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    majerot
    @majerot
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      Very good question @daughteroftheking. I heard of it years ago on Figment, and then just recently saw one of the writing videos through a blogger I was stalking. Basically a bunch of Christian-online-writing-community rabbit trails.

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      Kate Flournoy
      @kate-flournoy
        • Rank: Chosen One
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        Welcome to KP @majerot! We need more poets on here. 😉 I can’t claim to be a fan of Emily Dickinson, but I love poetry. Mostly Tolkien’s. Have you read any of his?

        majerot
        @majerot
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          @kate-flournoy I actually haven’t. Unfortunately I’m not a huge Tolkien person *covers head while all the Tolkien fans assault (that’s how it usually goes anyway)*. I liked the Lord of the Rings. Sort of. But I never really got into them so I never really explored his other work.

          I didn’t used to like Emily Dickinson either, but then I did a research paper on her and read about a million of her poems and fell in love. I think it takes some practice to appreciate the quirky grammar and slant rhymes.

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          Kate Flournoy
          @kate-flournoy
            • Rank: Chosen One
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            @Majerot *shields you from potential assault with her dragon-wings* That’s okay. 😉 I get it.
            Can I share one of my favorite Tolkien poems with you though?
            Thanks. *grins* ‘Preciate the permission. XD

            “I sit beside the fire and think
            Of all that I have seen
            Of meadow flowers and butterflies
            In summers that have been

            Of yellow leaves and gossamer
            In autumns that there were
            With morning mist and silver sun
            And wind upon my hair

            I sit beside the fire and think
            Of how the world will be
            When winter comes without a spring
            That I shall ever see

            For still there are so many things
            That I have never seen
            In every wood in every spring
            There is a different green

            I sit beside the fire and think
            Of people long ago
            And people that will see a world
            That I shall never know

            But all the while I sit and think
            Of times there were before
            I listen for returning feet
            And voices at the door”

            ― J.R.R. Tolkien

            Jane Maree
            @jane-maree
              • Rank: Knight in Shining Armor
              • Total Posts: 909

              @Majerot I am shamed. I have missed your appearance. Please accept my deepest apologies for being late. *bows*
              Welcome anyways. *throws confetti* I hope you enjoy it here. 😀 I’m one of the Aussies that hang out here, and also the Pizza Ninja. *passes you a plate of motivational pizza*

              Writing Heroes ♦ Writing Hope // janemareeauthor.com.au

              Emma Flournoy
              @emma-flournoy
                • Rank: Eccentric Mentor
                • Total Posts: 1352

                @Majerot Hey yourself. You’ve been properly welcomed but welcome again just the same. 😀
                I love music too, and am a violin and piano player. What kind do you like to play?

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                Josiah DeGraaf
                @aratrea
                  • Rank: Knight in Shining Armor
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                  @majerot Wow–that’s an impressive collection of work there! Also, that list of favorite authors is awesome. I can see many of my own favorites also there–particularly Dostoevsky. ^_^ My favorite of his is probably Brothers Karamazov; how about yourself?

                  Editor-in-Chief Emeritus. Guiding authors at Story Embers.

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                  katie
                  @lifeofkatie
                    • Rank: Loyal Sidekick
                    • Total Posts: 137

                    @majerot – Hello, hello and welcome to Kingdom Pen! *reaches up hand to give you a high five*

                    #41101
                    majerot
                    @majerot
                      • Rank: Bumbling Henchman
                      • Total Posts: 7

                      @kate-flournoy thanks for the poem and for the protection 😀


                      @jane-maree
                      I feel honored to eat your pizza. Maybe it will motivate me to finish unpacking my dorm.


                      @emma-flournoy
                      …everything? I love improvising on hymns, sight-reading and learning classical pieces, and messing with Disney/La La Land/random other musical music, and occasionally pounding out some 1 Direction. So like, good question.


                      @aratrea
                      I’ve actually only read Crime and Punishment by him, but it was extremely compelling and moving. I’ll have to add Brothers Karamazov to my reading list.


                      @lifeofkatie
                      *high fives back*

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                      Emma Flournoy
                      @emma-flournoy
                        • Rank: Eccentric Mentor
                        • Total Posts: 1352

                        @Majerot Well everything counts. 😀

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