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by tommy
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 September 24th
...See more Welcome to the Reading & Writing Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of 27 August (updated by @tommy) @amiableBunny4016 @calmmoon2104 @dancingGrotto @GwydionRowan @hanasophia @HarmonyBlossom @HatsEatYou @LoveMyMoonflowers @softForest4843 @tommy
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What are you currently reading?
by tommy
Last post
 September 14th
...See more Tell us what book you're currently reading! Are you enjoying it? Would you recommend it to someone else so far? {GIF of a cat reading a book}
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has anyone here read books by jeffrey archer and liked it?
by goldenFriend9441
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 6 hours ago
...See more tw:death. how are you coping with his death?
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Wohoo! 🧟‍♀️
by Dalaa21
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more Dalaa friend @Reinventdefiance  gave the idea and here is the poem 💕✨  Zombie Utopia 🙂 The sirens died three summers ago, the billboards burned themselves to ash, and somewhere beneath the broken neon someone spray painted: WE’RE STILL HERE The dead walk freely now not hungry, not hunting, just wandering through streets where nobody owns a thing anymore No bosses No borders No clocks screaming hurry up Just busted speakers on rooftops, punk songs shaking the windows, and zombies dancing badly under a violet sky We wear safety pins through our jackets, paint stars across our faces, and trade cigarettes for stories at the end of the world The supermarkets are empty, but the gardens are growing wild's The rich lost their castles The poor lost their fear And every night, we light bonfires in the ruins while the undead sit beside us, quietly remembering what it meant to be alive Maybe this is the apocalypse Maybe this is freedom Maybe the world had to die before we finally learned how to live So turn the amp up Let the zombies scream along Tomorrow can burn tonight, we dance 🧟‍♀️🎸🖤
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Short story I recently wrote - Memento Mori
by SHEVARI01
Last post
 2 days ago
...See more There was a contest for a short story in the university and I felt like participating, so I want to share it here in case anyone has interest, the title is Memento Mori. Although I think I could have added more, I will post it as I wrote it because there was a limit of 500 characters, anyway, here I present it and hope you like: January 28, 20--  Today marks 6 months since I left my house for one reason: My father didn’t want me to be an artist because he says it isn’t a profitable job like his, I wanted to prove him wrong, I wanted to show him I can make a proper life by myself... Wanted, where did all that inspiration go? Maybe he was right because, so far, my work isn’t great, and today I built a small birdhouse-like calendar, and out of frustration, I wondered “How long until I die?” Maybe then I’ll be appreciated...  February 15, 20--  Each time I put the right date on the calendar, the next day, it marks some sort of countdown, no matter how much I change it, and now that I remember what I asked when I built it... If I knew how much time I’m left to live, will I try to be better and do more? Today I take that as a challenge and see if, by then, I will achieve what I always desired to become and show my father how wrong he was about me, I already thought painting a pilgrim leaving his commune in search of what lies beyond visible heavens.   May 19, 20--  I finally obtained some recognition since I took the countdown as a challenge, I improved enough to get my dream painting exhibited and, in a church, I got called to make some stained glasses. Today I took a break from such work when I heard a familiar voice in a confessional, a man was saying he regrets being so harsh with his son... It was my father... He didn’t see me, and I think he arrived too late to be sorry; later, the bells tolled 16 times even though it was not 4:00 PM...  June 1st, 20--  I cancelled my participation for my first exhibition outside this city in case there’s an accident on the way and I die, but that doesn’t seem to delay the countdown, I feel nervous for how little is left and even more scared to think there is one thing missing in my life beyond having the recognition I already found, so now, if I there’s an opportunity to make one last piece and have people see it is an sculpture of a past self, carrying with the body of present self, it shall be named Memento mori.  June 4, 20--  I could have been hit by a speeding car on my way to the local art exhibition, but unfortunately, it was my son who took the worst part, and it’s because of him that I’m safe now, he said he finally understood the last thing he wanted last beyond recognition, is that I forgive him as much as I ask him so, our last moment resembled an sculpture he made, and now that I took some of his art for my house, it’s strange that a birdhouse-like calendar he made always marks the date with 0.  
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I got a compliment
by Aurelyn68
Last post
 3 days ago
...See more I just got the sweetest comment from someone on my flash fiction and it made my day!! They said it was wonderful!!
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Meeting an Angel IRL
by fearlessSkies3355
Last post
 Sunday
...See more I was 13 years old when my parents got divorced, I wouldn't say I was upset by the divorce as much as I was upset about how my parents started treating me after the divorce. I was the oldest child, first and only daughter, and my father who raised me and now was getting a divorce with my mother was not my biological father. I say all this because it is a tiny piece of the reason for how I was feeling the day it happened. I wasn't doing very well when I was younger, mentally speaking. I had an eating disorder, and had been self harming for a few yrs. So when my parents changed after the divorce for the worst i was …tired of it all. I had decided I didn't want to be a part of any of it anymore, and had planned on unaliving myself that night when everyone was asleep.  I was with my dad (stepdad) that day, we were visiting his sister, my aunt. She lived next to my old elementary school, well within walking distance. Both my aunt and my dad were chatting and speaking with my siblings doing what felt like their best to exclude me. So much so that I left the house. I didn't say anything, I simply stood up and walked out the front door walking the few blocks to the elementary school. The elementary school was closed, school was out. I'm not sure if it was summer time or if we were on break. I just knew that school wasn't happening and therefore was empty of kids. My old school had three playground areas depending on the age of kids. Kindergarten didn't get the same playset area as the third graders. I went to the older kid playground. This area had the track and field area, swings, monkeybars, and tether balls. I went through the entrance closest to the main road which was closest to the swingset area. In front of the swing set area was the track and field. The field was in a long oval shape and at the other end of the track is a single entrance/exit that leads behind the school. I went to the swings and sat down, not really swinging by swaying my body slightly around, as I thought about how I was being treated by my family. I was getting upset, not to the point of tears but still upset and really thinking about what I had planned for that night. I was probably on the swing for 15 minutes when I noticed some people coming up the track from the back entrance. I figured once they saw me they would go to one of the empty playgrounds considering there's three of um. But they didn't stop walking towards my area of playground. As they got closer i saw that it was an older man probably in his 50-60s he was with a little boy no older than six years old, and a golden retriever who the old man kept throwing a tennis ball for. I thought it odd that he would take such a young kid to the older kid area of the playground, So when they reached my area, i debated on leaving but the old man stopped me with a simple “hello” he was so cheery, his voice had shaken me to my core. Mostly because I could feel the genuine happiness in his voice and it was directed at me which I hadn't felt in a long time. I of course said my hello back and tried not to show him how much he shocked me.  I looked over at the little boy who hadn't looked at me, instead focused on his action figure he was holding and softly swinging on his belly a few swings down from me. He was a quiet little boy. Which struck me as odd, I have siblings and they were never as quiet as this boy was. He didn't talk or laugh while he softly played. The old man noticed me watching the boy. He had been silently throwing the ball to the dog over and over again as I watched the kid. The old man spoke to me again, he just started talking, his voice was no longer cheery but I could still feel the love and strength in his voice as he spoke. He told me about the little boy. He told me he was his grandson, and how his parents were getting divorced and neither of them had the time for the boy anymore so he took him. He told me how unfair it was that these parents were treating the boy and how upset he was for his grandson. That it wasn't his grandson's fault that he was unwanted but that he still loved him and that's all that mattered. He said more I'm sure but as time has passed I've started forgetting what all he said. But it honestly does not matter what the old man said because it was the feelings that cascaded around me as he spoke. I started to tear up as this stranger comforted me through his child. I felt like he was speaking to and about me using the boy as some buffer. I felt loved and wanted, I was so overwhelmed when he spoke to me. Not once did he wait for me to add to his conversation, he didn't need me to have a response, he was just telling me. I sat in silence on the swing as he spoke, watching and listening to his every word. He wasn't even at the park for a total of five minutes when he simply smiled at me, took the hand of the boy and started walking away. No goodbye was said, no nice talking to you, nothing. He told me his grandson's story and simply started to leave after dropping a bomb of emotions on me.  I remember feeling overwhelmed, I was shaking from the feelings he had left me with. I looked down at my knees briefly as he started walking away, not 10 steps ahead. I looked back up not a minute later and they were gone. Vanished into what felt like thin air. Old man, dog, and child had somehow disappeared on a field with only two exits. I knew they couldn't have reached the exit from which they came in across the field and that was the direction they were headed for.  I wasn't worried that they disappeared, I was still dealing with my own feelings, the feeling of holding on and that eventually it will get better was fresh if not charging through me. I stood up and walked back to my aunt's house. I cried the whole walk back. And when I went back inside no one asked me where I had been or what I was doing for the hour I was gone, but it suddenly didn't matter to me. I didn't care that my family clearly didn't care about me anymore. I felt like the stranger loved me more and that's all that mattered. He was like an angel, he saved my life. I didn't try to un-alive myself that night or any night after because of him and what he made me feel. The moment he opened his mouth I felt that glow of special and I'll never forget how it made me feel. Even now as i think of it i could only compare that happy content feeling to that of heaven and the joy of angels at peace. I can't imagine a person being capable of pushing so much happiness into another person. It truly felt like I was glowing and changed by the experience. I am not sure if they were angels or ghosts or some other creature. All I know is they changed me and I'm grateful.
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Reading — Sep 28–Oct 4
by aquaGrapes718
Last post
 Saturday
...See more Does anybody want to share what you're reading here? (any kind of book📚) Sometimes I find reading is a good way for us to reflect on our lives and broaden our horizons. So I kind of want to invite some friends to share what you're reading and your thoughts here. You can share your understanding and experience. Feel free to share whenever you read a book. 😊
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Pencils drama in dalaa mind came to papers ✨💖
by Dalaa21
Last post
 September 30th
...See more  Hope you like it ! ✨
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9/28
by Magicpawsoffuture
Last post
 September 30th
...See more Read candy corn contest did not finshed flying feet
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💕Write a HAPPY😊 story in 6 words 💕
by juliak1968
Last post
 September 28th
...See more Write a happy story with 6 words EXPRESS YOURSELF!🌻 🌷IMPRESS YOURSELF! Write a happy story in 6 words.. "JUST 6 HAPPY WORDS" What story's can you come up with? 💕 I'll Start: "I found love and peace today"
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What if... ~Alternate storylines 📖
by Luminity125
Last post
 September 27th
...See more (Come on out, bookworms! I know many of you are lurking in the corners of 7 cups, probably with your nose buried in a good book! 📚)  Hey bookworms and readers, it's me, Luminity✨. One thing about me you might want to know, I love love love reading. My favorite genre is psychological thrillers (mostly).  Isn't there always this one moment while we're reading a book and we think, what if this had turned out differently?  What if she had chosen him instead?  What if he had pulled the trigger just a second before?  What if she had just run away?  What if he had gotten to see the letter?  What if... So in this thread, we discuss our favorite what ifs, and... Answer them.  Let your imagination run wild into an alternate storyline of your choice, deviating as far as you want from the writer's chosen plot, unleash your hidden writing potential, and satisfy that thirst for a better ending.✨ ------------------------- We're in this together! Here's a simple format for you to write out your what if- Name of book (~Name of author)  ⚠Disclaimer⚠ : if you do not want spoilers for above mentioned book, please do not read beyond this point. (👆🏻Include this in case your what if involves a major plot twist of the book, which is very probable, so as to not unknowingly ruin someone's reading experience!)  What if...  Your alternate storyline/plot, in para form or a simple outline.  Invitation for others to add to your plot or comment with their own (if you want them to)  ------------------------- Let's have some fun, readers! 📖✨📚
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📚 Reading — Sep 24–27
by aquaGrapes718
Last post
 September 27th
...See more Does anybody want to share what you're reading here? (any kind of book📚) Sometimes I find reading is a good way for us to reflect on our lives and broaden our horizons. So I kind of want to invite some friends to share what you're reading and your thoughts here. You can share your understanding and experience. Feel free to share whenever you read a book. 😊
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A little surprise!
by Minimum00
Last post
 September 26th
...See more It's funny when I change my display pic. It shows that the celebrity couldn't be posted.

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