Tag: childhood
member name: amanda wallin
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September 11, 2006 02:37 AM EDT --
I remember when my world was diamond shaped and green. Lush memories of honeysuckle breezes and wisteria hair flattened by a baseball cap. I wouldn't tuck my jersey in because my torso was too short . . .
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September 15, 2006 02:06 PM EDT --
Where could I be?
Where should I be?
The child prodigy,
Anything she wants to be
Those taunting, tempting words,
Alter a nostalgic path
Better left untread
The virginal sand was wasted
Wasted on a life . . .
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November 09, 2006 07:45 AM EST --
"....and if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.". She shivered.. She curled into a fetal position and squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to think of the morbidity of . . .
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November 27, 2006 11:29 AM EST --
From a lady in red
From a General in white
Born from sass and sage
Born from feisty wisdom
Sibling harmony
Sibling demise
Father’s nurture
Father’s fall
Engaged . . .
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May 03, 2007 06:43 AM EDT --
A cradle sways with creaky nostalgia
Stuffing oozes out of raggedy eye sockets
Plastic toys trapped in cobwebs of confusion
Fairy tales earmarked in eternal suspense…
For the . . .
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October 17, 2006 03:59 AM EDT --
Blueberry essence
Sugar spun hair
Snow drift smile
Crayola laughter
Taunting grin
Cowgirl abandon
Fawn eyed lashes
Childish wisdom
Alyssa, I'm playdough . . .
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October 26, 2006 04:23 AM EDT --
Our yard was small and lush. Green leaves enveloped the violet wisteria covered fence. I'd inhale the sweet tang of dewy grass and honeysuckle breeze.
The jade palm with it's wide wing span shaded . . .
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October 10, 2006 12:16 PM EDT --
Asphalt skinned knees
Wisteria tangled hair
honeysuckle breeze
Bubble gum tongue
Mother whispered lies
Of future gems of promise
Father boasted
Of his diamond in the rough
We can't . . .
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November 25, 2006 11:14 AM EST --
Idyllic, verdant landscape
Ancestral gifted hex
Mother moon
Fiery ice
Rain of regret
Oath to forget
Medicinal marriage
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September 26, 2006 07:57 AM EDT --
Tomes of torn, tattered pages
Right handed glove for miniature fingers
Euphoric laughter of childhood jokes
Adult's advice, for future untold
Sepia photos of ancestors past
Uneven lines from journals . . .
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November 10, 2006 06:42 AM EST --
Modern mansions clutter ridge
Where nature once frolicked
Flora and fauna replaced
By clusters of stucco walls
Peer behind a grand portal
Stark black and white tile
Teens hover over . . .
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September 06, 2006 06:30 AM EDT --
My first word was a visceral response from the simplest mistakes to the ultimate screw ups. Whether you've spilt milk, lost a paper, or forgot to have children, 'uh-oh' is an apt response. . . .
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September 02, 2006 10:52 AM EDT --
Grandpa Joe was the neighborhood surrogate grandfather and I was his favorite of the bunch. I was the tomboy amongst four boys and one prissy girl. We watched the Giants fanatically and he gave me tips . . .
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