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June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Bridie By Jean Lavin

All I know is this: I miss my mother. It’s been nearly three years since she passed and I still reach to call her. The first two-years, I’d go to … Continue reading Bridie By Jean Lavin

June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

All I know is this by Ruth Ann Dandrea

Life goes on. (Said the poet.)A weed will grow back.A bird can sing.Hate won’t help.Food will.Race is made up.You can save a life.You want to live your life.Now is the … Continue reading All I know is this by Ruth Ann Dandrea

June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Sick Ribs and All That Jazz by Lorraine Caramanna

“All I know is this: Jack and Mary ate pork ribs at Joe’s Dine Out, and they both woke up sick. They told Joe, and he said, ’My pork ribs … Continue reading Sick Ribs and All That Jazz by Lorraine Caramanna

June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

All I Know is This by Marea Needle

All I know is this- teen whip know it all. Know boys want girl. Girl for boys. Cold into burn in a flat hour. Yeah, know how to pose. Boys … Continue reading All I Know is This by Marea Needle

June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Take Each Job All the Way by Patricia Davidson

All I know is this. My love of hard work came at the age of ten from my life on a VT farm. My jobs were to help to cook, … Continue reading Take Each Job All the Way by Patricia Davidson

June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

POMP…by Mary Perrin Scott

June 11, 1967Our Day The rain came downthat day in JuneThey walk down anew path of lifeThe rain came downlike cats and dogsClap in the skyClap by moms and dadsAt … Continue reading POMP…by Mary Perrin Scott

June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Fake Dark by Joni Youse

It was dark in the car. I did not mind, the dusk was a balm. Onlyone tear for him, he was gone. I sat, mute. No hope, but no fear.Just … Continue reading Fake Dark by Joni Youse

June 19, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

In The Wood I Saw An Elk by Edward Pontacoloni

All I know is thisIn a word of only four. My cat will meow for milk,My dog will bark for a bone.My bird will sing for seed. My tie is … Continue reading In The Wood I Saw An Elk by Edward Pontacoloni

June 18, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

This is True by June Kosier

It was dark in the car. It was also June and hot. No room at the inns on the way home from a long trip. Used a car park to … Continue reading This is True by June Kosier

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