of nervous tension - even though we know how it will end. It is beautiful in its sadness.
  16. Great chapter...Fendral Speaks. And there us a lot to digest here. But more, there is the latest new bond Kellar has forged to make the reborn pack stronger and more aware. Excellent!
  17. Parker Owens

    April 23 - 31

    Thanks, Gary. I appreciate your reading these. Some were fun to write, others took me places I needed to go.
  18. Parker Owens

    April 23 - 31

    Encrypted man - for a time when technology can read our minds...thank you for reading...
  19. Parker Owens

    April 23 - 31

    Well, I will save my bottle of Barolo for you. April 24 felt like something light trying to break through darkness. 29 and its modern images simply would not be ignored. Thank you!
  20. Parker Owens

    April 23 - 31

    I couldn't resist an April 31. Sorry it had been a hard month. But I am glad these were good to you...thank you!
  21. Parker Owens

    April 23 - 31

    Thank you. The challenge is a good one, exciting the mind and senses. Kind of like number 25...
  22. Parker Owens

    April 23 - 31

    The dawn chorus never ceases to inspire or amaze me. And study hall seems refined torture for adults, too... long bus rides to games are full of interest if one puts away the phone...thanks so much for reading!
  23. Parker Owens

    April 23 - 31

    Thank you! Glad you liked 29, it was fun to write. And long bus rides at this time of year are full of loveliness and sights to see.
  24. Parker Owens

    Day 26 - Day 30

    These are wonderful final movie goers poems. I am drawn to April 29, and to then If-perhaps prompt. However, They are elegant and focused. And thanks for organizing April 30!
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