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Community News Hey - 06/11/2018 by V. Blake I hope you're having a good day. You're an excellent writer. Keep on doin' what you're doin'. Everything is Broken - 02/06/2018 by V. Blake As I write this, I don't actually know if it will post successfully. Let's see. Sorry to report that the owner of this website has abandoned it. We owe him eternal gratitude for all the work that went into building it in the first place, and for continuing to foot the bill that keeps it online at all. That said: we apologize for the bugs, but there's nothing we can do to fix them. CURRENT MEMBERS: Keep steady backups of your poetry. And everything else--that's just practical advice for a digital world. In case you didn't realize, private messaging does not work. Your messages are not reaching their recipients. The moderators can pick poems of the day. That's about it for our powers. APPLICANTS: I am sorry. Site errors will prevent me from making you a member. I promise that we'd have welcomed you to this community if we could. -- I guess that's it. Hope you're having a good day. The Pathetic Book of Poetry - 04/08/2014 by V. Blake Our very own Jody Pratt was cool enough to put together a book of poetry using submissions from Pathetic members. Read more about it in the forums--you can even just click this link if you're feeling lazy, so no excuses. Thanks go out to Jody for his efforts and to everyone who submitted their work to make it possible. Go get yourself a copy! New Server - 08/03/2013 by Gavin M Roy The site has been moved to a new server which should address the ongoing login issues for the past week or so. Older News

Poem of the Day for 08/21/18 Lessons Repeated Until Learned by Alicia Vann My face is wrapped But the bruising pains through I whistle a happy tune Through broken teeth. Faking it. Taking it to the next level Where I pretend not to care. If I dare to stand, Please let me understand Why I choose to live amongst The weakest forms of me. It’s not your fault I chose this place And this time. I could have walked away, But I wanted to be stronger. Failing is better Then giving up, after all. I can’t be bitter Its an error in me. I’d make the same choice Time and time again. Wrapping and rewrapping. The trappings of my soul. I’ll learn someday Repeat the question Repeat the response. One Day. It will be different. A slight change will open Will increase the range Of escape. And I will walk free Leaving the weakest me Behind. 07/03/2005 Visit Alicia Vann's Library Lessons Repeated Until Learned Copyright © 2018

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