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Jim Hatfield

Jim Hatfield has worked in print and broadcast journalism and now mainly writes speeches and corporate videos, as well as poetry. He has two grown sons and lives in the Chicago area with his wife, Jane, and their Jack Russell Terrier, Lucy. Jim has been taken "Creativity in a Box" and Poetry 100 at WVU and is a member of Word Weavers study group.

Writers' Village members look forward to reading more of Jim's work.

Save Me A Gerund, Please A hundred thousand people chatting away on-line, Messages askittering through space and endless time. I wonder about those words and where they go to rest; Maybe to one of those empty states far away out West. Wouldn't that be something, a landfill just for words? A sort of city dump for nouns and adjectives and verbs. If I knew where to go, I'd sure get on out there fast. First I'd grab the funny words, save the serious ones for last. Copyright © 2001 Jim Hatfield