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Born in the creative heartland of Birmingham, UK, Gemma grew up surrounded by inspiration, leading her to dabble in writing and painting! Back in secondary school, she discovered her ‘writing voice’ by spinning short stories featuring her friends as the stars. But then, tragedy struck! A dreaded teacher stumbled upon her work and delivered some brutal feedback that left Gemma convinced she’d hang up her pen for good.

Fast forward to years later, after marrying her high school sweetheart and making some new pals at work, the writing spark reignited! Thanks to the relentless creativity of her friend Sammi, who bombarded her with fan-fictions and anime, Gemma found her groove again. The fruit of that revival? “Blood and Rain!”

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	Essence of a Dark Soul by F.T. Cross, Gemma Newey (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

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“Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Blue Moon

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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
― Logan Pearsall Smith

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“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.”
― Georges Bataille, Violent Silence: Celebrating Georges Bataille

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“A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.”
― China Miéville, King Rat

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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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message 15: by Alex

Dec 23, 2013 11:23PM

Merry Christmas!
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message 14: by Alex

Sep 17, 2013 11:16PM

Have a hot Hump Day! :)

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message 13: by Alex

Sep 11, 2013 10:18AM

Hump Day's here! ;)
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message 12: by Alex

Sep 04, 2013 09:22AM

Happy Wednes-Hump Day! ;)

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message 11: by Gemma

Aug 21, 2013 02:14AM

Alex wrote: "Have a hot Hump Day! ;)

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Thanks!

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Aug 21, 2013 01:02AM

Have a hot Hump Day! ;)
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message 9: by Gemma

May 06, 2013 01:31AM

Dustin wrote: "Howdy Faye!
This here Texas cowboy appreciates the friendship.
Thank ya mighty kindly.

Your new friend,
Dustin Adrian Rhodes"

Greetings Dustin,
Thank for accepting. It s much appreciated!
Kindest regards
Faye

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message 8: by Sammi

Feb 10, 2013 09:23AM

i think it takes .epub aswell

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message 7: by Sammi

Feb 10, 2013 09:18AM

You know i do, i cherish it like a child :) !

Its a .mobi

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message 6: by Sammi

Feb 09, 2013 12:05AM

U know what? FINE!! Hahahaha :)

We need to start out joint venture asap.

I have the gym & church on sunday, but after i should be fine to skype for a bit ^^

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message 5: by Sammi

Feb 08, 2013 12:10PM

Yeah i guess, i just wish you would finish a book already, i have terrible patience and i just cant wait :) !!

I cant read a book after i watch the film, i lose interest really easily.

>u<

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message 4: by Sammi

Feb 08, 2013 09:20AM

Hey Lady ;D ! *poke poke*

Read legend asap, its awsum! But make sure you read beautiful creatures first so we can go to da cinema asap :3 !

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message 3: by Gemma

Feb 02, 2013 01:07PM

I just published my first book, it's poetry. Called 'Essence of a dark soul'. Waiting for it to be checked and to go ahead. It's on smash words and amazon! So happy!

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message 2: by Gemma

Jan 24, 2013 12:25PM

Lily (The Novel Nerd) wrote: "WOMANNNNNNNNN GET ONLINEEEEEEEEEEEEEE <33333"

*sigh* but I don't want too!!!!

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message 1: by Sammi

Jan 22, 2013 07:38AM

WOMANNNNNNNNN GET ONLINEEEEEEEEEEEEEE <33333

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