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the grief of growing

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easy like sunday morning ( ఌ )

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Writing Tips

Punctuating Dialogue

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➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

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roses are red,

violets are blue,

hersheys kisses,

m&ms too.

ashes to ashes, dust to dust, reeses to pieces

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Life is Strange vibes, especially the third stanza.

Updated visuals for the poem 'Lepidoptera'

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Recently, I've had to move schools because I was accepted into a program at another school, so I've had to leave behind my best friend. (Who I rarely get the chance to talk to nowadays)

And I wrote a poem about it! :) I've titled it; My Brynn (cause her name is Brynn.)

Yearning takes pride

Pride long lost

To the sticky sweet scent

Of morning dew flesh

And of burning auburn hair

Luminescent in early light

A golden hour of laughter

Once held in wrock

Hither to the chill breeze

Of eyes so drike and dark

An era lost long ago

Of pagan gods and their followers

Nestled into the skin

Of a blocked nose

Which sniffles at faint scents

Of flowers bloomed late

Early spring she creeps deep

Into my tormented mind again

That love who hangs on a line

Which birds flock to sit and saunder

Shall they stand too close

It'll fizzle

And my love will be no longer

I linger in the memories

Of free dance and yells

Where no harm could reach me

As we swayed in such deep comfort

Ringing such as bells

Of quiet cathedrals

And mournful saints

Tis quiet now

of her

I shall not see again

Until the hourglass empties

So my legs will go running

To fantasies I live in

With one my heart lives with

My soulmate, Brynn.

I know it's not perfect, it's not like I'm Sappho, but I loved writing it because I love her.