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Taking Down the Tree
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by Jane Kenyon
"Give me some light!" cries Hamlet's
uncle midway through the murder
of Gonzago. "Light! Light!" cry scattering
courtesans. Here, as in Denmark,
it's dark at four, and even the moon
shines with only half a heart.
The ornaments go down into the box:
the silver...
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-12-13 13:39:06
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The Same City
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by Terrance Hayes
For James L. Hayes
The rain falling on a night
in mid-December,
I pull to my father’s engine
wondering how long I’ll remember
this. His car is dead. He connects
jumper cables to his battery,
then to mine without looking in
at me and the child....
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-12-13 13:30:21
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"What do Women Want"
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by
Kim Addonizio
I want a red dress.
I want it flimsy and cheap,
I want it too tight, I want to wear it
until someone tears it off me.
I want it sleeveless and backless,
this dress, so no one has to guess
what’s...
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CountryRoads on 2007-12-03 15:33:48
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Christmas Trees and Traditions
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Christmas Tree Traditions
The decorated Christmas tree can be traced back to the ancient
Romans who during their winter festival decorated trees with small
pieces of metal during Saturnalia, a winter festival in honor
of Saturnus, the god of agriculture.
An evergreen, the...
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-12-03 00:21:59
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CountryRoads on 2007-12-03 00:20:45
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Cancer
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And while I am posting this I am waiting for my friend in Alaska to wake up. Still early there. I just checked my email and last night there was one saying my best friend, since high school which was 30 years ago, has breast cancer and both of her breasts are being removed. ...
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CountryRoads on 2007-12-01 10:49:30
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Courtney's Team Page - Light the Night
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Please click here and "Light the Night" for Courtney. She is beautiful, is she not?
I hope all f you do not mind me posting this on my blog, as it is personal and kinda asking for help. My cousin and her husband just found out their 2 year old daughter, Courtney, has...
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-12-01 10:45:45
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CountryRoads on 2007-12-01 10:44:17
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Theodore Roosevelt
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"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes
here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us,
he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is
an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or
birthplace,...
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-11-28 03:03:56
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CountryRoads on 2007-11-28 03:02:47
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Health Insurance - Mandated
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I just have to post this. I am so tired of people telling me how I MUST spend my money. I make 9.50 an hour. Many have kids and families to feed and house, I don't know how they do it. Now, Clinton wants to make me, mandate, make it illegal not to have, charge me a fine, throw me in jail,...
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-11-26 03:06:36
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Charles Schultz's Philosophy
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Charles Schultz's Philosophy
Note: You don't actually have to take the quiz. Just
read this message straight through, and you'll get the
point (an awesome one) that he is trying to make!
Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
Name the last five Heisman...
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-11-25 01:36:27
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My night off
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Well, it is my night off. Here I sit in my house, in my small home town, 200 people, and there is not a whole lot to do. I have finally broke down and started the Harry Potter series, thought I would be too old for them. They are actually pretty good. I am halfway...
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Posted by:
CountryRoads on 2007-11-25 01:26:27
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kids
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