| Grandpa's Prize |
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| Oh, Grandpa Bennie, take me please, I promise to be good! Ill even bait the hooks for you And do just as I should! The old man looked down at the child Big tears welled in his eyes, Id love to take you with me but We must say our goodbyes. But, Gran |
| Grief - The Persistent Visitor |
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| Grief still comes to visit me quite often. Too often for my taste. He steals into my thoughts slyly, cunningly, ruthlessly. He is an ill-natured, inconsiderate, rude fellow, Who makes me listen to his harsh reprimands. He is full of rebukes and gibe |
| The New Me |
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| For anyone who cares to compare I understand what Langston meant when he said; Life for me aint been no crystal stair Young man in the concrete jungle So many roadblocks in the way Couldnt help but stumble Took a hard fall to get me on the humble So |
| Inside of Her Dimensions |
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| I entered her dimensions like a thief in the night. And I watched her from the shadows; reaching out and touching her then retreating to a past lifetime. She stirred ever so slightly and rubbed the spot where my finger grazed her beauty. I stood whe |
| Hurricane Katrina - Why? |
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| "The Katrina Blues" Ive been watching the news Humming and moaning the Katrina Blues Watching news crews snooze Trying me, Lying to me Ignoring human suffering A man said Im going out of my head, my wife is dead And you didnt so much as offer him Bu |
| A Poor Farmer's Wish |
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| In Returning to Live in the South, (Part II), Tao Qian writes, I sow my beans below the Southern hills, Though grasses flourish, the sprouting beans are scarce. So I rise at dawn to clear the land ... and beneath the moon I carry my hoe. But the pat |
| What My Heart WHISPERED TO Me About 9-1-1 |
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| WHY!?! Did it take a tragedy Such as 9-1-1 To bring this nation together As one And WHY!?! Are we back to the way We use to be Before the 9-1-1 tragedy No more unity No more flags flying Proudly Diligently Freely No one knew that morning That later |
| The Lost American - From Exile to Freedom |
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| The Lost American: From Exile to Freedom, by raising star, Michael Lee Johnson, poet and freelance writer, is about one man's journey into exile to Canada over the Vietnam War many years ago, his struggle, his survival, his road to recovery and stre |
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