The old gang

Hey guys! Not sure who is still here but popped on today out of nostalgia. Ten years and so much has changed! I'm still with Marcus, (teenage love ftw) we're married and had a daughter last year.
Reading back on some of my old pieces is so cringey. 17 year old me was a hopeless romantic who 'knew everything' haha. However she must have done something right ;)
Miss the old days. This site helped me through so much and I can't remember the last time I wrote a poem. It's quite sad.
Maybe one day..

Gem!!! How good to hear from you after so many years! Glad to know that you and Marcus are still together :) A baby??? that's GREAT news for you both...hope you stick around for a while.

I need to dig out all my old folders with my work in. They are hidden away somewhere! Haha. How have you been?? Can't believe how long it's been!

You now have a daughter and I have SIX grand kids...can you believe it??? Yeah, it's been a long time for sure. You also appear to have red hair, WTF????

Oh yeah! That started out as an experiment by my step mum and then just stuck! Haha. Six?? That's absolutely amazing!! The joy of seeing them grow and play but giving them back when they act like terrors! Hahaha. Am i right in thinking you're in Australia or is my memory shot?

No...you're memory is still fine sweety...I'm in Ozz....

So what's your daughter's name???

Lily Michelle :) but we call her Lilypad haha. Do you still speak to any of the old faces? O have Krzysztof, Bob, Luanne, Goran and a few others on Facebook but there were so many awesome people on this site! Do you still write?

Hey Gem

how time flies ive been here 10 years as well, congrats on marriage and you daughter.... get your pen and paper out girl and get writing ha

Nicko

It's insane isn't it! Writing was so much easier with all that teen angst! ????

yep your right, wrote my first poem in 4 years a couple of weeks ago

Just need some turmoil in your life to kick things along haha

Hahaha. Now how do you actively look for that :p

Haha yeah, kinda happens when you least expect

You are so right. I'm not up to my usual standards but penned something today that kind of works!

wow

i was 20 when i tarted this site. now im 33. wow

Yep, time sure does fly. I've been here for 12 years. wow can't believe that...

Hey Gem I'm rubbish with names so don't remember man from years ago here though it's nice that you're back and are with your high school sweetheart and a baby too wow that's wonderful news :)

I signed up here in 2005 when I had just before I turned 16 (I remember as I was having a real tough time) on another account and looking back there and here at my older work I think "cringe how could I have written that" but we have to start somewhere right? Anyway I left for 2-3 years then like you had a nostalgic moment early last year and haven't looked back. Some people as I say I recognised and others not so much but there are also so wonderful lovely new members too.

All the best
Em x

My goodness. I decided to get back just today and I see this. I do remember some of you, sadly not all. I don't know if anyone would remember me :)
Wow.. I came to this site when I was 16 or something. Now I'm 28, married and moved from Egypt to the UK.

I miss the old people a lot. I remained in touch with Luanne and some of the older folks (still have Debbie Hignett and Jen Blackier on my Facebook).

Wow it’s been a long time for me too. Just thought I’d stop by and see if any of the old gang were here still.

Ello old timers.

I turned 40 last year and it's looking like my 41st birthday will be over skype, how curious!

Since I was last active here (cringe) I am now running a tools refurbishment workshop helping adults with additional support needs to live full lives. We take donations of tools from the public and fix/clean them up then send them out to various charities, but most notably the good people of Malawi. I love my job and I'm very lucky.

I'm a trapeze fiend these days, static trapeze. Been training for 4 years, performed a few times and it's a big part of my life. Outside of that, I've become a big Dungeons and Dragons nerd and a photography geek. I don't write poetry much anymore but I can still turn a phrase if need be.

Hello hello anybody here.. ... takes a few more steps as the echoes bounce off the empty walls ...

I’m guilty of desertion ... how could we let this happen?

Same here. Haven't written anything in years and have been away from the site for quite sometime.

Oh my gosh! Seeing all these familiar names hits right in the feels! I LOVE the little family picture Gem! Hope everyone here is doing well! It's been forever since I've actually written...maybe a sign that I've gotten more mentally sane? haha Hope y'all are well <3

Wow...Nostalgia brought me here, and I recognize some of these old names! I joined when I was 14.....now I'm 28 with a wife and son! I feel the same about my old work, I was trying so hard to sound smart and get my emotions across, but it's cringe as all get out.

But as cringe as it is, it's also the perfect crystallization of what I was feeling and thinking back then.

I miss this place, unfortunately I lost touch with pretty much everyone when I impulsively decided to leave Facebook a few years ago. If you remember me and want to reconnect, please reach out to me! I hope you're all doing well, sending love to each and every one of you.