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Nostalgia
Theodore McDowell
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Genius in a Bottle
Jul 9, 2023
Nostalgia
The blurred eyesight of nostalgia taints the past with haloes
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Mark Tulin
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Genius in a Bottle
Jul 9, 2023
A Lame Attempt at Rediscovering Youth
Trying to throw a spiral at 68
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Theodore McDowell
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Feb 20, 2023
A Letter to My Mother
You are more beautiful than stained-glass
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Nicole Barden
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Feb 11, 2022
Sleep
A wanting of simpler times
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Elizabeth Emerald
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Jan 14, 2022
What Are the Odds?
Pandora had good stuff in there too!
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Theodore McDowell
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Genius in a Bottle
Dec 30, 2021
Singing a Torch Tonight
Nostalgia for a first love
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Theodore McDowell
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Genius in a Bottle
Oct 6, 2021
The Echo of a Falling Star
Retrospective on a marriage
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Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
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Genius in a Bottle
Jun 9, 2021
Furniture Makes Me Feel At Home
GiaB prompt # 21 — furniture
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Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
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Mar 6, 2021
What I Miss About The South
Some of the things I miss as a South-Indian living in North India.
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Priyanka Srivastava
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Oct 9, 2020
That Nectar
GiaB Prompt #4: Cooking
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