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In-Between Time
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Waiting for the biopsy results of a loved one.
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Stormy Night
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Inspired by a midnight thunderstorm ...
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Morning Rain
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The morning after finding out my dad has cancer.
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Alone
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A poem for my mom.
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Laguna Cliffs
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Round 2 SLAM! entry
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Without Him
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My mother deals with the loss of my father
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I Know . . .
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Written after an upsetting phone call with my dad 6/8/02
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Silence
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Poem for SLAM!ME Round 10
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Father's Day
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Dealing with my father's cancer diagnosis on Father's Day.
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Limbo
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... waiting ...
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Breathing ...
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Sitting at my father's bedside...
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Eventually
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Son of SLAM Finale - "Living for Tomorrow" prompt
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Blue Bird
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For Darth's "I Am An Animal" Contest
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Oct 12th, 2002
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Waves
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For Darth's Zen Poetry Contest - 8 lines or less
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Kayla
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For Darth's "I Am An Animal" Contest
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