Rachel H.

Member since Feb 2011

Location: Somewhere, Earth

I'm open to swaps: Yes

About me: I love to write. It's a blessing straight from God that He's given me as a way to deal with things. I'm able to say on paper what I could never get out in words.

I can't live without: God, my mom & brother, writing, singing & dancing, my friends, and laughter definitely

Favorite authors: Jenny Han, Ann Brashares, Jenny B. Jones, Natasha Friend, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jen Calonita, Trenton Lee Stewart, Lisi Harrison, Paula Danziger

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My Writings

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Some Things Never Change
by Rachel H.
The Clique in ten years
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Dear You, From Me
by Rachel H.
Not my usual writing style, but I kind of like the playfulness of the voice.
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I Believe
by Rachel H.
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Always
by Rachel H.
"But it’s no use. I’m still her, she’s still me—always."
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Drive
by Rachel H.
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The Mirror Tells All
by Rachel H.
"I’m just a little girl Playing dress up"
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Open Mouth, Empty Ears
by Rachel H.
I'm powerless when it comes to you.
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Hope Is Fading
by Rachel H.
Written in 2010.
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When I Ran Away
by Rachel H.
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Camp Dixon
by Rachel H.
Join four girls at Camp Dixon as they journey through the summer and find about about themselves and their bunkmates. This is a working title. Not ...
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Rediscovering Jenna Goodwin
by Rachel H.
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Vanishing Smile
by Rachel H.
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Weight of the World on My Shoulders
by Rachel H.
No matter how hard I try, I can't let you go. I always feel you--that constant weight on my shoudlers.
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Waiting on Nothing
by Rachel H.
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You Say You Love Me
by Rachel H.
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The Old Light of My Life
by Rachel H.
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Where Were You
by Rachel H.
One of my oldest
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The Ever Widening Gap
by Rachel H.
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Broken Chains, Broken Friendships
by Rachel H.
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Precious
by Rachel H.
How a sister keeps the promises she made to her younger sister.
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To my best friend
by Rachel H.
A poem I wrote for my best friend for Christmas last year.
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No Recovery For Me
by Rachel H.
My entry for the recovery contest. Hope you like!
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Home Sweet Home?
by Rachel H.
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Upstaged
by Rachel H.
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Saying Goodnight to Love
by Rachel H.
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Getting Through To Her
by Rachel H.
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Belle of the Ball
by Rachel H.
I love you Prince Charming <3
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Forgetting How To Dance
by Rachel H.
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Like No One Else
by Rachel H.
Thank you.
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The Beginning of the End
by Rachel H.
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Proving Its Existence
by Rachel H.
There has to be something worth living for. Friendship has to exist. It just has to.
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Under My Umbrella
by Rachel H.
A light, humorous poem. Different from my usual.
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He Will Come On A White Horse
by Rachel H.
Someday my prince will come. Yours will too. Don't lose hope!
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Chasing The Wind
by Rachel H.
Ecclesiastes 1:14
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Cutting The Strings
by Rachel H.
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Work In Progress
by Rachel H.
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Calling Out To You
by Rachel H.
The first two lines are taken from "Calling All Angels" by Train.
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Twofaced
by Rachel H.
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The World Keeps Turning
by Rachel H.
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Damaged. Lost. Needy.
by Rachel H.
A collection of three intertwined poems.
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Proven Wrong
by Rachel H.
For the runaway contest. Please read!
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Remember When
by Rachel H.
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Catch The Rain
by Rachel H.
Dedicated to Tristan for giving me the title that led to the idea. Our walk in the rain paid off.
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Walking On Broken Glass
by Rachel H.
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Listening To My Heart
by Rachel H.
This is my story and I'm sticking to it.
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The Space In Between
by Rachel H.
A poem about life, beginnings, endings, and everything in between.
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Sincerely, Mandy Rollins
by Rachel H.
Mandy Rollins has always settled for second best. But what has that ever done for her? Her life is perfectly under control and predictable. Her boy...
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What I Should Be Looking For
by Rachel H.
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A Girl Has To Dream
by Rachel H.
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Over The Years
by Rachel H.
Thanks, Char (Charlotte Hennessey) for the format of the whole "Over the years, I learned that"
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It Could Be Perfect
by Rachel H.
Not my best. A little bit too cutesy. But hey, it only took five minutes.
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Right Arm Up
by Rachel H.
Dedicated to my amazing dance team. Considering that, not everything in here makes sense, but I think you can get the gist.
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These Tears
by Rachel H.
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What Happened To Us?
by Rachel H.
I miss you.
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Human Dominoes
by Rachel H.
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Had Me At Hello
by Rachel H.
Very loosely based on the quote: "You had me at hello" from the movie, Jerry Maguire
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How Can It Be?
by Rachel H.
Better title ideas, please!
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Oh, Human Nature
by Rachel H.
A bit of sarcasm and poking fun.
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It's Kind Of A Funny Story
by Rachel H.
Just my thoughts written down on paper. Feel free to read and give advice, but NOTHING I'D EVER WANT TO SWAP! Thanks :)
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My Adventurous Side
by Rachel H.
A little bit about me and the me I want to be.
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Do You Ever Wonder?
by Rachel H.
This happens to everyone...Right??
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Hypocrite
by Rachel H.
Does the rhythm feel off?
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Seeing With New Eyes
by Rachel H.
Dedicated to the friend that gave me the advice to see it from his perspective, not just mine. Thank you.
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The Library Was Okay Until...
by Rachel H.
So strange.
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Just Friends
by Rachel H.
Oh, that elusive word "normal."
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Fading Over Time
by Rachel H.
Two part poem!
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Downhill So Fast
by Rachel H.
I guess friendships come and go. It's only natural, right?
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Closure
by Rachel H.
If it has to be over, then a little closure is good for the soul.
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Count To Five
by Rachel H.
When you're feeling stressed, just count to five.
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I'm Torn
by Rachel H.
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This One's Gonna Hurt
by Rachel H.
I'm starting to give up, but I don't want you to hate me.
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Light As A Feather
by Rachel H.
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Behind The Mask
by Rachel H.
We all wear masks and some people carry loads you would never imagine.
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Talk To Me
by Rachel H.
Now, I'll walk away.
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No Thank You
by Rachel H.
I don't want you anymore.
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You Traded Us In
by Rachel H.
I guess we're better off without each other.
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A Broken Stem
by Rachel H.
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Trapped In My House
by Rachel H.
Oh, summertime :)
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One Step Closer
by Rachel H.
I'm one step closer...
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Night Of Adventure
by Rachel H.
Freedom from my daily chains.
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Forget Me Not
by Rachel H.
Please remember the good times.
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Left The Door Cracked
by Rachel H.
Maybe we'll have a tomorrow?
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Head Vs. Heart
by Rachel H.
There is a never-ending struggle between my Head and my Heart.
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Outlines Of People
by Rachel H.
Even if we drift apart, we all come back together eventually.
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Everything Is Made Of Words
by Rachel H.
A bit of a tongue-twister at the end. You may have to read it twice.
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What A Saga We Have Become
by Rachel H.
I tried to write you a letter, but this happened...
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Nighttime Melody
by Rachel H.
"Love takes root in the summer night."
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Girls Like Us
by Rachel H.
"Girls like Laney and I had to stick together."
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My New Persona
by Rachel H.
"I want to dedicate this song to you, my dear"
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Where Am I?
by Rachel H.
Sometimes you just feel completely lost.
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"Little Girl Dreams"
by Rachel H.
I try to get rid of them, but I'll always have my "little girl dreams."
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Wishing On A Shooting Star
by Rachel H.
"I want you to be rare— The shooting star in a sky of clouds."
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Not Quite Famous
by Rachel H.
Not for the Collins Contest, just another entry I wrote when I was writing my real one.
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Attached At The Hip
by Rachel H.
"The two of us, attached at the hip, /Were the perfect pair. We ran around the neighborhood/ Barefoot all summer long."
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I Miss You Two
by Rachel H.
I love both of you always!
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Joy Ride
by Rachel H.
"So please drive up to my house and take me too a place I’ve never been/ So that our joy ride and my life can finally begin."
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Friendly Strangers
by Rachel H.
"We laugh and smile mechanically/ Because that’s what we’ve been taught to do"
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My Instability
by Rachel H.
Sometimes self doubt starts to creep in.
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Ablaze
by Rachel H.
Her hair was like fire/ And I was a match that wouldn’t catch.
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Over Worn Welcome
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But I can’t seem to say goodbye quite so gracefully.
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Innocence
by Rachel H.
And then before we know it, we’ve lost the innocence that was once so beautiful.
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Halfway Gone
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Everything About You
by Rachel H.
"And somewhere in there, along with all of the love you give to others, you still find a spot for me. I love that the most.”
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Homesick
by Rachel H.
So-so. Not my best.
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Can Haikus...?
by Rachel H.
Two chapters of haikus, one set of humorous and one set of someting more serious.
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Twisted Web
by Rachel H.
Oh what a twisted web we weave
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Lemons Week
by Rachel H.
For the poetry challenge :D
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Glass Box
by Rachel H.
I woke up in a glass box with a thousand eyes staring at me.
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My New Prescription
by Rachel H.
A break is the medicine/ My doctor deemed fit.
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Odd Habits
by Rachel H.
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On The Edge
by Rachel H.
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Braided
by Rachel H.
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All In My Head
by Rachel H.
It was all in my head so I painted a much more vibrant picture.
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I'm Not Perfect
by Rachel H.
Why do you imagine me so perfectly?
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Broken Down Barriers
by Rachel H.
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Bitter Endings To Long Lost Beginnings
by Rachel H.
It’s time for an ending/ To what started so long ago
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In Between Friendship And Goodbye
by Rachel H.
It’s the in between that’s breaking my heart
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Peter Pan, Teach Me How
by Rachel H.
"All children, except one, grow up." -Peter Pan
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Just A Doll
by Rachel H.
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Fair-Weather Friend
by Rachel H.
Happiness is a fair-weather friend
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His Love
by Rachel H.
He loves me anyway
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Shield
by Rachel H.
Its blue matched my eyes, you had once told me, And it smelled of the last time the two of us had been “we”
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Dysfunctional
by Rachel H.
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Under A Magnifying Glass
by Rachel H.
But with that one word You made me feel six inches tall
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Keeping My Head Above Water
by Rachel H.
A collection of average poetry not quite worth their own separate books so I grouped them all together.
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Truce?
by Rachel H.
You held up a white flag of surrender
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Peace Offering
by Rachel H.
It's easier said than done
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Waiting To Rise, Ever Falling
by Rachel H.
Fallen stars in hidden jars
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It Could Be Anything
by Rachel H.
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Secrecy
by Rachel H.
But we’ll still have our secret dreams
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I'm The Exception
by Rachel H.
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Certainly Uncertain
by Rachel H.
Nothing ever seems to be certain with us, But when I’m falling, my hand slips into yours And you grip it tightly
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The Locked Door
by Rachel H.
Loosely inspired by the picture book "Under The Big Sky"
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Never Too Late
by Rachel H.
Dedicated to one of my best friends. You finally made it into a poem, congratulations!
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Lost & Found
by Rachel H.
You have to lose something before it can be found
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The Placebo Effect
by Rachel H.
***Please read! 9-18-11
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Borrowed Houses
by Rachel H.
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Her Eyes Tell Me
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Lost Words
by Rachel H.
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This Is Goodbye
by Rachel H.
10-2-11
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Hindsight
by Rachel H.
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I Had No More, Therefore We Are No More
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How We Heal
by Rachel H.
The three Lewis sisters deal with their sister's recent death in three very different ways.
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My Closest
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You Have The Right To Be Wrong
by Rachel H.
You’re looking at statistics while I’ve lived it. You’re looking at lifeless numbers and I’m looking at living, breathing people.
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Why I Write
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Goodbye My Dear
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Elizabeth's Girl
by Rachel H.
*Finished*(ish) For a month I'm going to tell the ugly voices in my head to be quiet, and tell my excuses to excuse themselves from existence.
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Dear Old Dad
by Rachel H.
Last line lyrics credits to Joe Turner's "Shake Rattle and Roll"
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Spread Out The Junk On Your Lawn
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The Curtain Will Fall
by Rachel H.
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Emerald Dress
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Aren't You Too Old For That?
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Six Word Memoirs
by Rachel H.
Big memoirs in six little words.
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Resolutions
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Those Were The Days
by Rachel H.
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Simpler Times
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X Marks The Spot
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Some of it's a little forced, but I wanted to experiment with homophones.
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The Key To Goodbye
by Rachel H.
Are the words too repetitious? 11-16-11 11-17-11 12-14-11
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The Slim Few
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From Pluto And Back
by Rachel H.
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Trapped In Verse
by Rachel H.
Something new and experimental? Not sure how much I like it, but I'm going to try to keep going. Tentative title.
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Instant Gratification
by Rachel H.
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Macaroni Art
by Rachel H.
Kind of weird, but I hope it got the point across...
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Daily Themes Week 1
by Rachel H.
Sorry for the typos. These were spur of the moment pieces written in one day for Daily Themes :)
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January 9th
by Rachel H.
Again, I apologize for any typos!
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For Better Is Easier Than For Worse
by Rachel H.
Poetry hasn't been coming easily lately.
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Mix Up In The Dark Room
by Rachel H.
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January 12th Part One
by Rachel H.
Took the cover picture myself :D Location #3, the shore of a beach
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January 12th Part Two
by Rachel H.
Location #7, home
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I Am So Blue
by Rachel H.
Are the ideas coming through clear or are they a bit jumbled?
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Yes, I'm A Writer
by Rachel H.
WARNING: terrible last line :)
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We Were Summer
by Rachel H.
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Sometimes You Forget
by Rachel H.
January 19th (No editing!)
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Only Humans Can Cry Tears
by Rachel H.
“Only humans can cry tears. Did you know that?” –Oskar Schell
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I Miss You
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February 13th
by Rachel H.
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February 14th
by Rachel H.
Not my best, but that's not what Daily Themes is all about--it's about writing something even if it's not perfect
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It's Complicated
by Rachel H.
What do you think of the voice? The sentence structure? The repetition? And cop out title--help?
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Soup Is For Sad People
by Rachel H.
Sorry about the title, blech
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February 21st
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March 6th
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March 5th
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February 7th
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Just A Few More Minutes Alone
by Rachel H.
An extension of an already existing piece.
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What's Done Is Done
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A House Is Not A Home
by Rachel H.
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Empty Promises
by Rachel H.
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Chloe's Journal
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The journals aren't in any particular order, but I do put what age she was when she wrote them.
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Katherine Being Katherine
by Rachel H.
Another random Lucy narrative.
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August
by Rachel H.
Another addition to the Chloe storyline, but told in her sister Samantha's perspective.
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Untitled
by Rachel H.
Seriously no title ideas. Please help!
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Slow Me Down
by Rachel H.
Inspired by Slow Me Down by Emmy Rossum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi82TjTfkG0
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No Limits
by Rachel H.
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He Was Hubert, She Was Keely
by Rachel H.
Main emotion conveyed by the snapshot: INVISIBLE/LONELY Don't forget to look at both chapters! :)
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The White Dress
by Rachel H.
A Death In The Family: storyline 2
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Remember To Put Out The Fire
by Rachel H.
Title suggestions? (Not my best, I know, but not my worst either)
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Thinner
by Rachel H.
An excerpt from a longer piece

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Our Untold Dreams...

(5 months ago)

I really liked this piece! First off, great cover choice and a very good title. I think that in parts you had a good rhythm, but especial... Read More »

"Alice, by the way."

(5 months ago)

This is a really great concept and the ordering of the chapters was well-done and not confusing. You have two great characters and a cool... Read More »

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Talk to me!

6 days ago Lydia D. Sharpe said:

Hey Rachel,

Thank you so much for giving me all the love and support that you have for my writing. In the past I used to be an extremely active fig but college became a large stumbling block in the way of my creativity. I apologize for not updating my work in the past year or so but I am pleased to tell you I will live to write another day! I would appreciate it if you could check out my newest piece, Passing Ships! I have so much planned for this summer and hope you continue to follow me through my writing journey :) If you would like me to read one of your pieces just comment on my page, mention this letter, and be sure your still my follower. Feel free to talk to me whenever.

Best wishes, Lydia D. Sharpe

about 1 month ago Victoria Guyadeen said:

Hey. Would you care to swap? If so could you please read "What You've Done". Comments and hearts appreciated. It's under 2 minutes long. I'd prefer something under 5 minutes to read for you in return. Thank you for reading this and have a fantastic day. :)

about 1 month ago M.A.Chase said:

Hi! Please check out my story "The Girl Who Ventured"? If it's worthy, please heart! I will swap for anything in your library, just post on my wall! If you're not interested, please ignore this. Thank you for your time!

2 months ago Selena Brooks said:

2 months ago Courtney Blackett said:

What stories do you like to read?Horror stories.Love stories. Adventurous story. How about a story about life?A story that tells about a women who has lots of regrets?A story that is powerful to the young and make the old sad to hear. Please read and heart(if deserved)The Beautiful Things. p.s please do it before midnight on march 13th p.s.s its only two minutes!!

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