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Heads Up, Writers!

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Rani Kaye

Heads up, Writers!  It’s time to save the world! We need a Charles Dickens, to show us what the census numbers really look like walking; we need a Thomas Paine to tell us just what might really work; we need … Continue reading →

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I Will Choose the Picture

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Rani Kaye

This is the photo for Writer’s Block Challenge #54.When I downloaded the photo, the title of it turned out to be “train-station-trey-ratclif.”  Whatever that means.To the right of the photo are possibly windows.  I think I see the hint of … Continue reading →

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Second Wind

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Rani Kaye

This was originally posted on Yahoo 360.   Writer’s Block Challenge # 22 (My first time participating.) :     Why would a quiet soul want a scary door? This is not the door to MY heart. If I close my … Continue reading →

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Writers Block #52: The Agnostic Shepherd

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Rani Kaye

    This is dismal.  Some have heard angels sing.  Some say that star leads to a faraway hope.  My feet are wet, and I have no idea why it has to snow again tonight.  I am looking for a … Continue reading →

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Writers Block Challege # 51

Posted on November 16, 2008 by Rani Kaye

Solace: I am holding up a mirrorIt is holding back the tideAll the monsters that could harm youAre here on the other side You are safe within the vesselSafe is what you’ll always beThough the demons think they see youAll … Continue reading →

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My grandparents

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Rani Kaye

The first of my immigrant grandpas was William.  He came to Massachusetts from Scrooby, Nottinghamshire via Leiden, Netherlands in 1620. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/leaders.htm Shortly after William arrived, my grandpa, Christian, (a Mennonite) came to Pennsylvania, where he died 4 years before the … Continue reading →

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Writers Block Challenge # 27

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Rani Kaye

I wish I had a camera that could show the view from me: Peripheral and everything I do and do not see. And it would have to focus without zooming, and should stay Attentive to the details and wide angles … Continue reading →

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Writers Block Challenge # 26

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Rani Kaye

Ladybug, Ladybug Fly away home Your house is on fire Your children will burn         I’d fly home if I could,  But I’m lost in this weed.  The flower I’d chosen Has all gone to seed. The … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Block Challenge #24 — Ghetto Edgers

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Rani Kaye

Steve and Ardene have a place at the lake, but they live ’round the corner from us, on the edge of the ghetto.  Mike and I were walkin’ the dog one Saturday.  We walk towards the east … two blocks … Continue reading →

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Writers Block Challenge # 23

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Rani Kaye

Stuff and Nonsense by Rani Kaye (formerly known as “Mystic Poet”):   This should be a cozy haunt: Up and down the stairs I jaunt. If I try to walk away, I’ll find I’m asleep, and stay. If I try … Continue reading →

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