My Cherished Child
/As a parent, there are moments…
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Today, as I watched your rite of passage,
amidst the pomp, tradition, and pride,
I was seized by the hand of …
By Linda Troxell
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From a Clean Slate...
/Life gives you surprises…
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He wasn’t a playmate.
He wasn’t a classmate.
He wasn’t my prom date…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreBeyond the Apology
/After all these years
you return
to extend an olive branch
believing a sincere …
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreFilling In the Blank
/I searched all my poems for “tabula rasa”
but found a blank slate—not a horse at the gate.
In this large, empty casa, I shouted “Qué pasa?”
There wasn’t an answer. I chose not …
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreChalk to Slate
/I view blank slate
Thus contemplate
My feelings, dreams and hopes
Wins versus loss…
By Mike Turner
Read MoreMonthly Meandering
/This couple enjoyed wandering …
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We were an adventurous pair: a girl and a boy.
Our monthly meandering through the forest generated joy.
One springtime hike was filled with enormous …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreA Green Carnivore
/Unlike most plants
that draw substance from soil
the earth is merely your anchor
your appetite is for …
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreDear Mother Earth
/We have been talking about saving…
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Oh, my dear Mother earth, we find ourselves in quite a bind. Once we had abundant resources, but now, those resources are harder…
By Linda Troxell
Read MoreSign Said: No Colored Allowed
/George Blackwood's empathy for the struggles of Black Americans began in his childhood in Gates, a small community in western Tennessee named for Revolutionary War General …
By Don Gardiner
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