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Tag: childhood

Way-Seeking Mind

Dad Too Late

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY KENT JACOBSON My father clomped through life with boots—“Your mother will turn you into a softy”— and died early.

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Way-Seeking Mind

Yes, This

November 5, 2020November 4, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY APRIL NANCE I have a photograph of my childhood self taken by my Aunt Sandy. In the picture she has tamed my scraggly hair and combed it into a neat blonde bob.

Tagged childhood, family, imagine, music, peace1 Comment
Bathtub Bubbles
Way-Seeking Mind

The Rose-Pink Porcelain Bathtub

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY CHARLENE MOSKAL At around age seven I'd lie in tepid water in the rose-pink porcelain bathtub. I would look down the skinny length of me, close my eyes, imagine I was Jesus.

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Holly Allen
Featured Poetry

Holly Allen – Michigan Green

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

Holly Allen's poem Michigan Green recalls the summers spent in Michigan with her great-grandmother.

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Way-Seeking Mind

Esso Station

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY SUSAN DI RENDE It was the summer of 1959. I was four years old, sitting in the back of my parents’ Rambler driving down Route 60 past motels, restaurants, and gas stations.

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Chris Alaimo
Featured, Featured Poetry

Chris Alaimo – Lovely Kid

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Vanessa Able

Chris Alaimo's Lovely Kid is an expression of grief for the freedom and innocence through which we explore ourselves in exploring the world in childhood.

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