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Poem - A - Day Challenge #4

Poem – A – Day Challenge #4

“I Can’t Stop Watching The News” by CSP

I am a powerful, white man.

That’s it because the color of my skin says do what you want reap no punishment and keep on living in a world build just for you.

I am a powerful, white man who grew up within a family of powerful women. There were hazy days spent forgetting the promised made to my mother and her mother before her. I spoke clear when I walked away…

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Poem - A - Day Challenge #3

Poem – A – Day Challenge #3

“Simple” by CSP

My life was meme’d into an ever-growing vine that crossed country and county lines.

I could not explain away that no, I was not another “simple Southerner”. I fought and fight to speak my mind when I am only seen as a 42nd rating on a weighted scale, No, I am not marginalized by my skin, my cis-gendered love or by the fact that I don’t fear being stolen in the night. But leave home…

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Poem - A - Day Challenge #2

Poem – A – Day Challenge #2

“August Love” by CSP

I gave up believing in store-bought love at twenty-one when a woman three years my junior frightened me with a panic of pregnancy. She told me after three hours of travel that my words would never bring home bread and bacon enough to satiate her hungry appetite. She told me love was a language we could never share because support came in at six figures and writers rarely match…

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Poem - A - Day Challenge

Poem – A – Day Challenge

Greetings Masses,

Thanks to a dear friend of mine, Al VanSickle, I’ve dedicated myself to writing a poem every day out of the month of October (or until I fill up my notebook purchased for this reason).

So, without further pause, here’s my first poem entry. (I’ll post the other as the day goes on.)

  “Degree” by CSP

“And just what will you do with that” they ask, Just what will you do with that? I…

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Collaborate. Collaborate. Collaborate.

As a writer and creator, one of the most valuable tricks I’ve learned to being successful in the industry is being a collaborator. I often find people around me prefer to work on their own and I think, to an extent, that can be a fine line of judgement. You don’t want your work stolen. You don’t want to wait on others to get things finished. You don’t want to have to schedule and plan around…

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Moving forward and what life throws at you

Moving forward and what life throws at you

Over the past few weeks, it’s really been hitting me that I’m going to graduate in just over a year… That’s something that I never thought I would achieve. I thought that after living my life for others for so long that I’d given up on that dream of walking across the stage, taking President Davis by the hand and thinking, “I did it. I’m here.”

Just as quickly as I was struck by that thought,…

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The Promise of a Prince

The Promise of a Prince

As I’ve stated previously, I’ve been running a Disney Themed Dungeons&Dragons campaign for a group of friends. Our most recent meeting led us towards a wedding ceremony between one of the players and his soon-to-be, a prince of the Atlantean kingdom they’d just come from in previous meetings. Today, I thought I would share the vows that the Prince gave during the ceremony, simply because of how…

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Poetry Friday - I exist, I thrive, I write

Poetry Friday – I exist, I thrive, I write

I exist, I thrive, I write

There are nine hundred and fifty square feet in my home.

Within those walls and short(ish) halls are held my memories

and my love for all of the shared moments between,

Strands of silver and golden friends

Mothers and Fathers

Throbbing hearts

And all who are left behind

It’s a castle that never crumbles under the weight of

careless creatures roaming outside my windows,

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Going Greek

There’a always been a lot of controversy around whether or not Greek Life is an integral part to University Life. Often, you hear horror stories of groups of young men or women who belittle and demean the fresh-faced youngsters coming into the scene and push them far past the limits they’re used to being around. Often, you hear about deaths or serious injuries sustained while being forced to chug…

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Poetry Friday - Sorry For Not Answering The Phone

Poetry Friday – Sorry For Not Answering The Phone

Sorry For Not Answering The Phone

Our lives ring out,

Like a metronome of memories

shared

stored

placed in perfect little picture frames,

On shelves

around the borders of my heart,

Children in the streets,

That we mold between bed sheets,

Thier change jingle-jangles in the

sweet

summer

heat,

Pull me close again

because I miss that taste

that tender touch,

Where would I be?

Who would I become?

Had…

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Sliding into those DM...roles...

Sliding into those DM…roles…

It’s been almost a year since I discovered the joy of being in a group of people, sitting around a table, and creating a narrative unique to us. Nothing beyond the walls of the room we ‘trap’ ourselves within can penetrate the atmosphere of dungeon crawling, murder hobos, and wacky antics created with just those few simple words of, “So, what do you guys want to do?”

Dungeons&Dragons, a…

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Poetry Friday - I Dream of London

Poetry Friday – I Dream of London

I Dream Of London

As I walked

through the hedgerows of houses,

The night dripped and dropped like ink and oil,

A draggard blaggard,

Peaked through moonlight smiling,

His eyes preened and picked apart,

Beak and talon,

He squealed,

My feet were stone and silent,

My arms were chained against his charms,

The sound of scumesy steps began,

Creep, creep, creeping up from behind,

As cold and crooked…

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Awww, (S)Hucks (My time with LRU)

Awww, (S)Hucks (My time with LRU)

This marks the second summer that I have participated in the Little Rock Ultimate Frisbee Summer League and boy, have I upped my game.

During my first summer, it was mostly spent running around the soccer fields, clueless as to where I needed to be or what I needed to do. I was like a chicken with my head cut off most of the time and I’m sure that the rest of my teammates could tell. But still,…

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The Museum of Shadows and Reflections: A Brief Review

The Museum of Shadows and Reflections: A Brief Review

During my time in England, I was given many opportunities to meet and speak with writers from all across the country. On one such occasion, the campus was actually holding a sort of “writers fair” event and it allowed students to participate in workshops with writers and professors. It was an amazing experience and allowed me to make contacts with new and emerging writers halfway across the world…

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Caleb fails at posting consistently...again

A brief statement of apology with mixed feelings, discoveries, and plans for what the future holds...

So…here’s the thing…I’m terrible at running my own site. It never comes highly on my list of things that I need to get done and that’s just unacceptable.

So here’s mental me, putting his foot down, and demanding that I get some shit done.

  This summer has honestly taught me a lot about myself. Who I am as a writer, where I am in my life, and what the future might hold for me as I continue to…

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Hello

Greetings all,

Well, it’s been a wild ride but I’ve finally found my way back to the States and started on that wonderful journey that I call “Caleb’s Summer Job Hunting/Working/Too Much Free Time.” Yeah, it’s a mouthful, but it’s a working title. Anyways, I just wanted to pop by and say that due to the overbearing amount of time I’ve been ‘gifted’ this summer, I plan to start writing again. This…

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Arkansan Abroad - Week(ish) 2

Arkansan Abroad – Week(ish) 2

Well, well, well. Fancy meeting all of you lovely people here once again. I feel awful for not keeping with my goal of writing once a week, ON TIME, but I think Thursdays are going to become my regular day for keeping all of you up to date on what’s happening over here in England.

Man, I don’t even know where to begin honestly. Even though I’ve only been here for just around two weeks, I feel…

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