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- Title
- Chances and choices
- Author
- Maynard, T. L.
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- Chances and Choices A memoir By Tabitha Lee Maynard The cinderblocks breathe and sweat, spin and jump, like they have a life of their own. The weight piles on as the volume raises. The screams of ignorance and suffering cannot drown out the noise in my head. The burns, bruises, and cuts do not cover the pain. The ringing of keys, a clink and bang; new sounds in the ocean of noise. Chow’s here, preceded by the nauseating smell of rotten food adding to the constant wet smell of mildew. On the e...
- PID
- apw:12359723
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-06-18T19:31:43.272Z
- Title
- Running
- Author
- Maynard, T. L.
- Pages
- 2 pages
- Text (O)
- Running A poem/memoir by Tabitha Lee Maynard I don't even remember the time before running. It's all an empty space filled with stories and dark holes. I ran to the TV; escaped into the land of make believe. I learned to read and ran to books; a more transportable land of fantasy. When the books and movies were not enough I ran into the deepest, darkest hole I could find. Inside of closets, cabinets, basements, attics, under the stairs, inside the walls - even drain pipes where the ...
- PID
- apw:12359726
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-06-18T19:31:47.653Z
- Title
- The poem as grounds for resistance
- Author
- O'Brien, Colleen
- Pages
- 3 pages
- Text (TR_WF)
- Poetry as a language is a way to express myself with the veil of a hidden meaning behind each word. Because poetry uses symbolic language, I feel safe in expressing myself since whoever reads my words can interpret it however they want. At times when I write poetry and re-read it at a later date, I can't always remember what prompted me to write the words I wrote, nor, know exactly what I meant by them. Many times, the words that come out of me came from a place that I am not aware of. T...
- PID
- apw:12359661
- Date Uploaded
- 2020-06-18T19:30:15.74Z