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About me - Colleen Emond

I am
...the most stunning night auditor the world has never seen.
...a hopelessly in love girl embarassed by need.
...a clutz who trips over ducks and pencils.
...a chicken who won't touch crumbs and can't drive.
...discontent.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My senior year in high school: 1 of 36
This isn't supposed to be just another love story, or a story about a boy who gets destroyed by prison. It's a story of what could have been and what really was for the lives of a lot of people. A story meant to show the truth behind the headlines, the heartache behind the mask of a "criminal." A story of a girl who lost her ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Tragedy: 18 of 74
Thalia's LegacyAbandoned on the crumbling balconyOf life's great stage;Rough winter winds rapeHer once delicate frameAnd make her blood run coldAs the unforgiving blade that rulesHer lover's tempestuous world.Staring at the murky heavens,She yearns for the bright spotlight that once lit upon love's first kiss,Unconsciously mu... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Almost gone: 6 of 22
My lips are dryAnd my eyes are highAs I whisper a sighAnd insist on goodbye More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Christian: 42 of 140
Butterfly SongOh take me away-I'm not alright-To a girly placeWith blue butterflies.Paint rainbow skiesAnd children's eyes.Jesus please let me seeWhat used to be.Set me free.Let the moon and the skiesAnd the sparkle in his eyesAnd the foam in the seaAnd the toothy glim of gleeRemind me of meAnd the way our love can beWhen he'... More..
Education > High School Humanities Introducing new courses in high school: 10 of 28
M.S.T. Standard One: Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers, and develop solutions.You are an eleventh grade student, walking down the hallway to math class, dreaming about the prom and wondering how you're ever going to squeeze into... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Why should I?: 3 of 8
Answer To All Unasked Questions One and one is surely two, But that's all I really know. The walls are crumbling, the sky is falling, And it's time for me to go. Life has lost its reason, I have lost my rhyme. The clock is screaming, threatening, demanding, looming, ticking, writhing, howling Reminders that ... More..
Education > Secondary School Issues Is sex education in schools sending the right message to children?: 2 of 4
As teachers, we are trained to deal with everything from preparing students for standardized tests to hiding from gun-toting members of the Trenchcoat Mafia.We have a very clear set of guidelines that instruct us how to proceed if we believe a child is being abused.We know our content backwards and forwards, and we are up to ... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Authors Tribute to Grace Paley: 1 of 2
The Desire to Feel Alive:Subversion in Grace Paley's "The Pale Pink Roast""Life don't stop. It only sits a minute and dreams a dream." ~Grace Paley Grace Paley's short story "The Pale Pink Roast" is a quick look at the life of a once-married couple coming together again for a romantic tryst. Less than six pages in length, Pal... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dark poems: 672 of 1317
Midnight MusingsThere's some words that can only be whispered in the darkness,that have no place in the light of day.The dull glow of the moon casts protective shadows,blunting harsher words and masking blush-stain'd cheeks,making an hour last a lifetimein the delicate womb of bloodstained dreams.In the darkness you stumble o... More..
Relationships & Family > Communication Issues Bare basics of truth, love and life: 17 of 33
Blooming, Flourishing, Comedic:Thalia, the Misanthropic Muse For two days my son was home sick from school. Pale as a ghost, complaining in a strained voice of a stomachache and beavers gnawing at his door, he lay on the sofa, helpless, listless, but confident in my ability to make him feel better. Life got put on pause as th... More..