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Dinner for Four - written by: Sheila M. Cronin - My mother-in-law was coming to dinner for the first...
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He Asks written by: Bernadette O’Reilly I knew him to see He did not know me He asks If I am going his way I take his arm without delay He asks How old I am I say twenty-three You seem small He comments We stop in the street He asks If we could meet I could hardly speak He asks Are you afraid You should not be His hand reaches for my hair He asks If it is […]
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Strength written by: Kathleen Chamberlin I watched the man stagger under the weight of the clean and jerk Trying to prove his strength He and those who pull trucks or airplanes Know nothing about strength, I thought, Nothing at all. Strength cannot be measured by weights on a bar. Strength exists in actions large and small, Gestures of kindness in the face of brutality...
Flood written by: Mark Alden Rain fell. Rivers rose. Dams burst. Bridges crumbled. Roads vanished. Homes were washed away. Lives were washed away, too. Some heeded the warnings. Others never got them. Some found higher ground. Others drowned. There was no negotiating. No launching of missiles. No military force great enough to poke the eye of the angry mother in her wa...
67 on the List written by: Suman Mondal - One afternoon, I booked a cab in Kolkata. It was Wednesday, or perhaps Saturday...
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