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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...
Bullied
Bullied written by: Wizz Inasia I’m crying again like yesterday, My eyes are red and sore, My...
OUT OF SCHOOL II
OUT OF SCHOOL EXCERPT II written by: Karen Clark It was February – nine months since Nyka’s...
The Ballad of Ned
The Ballad of Ned written by: Annette Tarpley Long ago, and oh so far away, in the...
Wild Child
Wild Child written by: Ifeanyi Sibling I bounced home happily, jumping and kicking the air playfully. My...
