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NATURE Poem: Nature, by Alison Angel Javens

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    POEM:

    Rapids

    By Alison Angel Javens

    The rapids of life

    A craggily creek
    A rambling river

    Rolling us along
    Swiftly
    Or snail paced
    Or not at all

    The rapids of life

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    Like my insides which
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    Poem by Val Cole

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    POEM:

    Cold Side of the Bed

    Loneliness is the cold side of the bed –
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    the smell of your perfume
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    as though you’d come back any second
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  • LOVE Poem: In Neglect, by Thomas M

    Performed by Val Cole

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    In Neglect

    Can I fit into your box?
    Will you let me in?
    I can contort myself, I’m quite the performer— I’ve always been good at this.

    Watch as I bend! Move! Twist and sit!
    It looks unorthodox as I bend.

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    twist.

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