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  POETRY Reading: The Essence of Massag...

  POETRY Reading: The Essence of Massag...

  Performed by Val Cole

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  When My Dad died most of my “relation...

  When My Dad died most of my “relation...

  https://youtu.be/93mTwh2sGlY

  Performed by Val Cole

  Get to know the poet:

  1) What is the theme of your poem?

  My poem's theme is grief and the lack of understanding of others. This poem centers grievers and how lonely it is at times. People are not taught and often do not know how to interact...

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  POETRY Reading: The Scars That Made H...

  POETRY Reading: The Scars That Made H...

  https://youtu.be/68IL8F1Fu1s

  Performed by Val Cole

  POEM:

  Once,
  There was a poor little boy
  Not poor in coins,
  But in comfort.
  Not poor in food,
  But in love.

  He had a mother
  Who held a bottle
  Tighter than her children,
  Who traded bedtime stories
  For silence
  And babysitters.

  She didn’t know
  T...