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Welcome to the September Blender of Love, featuring an all new look! It seemed like the site was overdue for a makeover... along with the new layout and icons are some new features, such as "Remember Me" login, have been added and more are on the way.

We had a tremendous response to Savannah Haze's 2007 End of Summer Challenge (involving using all of a well-chosen set of ten words) and Ms. Haze's picks are highlighted in this month's front page picks.

I hope you like the new look! And as always, take time to appreciate some of the more intriguing submissions from last month.
--Kirk, Blender-Keeper     

also this month

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--Charles Morley
front page picks

2007 End-of-Summer Challenge Winner!
2 am - Violet
Savannah Haze says: I've chosen "2 AM" by Violet as my favorite. Though it may not be the most "artsy," it is the simplicity of the piece that I love. I don't even have (or currently want) children, but this gave me chills and made me want to go crawl back in bed with my husband. I applaud her for sharing this special moment with us.

2007 End-of-Summer Runner-Up!
Paying the Price - Star of David
Savannah Haze: "a beautifully bitter piece"

2007 End-of-Summer Runner-Up!
The Rest of Reason - Ali
Savannah Haze: "She had me at, 'I extract starlight from this silence'"

Fifteen and Jaded - CJ King / hairdiva
There was another theme challenge last month, on the theme "jaded". I don't know how many of these works are direct responses to that, but there seemed to be an undercurrent of that in many of the works.

There we were... - Star of David
Nostalgia isn't always kind.

THE OLDER OMEN - rennielorca
Another work about the ugly sides of teenage romance.

don't watch - briana kassia
A darkly evocative and raw work.

Cerulean blue - calypso
Another case of being pursued by memory.

Beast - distant moon
Greatest closing lines this months. "I'm an open book with only seven pages"

Livin', Lovin' and Learnin' - CryingShame58
A piece on lessons learned.

Cloudy Day - J. Knipp
Almost a touch of Hemingway.

hold on - darwin
A plea of need.

Concealed - Ali
Always love the namedropping...

No Secret - redplasticroses
Jealousy.

Sycamore - Craig Werth / iammyself
Very lyrical work.

Roll With Me Baby - B.K.
Another entry for Haze's challenge. I think I'm mostly entertained by lines 3-6.

muse-ery's - aparajita
One of Aparajita's takes on Haze's challenge.

when hungry strikes - lilla
Haze entry, with a challenge of its own at the end.