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Creative Writing > Memoirs Healing in the garden: How my garden helped me

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Healing in the garden: How my garden helped meHave you ever been devastated by a betrayal that made you literally feel like your world, your life as you know it has come to an end? I have and somehow I managed to survive with the help of my garden.After six years of friendship, we stopped being in each other's lives several m... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Finding God

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The Weeping WomanThe weeping woman's soul knows GodHe comforts her in her hour of needThe weeping woman's soul knows heartache and sorrowThe weeping woman's soul knows fear and agonyThe weeping woman's soul knows an angel when she sees oneAnd I see one in you.The weeping woman's soul knows GodHe comforts her in her hour of ne... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Growing old

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LifeThe woman was prettyAnd the man was quite wittyOr so I've been told & told & told.The woman now wornAnd the man was quite tornOr so I've been told & told & told.From sewing the yarn,And work in the barn.Raising a family,Trying to live happily.Yearning to learn,But having to earn.Rising at dawn,And learning to mourn.The wo... More..

Education > Adult Education Improving literacy among adults

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Improving literacy among adults I teach remedial reading at a community college and the curriculum calls for a strong focus on vocabulary words. I strive for utilitarian use of the words what is the use of knowing the meaning of a word but not knowing how to use the word? I love to read and try to pass that infectious feelin... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Betrayal

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BetrayedBetrayal that cut to the quickBetrayal that left me numbBetrayal of the man I lovedBetrayal that killed my soulBetrayed by the man who said he caredHe did not care enough to be honest.He went to another is the most intimate wayAnd betrayed our relationship in a disgusting wayCaught up in the lies of what he thinks he ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Romantic pain

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Why o why o why?Why do I miss someone who was no good for me?Why I remember the things we did?Why do I recall the look of his eyes, as dark pools of passionate love.Why o why o why?Why do I think about the good times we had?Why do I remember his touch?Why do I yearn for his kiss, his love?Why o why o why?Why do I think about ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Views on illegal immigration in the US

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Illegal Immigrants and Higher Education Illegal Immigrants are a part of American life. According to the Center for Immigration Studies there are 37.3 million immigrants in the United States of which 11.3 million are illegal immigrants (Camarota, 2007). Many illegal immigrants come to the United States for a better life, work... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: I am

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Brown and BeautifulI am brown and beautiful, yes that's meI ain't no inferiorNo sir, that's not meYou tell me I'm less and I can't spell a lickYou tell me I speak like a gutter snickWell I'm gonna show you somethin'Jus you seeCause' I am brown and beautiful, yes that's me.I can cross my t's and dot my i's just like the finer ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The Spirit

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Write your When Did I Lose Me?I often wondered when he became so meanHe loved me once didn't he?I wondered when he began to use his words as a knifeHe did love me once, didn't he?As I cried at his spiteful soliloquy and pondered deathI looked into the eyes of my child and I saw fearAs my heart crumbled at the pounding of his ... More..

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