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Tell us about THE book, story, or poem that changed your life. The one that brought you to love words.
The love of reading, or the love of words is something writers share. Tell us about THE book, story, or poem that changed your life. Give us a synopsis of the piece, with the author and title. If you want to, tell us why we should read it if we already haven't. Only one rule: You can only pick ONE piece. Don't over think it -- pick the one piece that has stayed with you more than the others. We all have reads that we couldn't put down, and some we forged through even though it was painful. So tell us about the piece of literature that stays with you, that sparked your imagination, that made you want to put pen to paper and tell your stories, your words, your poetry. Fellow Prosers- Read through these posts as they (hopefully) come in. Is there a book you've read? Let us know in the comments. One you need to read? Let us know that, too. Let's interact and get a feel for what inspires us to give our words to the world.

Childhood Realization

“I'm sorry to say so

but, sadly, it's true

that Bang-ups

and Hang-ups

can happen to you.”

“Oh, the places you'll go! 

There is fun to be done!

There are points to be scored. 

There are games to be won.

And the magical things you can do with that ball

will make you the winning-est winner of all.

Fame you'll be famous, 

as famous as can be, 

with everyone watching you win on TV,

Except when they don't 

because sometimes they won't

I'm afraid that some times

you'll play lonely games too

Games you can't win

'cause you'll play against you.”

“And when you're alone 

there's a very good chance

you'll meet things 

that scare you right out of your pants

There are some, down the road 

between hither and yon,

that can scare you so much 

you won't want to go on.” 

“You have brains in your head. 

You have feet in your shoes

You can steer yourself any direction you choose

You're on your own

And you know what you know

And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.”

Four year old me

look up and see

the world around her

the things there can be

the things I dream of

stories, birds, and bees,

things that'll keep me going

the things that made me, Me.

-Oh, The Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss

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