Checking In With Metazen

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2. Ramon Collins

   commented on Summer Lawn

   Very nice writing. You follow the cardinal rule of Micro writing: Every word does a job. I agree with Kathy about the ending. The barn setting is vivid; to end with ". . . like a grub on a summer l...

3. Christian Bell

   commented on The Entertainment

   Like this. The last couple of lines here are particularly gold.

4. Jack Swenson

   wrote on Kathy Fish's wall.

   Kathy, Thank you, thank you! Your glowing review of "Quitting" made me very happy.

5. Savannah Schroll Guz

   commented on Of Mugs and Men

   Emily, this is great! Really nice kicker in the ending! :-)

6. Christian Bell

   faved the story canción de la venganza.
7. Christian Bell

   commented on canción de la venganza

   Nice one, Matt. Excellent images.

8. Gloria Mindock

   published Suitcase.
9. Savannah Schroll Guz

   wrote on Angela Lutz's wall.

   Keep writing, girl. You don't need an MFA or a bunch of professors to validate what you do. Writing comes from within you--like lava, draw from that energy every day and make them eventually realiz...

10. Savannah Schroll Guz

    published The Fountain.
11. Gloria Mindock

    faved the story WASH.
12. Gloria Mindock

    commented on WASH

    Susan-So nice to see this poem again-

13. Christopher Allen

    added Derek Osborne as a contact.
14. Christopher Allen

    added Tia Prouhet as a contact.
15. Gloria Mindock

    posted to Cervena Barva Press Reading Series Special Event, March 24th in the General forums.

    Cervena Barva Press Reading Series Three Poets Celebrate New Books Pierre Menard Gallery 10 Arrow St./Harvard Square Cambridge, MA Wednesday March 24, 2010 7:00 PM, Free BOOK LAUNCH AND RE...

16. Christopher Allen

    added Mel Bosworth as a contact.
17. Savannah Schroll Guz

    faved 3 stories: Of Mugs and Men and Alt Break.
18. Savannah Schroll Guz

    commented on Alt Break

    This is great!! So, do the Griot Grrrls have any relationship to the (very excellent) Gorilla Girls? Do they also wear masks and crash art openings? :-)

19. Christopher Allen

    added Finnegan Flawnt as a contact.
20. Kathy Fish

    wrote on Jack Swenson, and Jack Swenson's wall.
21. Christopher Allen

    added Frank Hinton as a contact.
22. Christopher Allen

    is now a member of Metazen.
23. David Ackley

    wrote on eamon byrne's wall.

    Tried your suggestion for cleaning up the format on the one just posted. You're so right. It came off much better than before. I'll do the same tonite on the earlier part. Thanks again...

24. Christopher Allen

    is now a member of Folded Word.
25. Kathy Fish

    faved the story Quitting.
26. Kathy Fish

    commented on Quitting

    HA! Love that last line. Love how you drop right into the scene and the conflict here. I love this clean, unfussy writing that doesn't bury the story. Well done, Jack.

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