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Christmas Apples
Christmas Apples written by: Judith Comer Six year old Margaret sits squirming in her desk in her...
The Outsiders
The Outsiders written by: Andy Houstoun @Madmax69425310 Chair legs scrape across floor tiles and Dan takes a...
OUT OF SCHOOL III
OUT OF SCHOOL EXCERPT III written by: Karen Clark The ‘Limbus’ café – where Nyka and Liza...
The Slide
The Slide written by: Michael McGuire the nuns at school told us every misdeed every sin left...
Grandparents Day
Grandparents Day written by: Joanne VanR ‘Three… two…one ….’ The starter’s gun clicks. I try it again...
Chlorine
Chlorine written by: Jim Bates My counselor Joycelyn says I need to work on my communication skills,...
Watch Me
Watch Me written by: Maggie Claypool @TuTuMMC She watched the group of boys, laughing and gesturing, walk...
Cry of The Indigenous Child
Cry of The Indigenous Child written by: Saher Lalani for the Indigenous children stolen by the residential...
Going To The Dance
Going To The Dance written by: Rita Miceli @RitaMiceli3 The week before the dance, I avoided Dad...
The News of Richard’s Death
The News of Richard’s Death written by: Mark Scheel “The unexamined life is not worth living.” —...
Summers
Summers written by: Vandana Saxena @Vandanas_pen Just a few decades ago When I was young and naïve...
Not Our Distant Past
Not Our Distant Past written by: Robyn MacKinnon @art_rat residential school This isn’t our distant past schools...
School Shooter
School Shooter written by: Eric Robert Nolan @ericrnolan1 Grendel’s mother wanted murder; but we all knew that,...
Purple Dress, 1945
Purple Dress, 1945 written by: Fay L. Loomis she wears hand-me-down saved for special occasion to Sunday...
