Tag: arts
group name: childhoodstories
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June 16, 2006 04:47 AM EDT --
I believe every child deserves a special, never-have-to-share toy. House rule said this toy stayed out of sight when friends come around. Jessica . . . more
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June 05, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
My dad was the first man I ever loved. When I was growing up we never had any money. My dad worked all the time but we never got ahead. We were very disciplined. There were six of us kids. Three girls . . . more
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March 29, 2007 02:43 PM EST --
I feel terrible. I made a student cry today. That's never happened to me before. I've had students cry, but they were upset about other things and I was there to comfort them. . . . more
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May 28, 2007 08:51 PM EDT --
I mentioned Buzzbomb in my childhood memories article. Here's his story.
When I was a little girl, before my parents divorced, I lived in an area that could have been a compound since most . . . more
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June 06, 2006 02:44 PM EDT --
A small group of tea lovers gathered at NEOTTE – a newly opened tea bar in downtown Palo Alto to listen to Mathew Hui, the founder of NEOTTE, to describe the origin of different teas, methods of . . . more
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June 07, 2007 07:17 PM EDT --
This is a true story I wrote for Chicken Soup for the Bride's Soul. As with many Chicken Soup stories, I still own the rights and am free to reprint the story elsewhere.
A Tale of . . . more
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March 29, 2007 03:16 PM EST --
One student shared some wisdom with me today, and I thought I'd pass it on to you.
Alexey told me, "First you are four and then after a long time you are five. Then it takes even longer . . . more
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July 05, 2007 05:39 PM EDT --
Velma's Decrescendo
In Portsmouth,
five chairs cluster
around a hospital bed--
mine is by the door.
The smell of sterile sickness,
bleached scrubbed vomit
and urine stains,
wafts past to the hall. . . . more
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April 04, 2007 11:19 PM EDT --
I went to one of my schools to teach today. A private kindergarten, they had just had their easter egg hunt and party. I knew I wouldn't be able to get through the lesson I had planned . . . more
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August 06, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
January War
I survive on rations
of orange juice
and peanut butter saltines
as I lie in the trenches
between the covers
of my bed
fighting for sleep.
Medicated hallucinations,
an army of germ . . . more
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August 06, 2007 05:15 PM EDT --
Untitled Love Poem
I reach out
across the night
between the stars
searching for you...
My heart is empty
growing cold with your absence
crying out into the darkness
and receiving no response
I need . . . more
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November 18, 2006 03:14 PM EST --
Lately, I'd been thinking! Strange, isn't it? Me -think? Just kidding, I'm always thinking. Even when I'm not thinking I think, "Maybe I should start thinking." I am like Rodin's . . . more
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August 06, 2007 04:13 PM EDT --
Gertrude and William
Two Canadian geese
with downy grey bodies
and black feathered eyes
huddle the curve
of a tractor tire,
out of the snow.
We prepare a straw bed for them
and scatter yellow seed . . . more
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July 01, 2006 02:30 PM EDT --
I can´t say I´m an expert at anything really, but especially not in the area I´m about to write. I´ve seen most of the country, except for parts of the West Coast, but in retrospect, . . . more
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June 07, 2007 08:04 AM EDT --
Reading and writing have become a very famialiar in the Kindergarten classroom. In September the children are introduced to both of these skills at circle time. As a teacher, I read to them . . . more
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August 06, 2007 04:42 PM EDT --
December
An Ohio wind
gashes my skin
with icicle teeth,
freezes my grey heart
in still beats
while treeless leaves
peek through
new fallen drifts
and I shiver
into the warmth
of teddy bear slippers . . . more
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February 10, 2007 12:19 AM EST --
Sitting in the room, I nervously brushed my hair away from my face. Though these people were of my own blood and heritage, they still stood rigid against my personality. It was as if all of those years . . . more
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November 07, 2006 01:00 AM EST --
FATHER AND CHILD OF WAR
Father and Child of War and Black Bones Bent were inspired by the paintings of Ludolf Grolle de Rochefort's and his poem An undignified death.,and the group poetry . . . more
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July 28, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
This is a song I wrote for my 2 year old son; it's not quite the same without the music, but I thought I would share it. When Eshan is having a 2 year old meltdown, this song always calms . . . more
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June 13, 2007 08:49 PM EDT --
THE FAIRY PRINCESS
By Joel Haas
I’m a sculptor and this is a story about one of my most unusual commissions. I write this a day or two before Mother’s Day, and, as you shall . . . more
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