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About Me Official Beta Tester Non-Fiction Writer Christopher Berman20/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 2 Years
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NaNoWriMo - Nov 83   
'You have a plan?'   
'I have hope. Canterbury was too indulgent. We have maintained our purity. If there is anywhere that the faith can flourish again, let it be here. If it is otherwise, our way of life might disappear entirely.'   
'Can that happen?'   
She winced. 'I would like to say 'No.' But the world is complicated. Surely this is what the world needs.'   
He started, with suspicion. 'Needs?'   
She rubbed her head; she was tired. Physically, for no sleep. Mentally, for the difficulty in finding a justification. She stared out the window. 'It is a practical truth.'   NaNoWriMo - Nov 8
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NaNoWriMo - Day One'This is our victory. Our triumph over years of chaos, of disorder, of deadly mysteries under the ground. These have been terrible years, but finally, we can move forward, in the name of truth. Let there be peace.'  Applause.   
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There was silence. The culmination of what they had both worked for had already been spoken. The final period deserved more than a nod of recognition. They had both accomplished the gravest success. Ignorance had fallen. Life would begin anew. The walk toward the boardroom, the pouring of spirit, the humble sips in dwarfing chairs were all well-deserved.  'My heart NaNoWriMo - Day One
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Notre Dame 2009
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A Response to Heri-SinyeI don't know if you will consider it proper or improper of me to craft a defense for my religion (that is, Christianity); hopefully the former.   
First, the idea of religion as institution, as oppression, as derogation. Historically, Christianity has been the cover of terrible things. Things that Jesus, the focus of Christianity (and, as we argue, the focus of all history), would clearly condemn. Crusades are an uncontroversial example. Unfortunately, many Christians consider the repression of Christians, and the denial of the legitimacy of monogamous, committed homosexual love to be commanded in Scripture. To be sure, there are ve A Response to Heri-Sinye
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Sleeping with animals,  dreaming of welcome arms   
Running in circles,  flying as an airplane   
Squealing with joy,  eating candy nonstop   
These joys are mine,  but not mine alone.
Childish Delights
by *xpsychoticxinsanityx

Simplistic, with images that are remembered, but not tired. It is difficult to judge as it is so short. Stylistically, there are no hi...

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uncounted poundings heard  through a million years,  yet some would say  time does not exist.   
for every beat there may  be a thousand tears,  never a life of  nows to be surpassed.   
we treasure some from  precious loving moments,  and measure most by  metrics, and live movements.   
to count the flow from past  to future brings  the questioning, from those  with need for reckoning.   
unless, the quantum riddle  solved, removes the muddled  knowledge we've evolved within,  our future fails us to begin; again.   
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keep time of hearts...
by *alapip

This is a very strong, vibrant piece. First, the message: it is fresh. It is something, granted, that has been heard before, but it is...

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Lost Soul  Midnight has come and Im too tired to sleep,  The Darkness carresses me like a warm kiss.Through the dark I run on tired feet  And cry out for the dreams to carry me.   
A lost soul burning, like a flame about to fall  A tired heart racing, running from it all  A moment to forget, the pain that hurts me inside  A lost soul running, trying to hide.   
The wings that once carried me are broken  Destroyed by a past that wont leave me alone.  Voices of long lost loves haunt me in my waking moments..  I wish only for these voices to leave me in silence   
A lost
Lost Soul:SongLyric
by =RavensDarkAngel77

It is very difficult to criticize song lyrics without hearing the music behind them. Very often, lyrics fail as poetry on a page but su...

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Poems must skirt a line between giving too much information, and withholding too much information. It is often easier to give too much ...

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Journal Entry: Wed Jul 8, 2009, 6:58 AM


So I got a subscription because I wanted to see what the critiques were all about. They're really interesting. I had always hoped dA would put something like that into place, and now it looks like they have.

My writing has of late taken a more free-form, ponderous turn. Form has taken a backseat the content (though, as I have become more loose with it, it's somehow snuck its way back into importance).

I like to comment on people's work, but I hate to say things like 'Oh cool I like it'. So, instead, I've taken to writing mini Tractatus-Philosophico-Commentatus's as a response. Of course, for critiques, I don't do that.

It's interesting. Some people don't appreciate it at all. Some do.

dA Annoyance: Seems like no dA-er really understands what the ';Philosophical' category in Literature means. I'm seeing a lot of pieces that don't really belong there.

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  • Interests: writing, reading, piano, music, art, theology, history, philosophy, creativity
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  • Favourite band or musician: Ben Folds, Philip Glass, Sufjan Stevens
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Mood: Joy ~signewozniak Nov 8, 2009, 7:30:43 AM
Thanks for all the comments

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~ejectionletter Nov 4, 2009, 11:51:19 PM
thank you for the watch! hope you enjoy.
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~Katalalyn Nov 4, 2009, 12:03:36 PM
Thanks for the fav.
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~Satah Nov 1, 2009, 10:15:36 AM
thanks so much for the watch and the fav on in our minstrel years ♥ very much appreciated (:

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do your lunges

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=cberman Nov 1, 2009, 12:30:35 PM
Absolutely; it is a wonderful piece among many.
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*Little-Miss-Sapristi Oct 31, 2009, 2:52:46 PM
Thankyou for faving This Little Piggy!

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`jade-pandora Oct 29, 2009, 1:24:07 PM
Thank you so much for fav'ing my humble poem, "When..." [link] ...that speaks volumes to me. :thanks:

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