Category: Fiction
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From a Past Rooted in Pain by Christine Mooney
Leaving behind nights of terror and fearInto a daybreak thatβs wondrously clearA constant vision of my greatest joyThe lone stealer of love, this mamaβs boy You may shoot me with your wordsYou may cut me with your eyesIn a dawn clear of anguish, full of songbirdsThis beaten down once upon…
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At the Beach When I Was Young by Lois Perch Villemaire
Iβm longing to kick up my legs and perform a series of perfect cartwheels in the sand, all the way to shoreline, where tiny ripples appear passive and harmless, then march into the salty ocean until itβs too deep and I have to swim breaststroke beyond white sudsy foam icing, over the crests of…
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Let It Go by Barbara Hurwitz
The Rabbi Spokeon Yom Kippur ofthe importance of Forgiveness.He acknowledged thepain of rejection, ofinsult,rebuke,abuse,and the daily burden ofcarrying unwanted memories. Let them gohe implored us.Let them go and beFree.Free of the spirits occupying too much space in your mind,leaving little room for Peace,Love andJoy that surrounds us.Letting go does not requireforgiveness.He said,Letting go offers…
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Ortolan in Winter by Mercedes Payton
“Ortolan in Winter” is a vivid poem that sing like a bird. The poet, Mercedes Payton, is a graduate of Kansas State University and librarian.