Volume 1 | Winter 2017
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Free Pools for Baltimore Youth? Why Not?
I want to state up front that the basis for this idea is NOT originally mine, so I’ll explain where it…
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Mriga
I used to remember.The way the trees below meant nothing to Orion.I used to think.I wonder if he huntsin Greensboro.…
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ardent
ar • dent /ˈɑːdənt/ adj. 1. The feeling of blood racing rapidly through the veins. 2. The ache of the…
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Mountain Smoke
1.I remember the promise of the mountains, the alpine summer breeze clearingour pores, the entranced look you gave me on…
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A 12-Step Program to Rescue Public Education
While death and taxes may have earned their spot at the top, there may be room for an addition to…
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Salt
I’d read once that Salinas, the surname that graces every form of my identity,was born in the salt mines of…
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Red, White, and Blue
Please take a stand for your red, white, and blue. Take a stand for the land ofthe greatest, land of…
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She told me that she too had a garden
She told me that she, too, had a gardenHere, in the city, and asked if I would like to see it?“Yes, where…
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Groin Pains: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Vasectomy
As I approach 40, I realize that I have only two significant things to recommend me as a human being.…
