Tag: people
group name: writerscove
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February 02, 2007 10:03 PM EST --
It takes a lot of courage, gumption, resourcefulness, and risk tolerance to leave your home country behind, defy the rules, and make your way into America. It takes tremendous work ethic to start with . . . more
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June 12, 2007 07:45 AM EDT --
THE HOPE OF A DREAM
It is center stage,
And life is a play,
We turn the page
For another day:
It’s the game of life,
The one we live;
Sometimes there’s strife,
It’s what . . . more
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August 11, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
I know his name because the woman stops unloading their shopping cart long enough to say, "Hear me out before you accuse me, Joe. You might find . . . more
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February 01, 2007 10:22 PM EST --
I arrived home, and found a notice in the mailbox: a registered letter awaited me at the post office. My mind raced. Who could it be? A long-lost friend? Did I win something? . . . more
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February 02, 2007 08:10 PM EST --
True story from Argentina. I'll reiterate that it is true but politically incorrect by American standards, and I'll probably get hate mail, but here goes.
A lady went to the local curandera . . . more
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February 01, 2007 10:06 PM EST --
April 14, 2006
Carrie, our baby, outgrew her crib the other weekend - meaning she mastered the art of climbing out of it. However, as she had not mastered the art of descending from it and . . . more
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February 05, 2007 09:54 PM EST --
I once heard a lady say, "Men are such pigs. Women don't have affairs like men do!" Her husband replied, "Men usually don't have affairs with other men." His point was clear. . . . more
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March 08, 2007 11:57 AM EST --
My husband worked hard all his life. He worked as a machinist. He also worked at General Dynamics where the tanks for war are made. He worked where the occupational hazards were very dangerous to the health. . . . more
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June 10, 2007 02:04 AM EDT --
I must confess I don't feel sixty. I feel like I'm in my early
40s, and a nice lady at a store where I went today thought
I was fifty when I said today was my birthday even though
both my hair . . . more
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September 21, 2007 04:25 PM EDT --
I gazed into her soft green eyes and cried
Such beauty I never knew within could reside
The sweetest fragrance my heart did receive
Throughout my soul her essence did breathe
The warmest emotion my . . . more
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February 21, 2007 01:01 AM EST --
Rounding a sharp bend, I startled a covey of grouse in the tall grass beside the trail. Five of them took clattering flight, their wings beating hard against the air. Two cut across the trail in . . . more
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March 03, 2007 05:01 PM EST --
Edward sat at the dinner table wondering how to present this to Marian.
Time was of the essence for he knew that she would be home soon
And she would know by the look on his face that . . . more
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September 18, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
My guardian angel is small only ten inches tall
With silky long hair and patches everywhere
Her two inch legs bend at the knee
Her ten pound body full of . . . more
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April 11, 2007 07:26 PM EDT --
I wrote this article several years ago, after observing a certain group of men who met at the local McDonalds each morning. I watched and listened as I drank my coffee and read my paper. Finally . . . more
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May 29, 2007 02:56 PM EDT --
Greetings fellow AC Members! I’m hoping that everyone on Gather, who also publishes their work on Associated Content will stop by and read this brief article.
I would like for each of you to leave . . . more
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September 03, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
One, two, three seconds, four,
I count each one,
And then comes more;
Then come the minutes,
One and two,
And with each minute,
I’m missing you!
Oh, come all speed,
Make time fly! . . . more
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May 19, 2007 09:06 PM EDT --
Two weeks ago, I went to a book signing. My friend and I were standing in line with our books waiting to be signed. Three delightful ladies were in line in front of us, with their . . . more
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January 17, 2007 08:13 PM EST --
I am fairly new to gather (just joined Jan 4th of this year. I have joined many groups and made many connections and am suddenly feeling overwhelmed by the number of emails I am getting. I . . . more
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February 01, 2007 12:43 PM EST --
I overheard a couple of guys talking by the bus stop this morning. (No exaggeration, I'm quoting directly.)
Man #1: "What did you think of that big snowstorm we had yesterday?" . . . more
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February 16, 2007 09:33 PM EST --
The pain, came and went, in the middle of the back
when he rose from bed each morning. "Good morning sunshine"
would softly fall from his lips while thoughts of dropping away,
perched on a . . . more
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