About me - Kris Hemstreet
I'm a freelance writer based in Hermosa Beach, California. Born in Illinois, raised in Las Vegas, and educated at Washington State University, I bring a varied and wry perspective to my writing. I recently returned from two years living abroad on the Micronesian
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RSS Feed- Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Does President Hugo Chavez's criticism of US policies represent popular sentiments in Venezuela, and perhaps Latin America at large?
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YARE, Venezuela - It's the Roman Catholic feast day of Corpus Christi and a parade of demons dances through the village streets to the steps of the church. Here an audience gathers as a priest makes an offering of the Holy Eucharist. The hallowed gesture brings the costume demons to full submission and the crowd to elated cel... More..
- Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: War
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The knoll slouched away from the wind,It bore a skeletal tree, charred into a claw and clutching up from the earth for air,It's corrugated bark flaked beneath the fingers of a hangman's knot.The condemned spy cut a sharp silhouette in the ailing sky,He fooled no one as a teacher, his gate too mutinous, his eyes calculating an... More..
- Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Life
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NOW, WITH 120 PERCENT MORE CHEESE FLAVORING!"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his ass." General Joseph StillwellMother Teresa: tireless champion of the world's downtrodden for 50 years - slacker.Albert Einstein: physicist, philosopher, genius - half-wit.Shaquille O'Neal: 7'2", 330 lbs. Excellent at placing a ru... More..
- Creative Writing > Satire Satire: President George Bush
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The cock-fighting arenas of George W. Bush's White House are no place for a young, educated man to earn his stripes - I understand that now. My first week was marred by several falls on the gore-slickened floor, one resulting in a plunge into a sluice canal leading from a drain at a low point in the fighting pit.Unlike many o... More..
Kris Hemstreet
Hermosa Beach, California US
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