Tag: thoughts
member name: Corinna Parr
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October 27, 2007 09:27 PM EDT --
I'm a charity fundraiser. Some of you may cringe at that and if you do, let me just say that I understand. While few will argue that we don't work for a good cause, there are many who question . . .
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September 29, 2007 04:09 PM EDT --
I walk through the city;
It's become a trek of stolen glances,
Every window a mirror
In which I stride long-legged and confident,
My hair a banner in bus-winds,
A light in glass-and-concrete tunnels. . . .
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November 04, 2007 08:30 PM EST --
I should be doing the dishes or getting ready for bed, but there's a poem in my head waiting to come out, so here I sit. In the meantime, I thought I'd see if there was anyone interested in taking . . .
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October 20, 2007 11:19 PM EDT --
A. Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Health & Safety Educator (HIV/AIDS, CPR, First Aid, First Response, Pet First Aid, Lifeguarding, Instructor Training, Emergency Response . . .
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October 21, 2007 08:36 PM EDT --
How many poets have we forgotten? The answer is too many. I have a very large book of poetry, titled "World Poetry, An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time". I stole this book from . . .
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October 22, 2007 10:50 PM EDT --
I remember when I first came to really believe in magic. It was the summer after I turned five years old. My family lived on the Air Force base at Colorado Springs. Stepping outside of our front door, . . .
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June 08, 2008 10:32 AM EDT --
Dry petals danced across the pavement, and I thought of you,
As I did when the crumbled sunlight fell against old red brick.
There is this city and then there is our city, the one walked
Hand in . . .
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June 18, 2008 06:25 PM EDT --
You could be a dancer, standing there like that
with your hip cocked and your hair done up in a twist.
The glare of the screen softens each wrinkle,
and hides the deep callouses on your hands.
. . .
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May 27, 2009 08:43 PM EDT --
My hands are fragrant with lemon and rosemary and my nose is tipped in flour. I may have added too much yeast to the bread; I'll know soon if it's going to become a monster loaf, bent on conquering my . . .
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November 17, 2007 09:38 PM EST --
Yesterday I stood at King and Hess, waiting for someone to walk by
So I could tell them about the little boy, so badly burned that he couldn't hold a pencil, and how the government wouldn't allow . . .
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January 13, 2008 03:23 PM EST --
Margaret Atwood is perhaps best known for her book The Handmaid's Tale and though she's still living, I thought she's worthy of an article for my group, Ancient Voices. Her prose is written . . .
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November 18, 2007 10:47 PM EST --
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? - Hot chocolate. Eggnog makes me sick to my stomach, unfortunately.
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? - Elves wrap presents, Santa sits them . . .
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January 10, 2008 09:13 PM EST --
My life has been nothing short of chaotic recently, between business training (one conference down, one to go), travel and family commitments. This has left me with relatively little time for Gather-- . . .
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May 20, 2009 03:13 PM EDT --
You could be a dancer standing there
Hip cocked and hair done up in a twist.
The screen's light softens the wrinkles,
And hides the callouses on your hands.
They move like music; I want . . .
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June 14, 2009 11:43 AM EDT --
Time for another installment of Corinna's blog-style rambling! This week's subject is
"The Internet: It Makes People Crazy"
If I were a more scientifically-minded person, . . .
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August 07, 2008 02:51 PM EDT --
Desk plays peek-a-boo,
Can't be seen beneath the mess.
These leaves break our backs.
I conquer you, drifts of paper!
File yourselves, or face the shredder!
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