Tears of Pain They keep falling one by one Every shred of emotion is seen within them They keep falling, never seeming to be done A pain you can’t even fathom hiding behind them They keep falling and they continue to run Your strength fades as you stand there watching them They keep falling, not …
In a couple of hours, I am honored to announce that Aaron Sawyer will be gracing this blog with his poetry. I am hoping to make this a monthly event to introduce readers to new poetry and poets. If you are interested in participating in this on-going event, please either leave a comment here or …
My neighbors are generous souls. They are just plain good folks. Their home is always filled with friends and on occasion someone who needs a home. One of their latest borders is a young man named David, twenty-two, uneducated and trying to put his life together. He also has a crush on me. A bad …
It is late on a Friday night and I am living the dream; writing in my undies and enjoying an adult beverage. Heaven right? Okay, maybe not for you, but this fourth week of school has been pretty rough. The kids are finally getting into their routines, relationships between teachers and students are being squared …
The sea, ..........Don't you hear it? That primitive, contemporary, futuristic beat .........Of that waves resounds in the minds ear for eternity It's peace and calm, ........Heals the wounded soul Its fury .......Lives for the fight to survive in man The sea, .......Don't you hear it? Inviting one to live, .......Challenging one to survive..... ~ Judith …
Tomorrow would have been my grandmother’s birthday. I am not sure how old she would have been ; you never asked Lucille Rose how old she was. She was a beautiful, stubborn woman who stressed the importance of manners and always saying thank you. It is also one of my nephew’s birthdays, but their day …
Time is always speeding past us. Always moving forward and going on whether we like it or not. Anniversaries and birthdays come... And often we come up with elaborate ways to celebrate them. In my case, I love to plan and then life does it thing and the plans go to waste because there is …
Today, I had every intention of finishing the poetry post after school was out. Then I read something at lunch that stop me in my tracks. An email informing me that I am now the new English Department Chair. For the past three years there has been a different chair. Each time I found out …
Leaving my neighborhood this morning, I noticed something unusual for a Labor Day morning trash cans lining the curb. This just shouldn't be.. don't my neighbors know that the trash men don't come on holidays. But maybe this year, it is going to be different.. maybe they will come. Maybe America or at least Orlando's waste management company has …
Hunger Games - RueThe first two weeks of school are always the hardest both for teachers and students. When teachers reunited in the fall there is the usually catching up conversations and then if you are really lucky you have a chance in between meetings and desperately trying to plan the first couple of …
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Lucinda Rose 