- Heart In The Right Place -
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Memories from childhood summers
still tickling my stomach
Through overgrown paths
Red painted farmhouse
where flowers and weeds grew in harmony
It seems as yesterday, but it is l...
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Categories:
outbuildings, happiness, humor, remember,
Form: Narrative
The Smell of Grandpa Ed
...i ran toward the outbuildings
the windmill is still here
fence is decrepit as always
i can smell grandpa Ed in here
people attempt to lure me out with food...
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Categories:
outbuildings, grandfather,
Form: Free verse
A Novel Idea
...I was an avid, lifelong book lover, and I could read forever and a day,
Like the pleasing, scented lilacs, always and forever blooming in May.
Though my house was very disorganized, I would read ...
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Categories:
outbuildings, birthday, books, family, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
Massacre At William Henry, Part I
...Young Ned was only sixteen years old when
they called for the militia to come again,
having warred with the French for three years now,
and raids had terrified the frontier towns.
But Britain n...
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Categories:
outbuildings, america, conflict, courage, history,
Form: Epic
My Country Memory
...Summer in the country with sunshine on my back
I linger near the outbuildings, pretending to be a super sleuth
Like Nancy Drew, I look for clues, about my grandparents’ country ways
My twin sist...
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Categories:
outbuildings, 3rd grade, 4th grade,
Form: Narrative