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  POETRY Reading: Caffeine Free, by Der...

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  Voice Over by Val Cole

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  POETRY Poem: Blessing the Dead Monarc...

  POETRY Poem: Blessing the Dead Monarc...

  Voice Over by Val Cole

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  POEM:

  She leaves for the south
  never to see home again.
  The winds are at her back.
  Red rock valleys roll and release
  into the unfurled fields and flowers
  The Great Plains stretch out to define
  the sawtooth Appalachian Mountains.
  Her message has a mighty meaning.
  S...

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  POETRY Reading: Blackberry Jam, by Va...

  POETRY Reading: Blackberry Jam, by Va...

  Voice Over by Val Cole

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  POEM;

  First, we would load up the car, with salty
  sunflower seeds in our pockets and thermos’
  in hand, and when we took to the lot
  we used buckets that we filled with blackberries
  bursting in the August sun. We took them home,
  and sat purple mouthed with fingers
  br...