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We are happy to announce last months top ranked posts. These posts were not just All Time Best posts but of all the All Time Bests posts they were ranked #1. The top ranked poem was Willie Nelson by Debbie D'Arcy. The story that was the highest ranked post was Interview with....LEA TONIN by Rachelle Allen. The book chapter that was at the #1 spot last month was The Descendent Part 2 chap 7 by Sandra Stoner-Mitchell. For script writing none rose higher than Squanto's Story by lyenochka. Congratulations to these authors! The new All Time Best Ranked Writing for this month has just begun!



The Reviewing Committee has annnounced that karenina is the Reviewer of the Month. In second place finished Debbie D'Arcy. In third place finished barbara.wilkey. Honorable mention goes out to Navada, Jim Wile and lyenochka. Congratulations to these dedicated reviewers!
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Antonym Poem

Write a poem with the following format. A four line poem. The first line is only one word. Second and third line can be formatted as you wish. The last line is the antonym of the word on the first line. Words that are opposite or nearly opposite in meaning are called antonyms. Examples are big and small, or long and short.

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