Chalk to Slate
/I view blank slate
Thus contemplate
My feelings, dreams and hopes
Wins versus loss…
By Mike Turner
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Monthly 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
Read MoreLost in Spaces
/Toody and Muldoon probably …
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I’m confident that in this lot
I’ll find my auto’s parking spot
although, perhaps—and …
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreBorn to Wander
/Although I have visited large…
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Once a year, we visited the business district in the big city.
We saw expensive goods not the dirty and gritty.
Our parents sheltered us from the intense…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreThe True Sovereign King
/All kings have sovereignty over…
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What we think about Kings comes from fairy tales; that they are fictional, kind, and forbearing. However, most historical kings are portrayed as alive, cruel, and uncaring. A king is meant to be a leader, the protector of his …
By Linda Troxell
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