A Kansas Song Kansas - Middle America -flat land, boring, dull, hot. Tornado swept Dorothy far away to abetter place. Farms and cows and fences. ... Continue...
First Day of Kindergarten yawning I spinthe dial of my metal cabinet three times in oppositedirections the click of the handle vibrates in myears students ... Continue...
First Day of Kindergarten Fear Trembling while I cling to mymother's skirt The halls so wide and endless A fish in a school ofmany But lost in a sea of numbers, letters and books ... Continue...
First Day of Kindergarten Sundays are the worst. I wake up, in my clothes, and think. In the kitchen, I cut uporanges, and put them into a bowl, and think about how much youloved clementines ... Continue...
First Day of Kindergarten miss claireremembers a time when love and hate were clear and sharp andeverything in between was hazy to the point ... Continue...
Galesburg An old man not ready to accept the fact that he's outdated. Trying to hold back the hip-hop culture of the 21stcentury.
Imagination There is nothing about Asnowplow To suggest a Sculptor's mallet and chisel. Nor doesthe ... Continue...
Say It Now Take your final bow child Take it with somepride This is the last time they'll ever see your face So whathave you got to hide Maybe they'll adore you ... Continue...
St. Andy's Downtown Just slipping shortof good ole Joe's grandeur Lies a dusty old hall Aging, dark,filthy to a degree It reeks of various odors ... Continue...
Stacks The lot is full. Yet as I enter, the building seems empty. My brown eyes adjust to theunnatural brilliance of phosphorous lights. ... Continue...
The Lunchroom Teachers laugh joyously atthe jokes shared by their coworkers; Immature boys defend their livesby bombing one another with paper wads; Self-searching girlsgossip about the latest rumors spread about their "bestfriends;" while, ... Continue...
Theway to capture a rainbow is swiftly, hastening ere its elusivemanifestation may suddenly vanish. ... Continue...
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