Daily Lit Recognition for July 11^th, 2014

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Poetry

_{Suggested by:Lissomer
Featured by: chromeantennae}
 
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Fly by Farand

<sub>Suggester says: He used a very simple
moment to illustrate a poignant message
about life. I was spellbound from the first stanza.


Suggested by: MagicalJoey
Featured by: betwixtthepages</sub>
The Moon's TalesThe foreboding recurrence of the moon's shadow
creates fables while dancing over the lakes surface.
The creatures of night, with their mischievous glow -
illuminate the lake for the children of the forest.
And as the fortnight approaches its end -
hearts bound by the tale beg for more tales to tell.
Yet the moon loves all children to allow discontent
so the new moon rises with yet another tale to dispel.
The Moon's Tales by NotenSMSK

_{I have read many poems and stories
about the moon; the metaphor in this one,
from NotenSMSK, stands out.}

Prose

_{Suggested by LiliWrites
Featured by doodlerTM}
FaultlineShe loved me with her car, this girl who wasn't a girl, who was a mountain in the guise of a girl. Hips swinging, lips an alluring red O of laughter, she shut the door behind me and drove me across the States with those baby shoes swinging by their laces from the rear-view.
"You got a kid?" I asked, and she just cranked up the music. Cher crooned I Got You, Babe over the snowy radio.
She didn't have a kid. She'd never had a kid. She had an ex who I met at a Minnesota truck stop. "Watch out for earthquakes," warned the ex, bending her head close to mine, our hair coming together in a curtain of confidentiality. I told her that in Minnesota, I wasn't worried.
The girl had hands like foothills grounding the wayward steering wheel to the road. They never quavered—steady like she was. When we kissed, she held me up, though she was a head shorter than I.
I trembled at the knees. She trembled at the tires.
We hit a storm in the Heartlands. Wind buffeted the car and set the baby s
Faultline by Kathryn-Walt

A flash-fiction piece that manages
to say so much in so few words.


_{Featured by: AyeAye12}

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In The Beginning by RuntOfTheLitter

_{Intelligent humour, sharp wit
and a bit absurd. A very funny read.}

Foreign Language

_{Featured by: Malintra-Shadowmoon}

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les moments by M-iikado

_{A philosophical treatment concerning
the sense of life, not only black and
white but also shades of grey.
An extraordinary spiritual essay.}


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