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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 Grendel’s mother wanted murder; but we all knew that, you...
Purple Dress, 1945
Purple Dress, 1945 written by: Fay L. Loomis she wears hand-me-down saved for special occasion to Sunday...
The House of Strays
The House of Strays written by: Tay Summerlin @esplendidatay Nick did warn me. He said that once...
The Old Man
The Old Man written by: Timothy Resau The old man with the white beard walks like the...
