On Being Bart
/The short, better life of a rescued cat.
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Mew doesn’t knock anything onto the floor.
He doesn’t play games; doesn’t stare out the door.
He’ll climb down a cat tree but never climb…
By Ken Gosse
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Created to Survive and Thrive
/In the 1950s, preemie babies …
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She was a preemie but created to survive,
She was as tiny as a mustard seed but ready …
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreA Declaration
/I know what you are thinking
how you always want to win
you thrive on my discomfort
without any shame…
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreZachary and Murphy ...
/Two queer boys find…
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It was during the heat of the summer of 1961 when cracks developed in the earth on the south Louisiana Cajun prairie due to one of the cruelest …
By Barefoot Cajun
Read MoreThey Sit Unsung
/Happy Mothers' Day to all…
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…know the fears
and hurts you hide
your deeds, like diamonds…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreThe Subconscious
/My mind’s hidden power,
mysterious as the universe,
endless thoughts arise
day and night…
By Shih-Fang Wang
Read MoreWatching and Waiting
/Our son's school science project…
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For the next three days, it was my job to watch.
Our family had been waiting for weeks.
When would these chickens finally…
By Debby Hackbarth
Read MoreExcept for the Hatching Part
/Churr & Click spent their days in …
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Churrr was Chickadee. Click was Sparrow. They had been friends since fledging last spring. No one approved of their friendship but them. Churrr’s father thought her friendship with a Sparrow indecent. Click’s father thought it foolish. Their mothers…
By K. L. Shipley
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