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1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772</id><updated>2024-04-29T15:41:46.199-07:00</updated><category term="#AnnFrank"/><category term="#August"/><category term="#BehindtheBook"/><category term="#December"/><category term="#Easter#Poetry#N95"/><category term="#Haiti"/><category term="#Hamilton"/><category term="#HappyNewYear#hope#"/><category term="#Inspiration"/><category term="#NationalPoetryMonth#April#Poetry"/><category term="#September11"/><category term="#TeacherAppreciation Day#scholastic"/><category term="#VeteransDay"/><category term="#Vietnamvetsday"/><category term="#Vote"/><category term="#WRAD"/><category term="#angelsamongus"/><category term="#bekind"/><category term="#childhood#backtoschool#keepfamiliestogether"/><category term="#historicalfiction"/><category term="#history#Immigration#keepfamiliestogether"/><category term="#hope"/><category term="#loss"/><category term="#racism"/><category term="#research"/><category term="#rolemodels #NewYorkTimes"/><category term="#scholastic"/><category term="#the writer&#39;s life"/><category term="#timepasses"/><category term="#vietnamwarveterans"/><category term="#writinglife"/><category term="#youngauthors"/><title type='text'> Ann E. Burg ~ Poems and Ponderings</title><subtitle type='html'>Monthly musings of writer Ann E. Burg</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>128</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-2016240830910195502</id><published>2024-03-27T13:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2024-03-27T13:56:36.924-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A POEM &amp; A PRAYER</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;It&#39;s been a busy month with the release of FORCE OF NATURE and some delightful launch activities and visits. &amp;nbsp;And today, March 27, the first poem from my work in progress, WITNESS, (a collection of tree-poems with stories to tell) can be read &amp;nbsp;online at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://therisingphoenixreview.com/&quot;&gt;https://therisingphoenixreview.com/&lt;/a&gt;. The Rising Phoenix Review has accepted three of my tree-poems and I&#39;m happy for the opportunity to share the first of these with my readers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Callery Pear &lt;/i&gt;is both a poem and a prayer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/2016240830910195502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-poem-prayer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/2016240830910195502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/2016240830910195502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-poem-prayer.html' title='A POEM &amp; A PRAYER'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-4047806089731148875</id><published>2024-02-02T12:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2024-02-02T12:57:42.274-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome February! Welcome Black History Month!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1zEncmquvnPvIusuezoMonTfdwFOKWVYMcA2X5EYLQFEmjAUJVAl2IMeG0SxECL7PYMaFkvyIVhzMgXuT0Coq9FEyaPheCSRCTh_v2ssnLvthtv7_hOKbBcMxxYzLIYIoQa8oeMg38NKUTXzUW5DY4mH2SyD47jiZZP-v7CCb8sYgepydYxxFZ8uAok/s4032/IMG_8954.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1zEncmquvnPvIusuezoMonTfdwFOKWVYMcA2X5EYLQFEmjAUJVAl2IMeG0SxECL7PYMaFkvyIVhzMgXuT0Coq9FEyaPheCSRCTh_v2ssnLvthtv7_hOKbBcMxxYzLIYIoQa8oeMg38NKUTXzUW5DY4mH2SyD47jiZZP-v7CCb8sYgepydYxxFZ8uAok/s320/IMG_8954.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome February! Welcome Black History Month. Black History is American History and as such &amp;nbsp;should be studied and understood by all students. The contributions of blacks to every fiber of our society should be explored and celebrated.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below is a poem I wrote for Jacob Lawrence; it appeared in the &lt;u&gt;New York Reader&lt;/u&gt; published by Sleeping Bear Press in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;HARLEM TUNE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Movin&#39; north&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;through flood and heat,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;movin&#39; north&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;to find my beat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Rumble, dazzle,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;scat &#39;n slide,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Now Harlem is my home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #eeeeee;&quot;&gt;🎷&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Colors bold &#39;n colors bright,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Trumpets callin&#39; out all night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m so glad to be alive—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;now Harlem is my home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Rumble, dazzle,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;scat &#39;n slide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m so glad to be alive—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&#39;cause Harlem is my home!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/4047806089731148875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2024/02/welcome-february-welcome-black-history.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/4047806089731148875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/4047806089731148875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2024/02/welcome-february-welcome-black-history.html' title='Welcome February! Welcome Black History Month!'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1zEncmquvnPvIusuezoMonTfdwFOKWVYMcA2X5EYLQFEmjAUJVAl2IMeG0SxECL7PYMaFkvyIVhzMgXuT0Coq9FEyaPheCSRCTh_v2ssnLvthtv7_hOKbBcMxxYzLIYIoQa8oeMg38NKUTXzUW5DY4mH2SyD47jiZZP-v7CCb8sYgepydYxxFZ8uAok/s72-c/IMG_8954.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-2376156600004494387</id><published>2023-12-11T14:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2023-12-21T06:54:16.555-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#angelsamongus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="#December"/><title type='text'>Angels Among Us</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4axMStSj9PXMyw2JAFoSscbQSqBXcDPS9URkegPBLbBUTCIPLSQr3_o-gB2AATNzDtXqCU4oJZWSS5NwARxojXEiHqbSt9bSpZg3VFwtXR6zpvWzJyRkOlVt30sCePnTIvEDfexqsKjTTgsA5iACOBhi9TdbKngpV_l6TDg8OWL3e-I_nyVulcd5oGQ/s3024/IMG_8584.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2983&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;237&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4axMStSj9PXMyw2JAFoSscbQSqBXcDPS9URkegPBLbBUTCIPLSQr3_o-gB2AATNzDtXqCU4oJZWSS5NwARxojXEiHqbSt9bSpZg3VFwtXR6zpvWzJyRkOlVt30sCePnTIvEDfexqsKjTTgsA5iACOBhi9TdbKngpV_l6TDg8OWL3e-I_nyVulcd5oGQ/w258-h237/IMG_8584.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;258&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;December already. It&#39;s been a whirlwind few months, but I am slowly getting things done and despite the news that tears at my heart daily, I still pray that light, hope and peace will one day overcome forces of bigotry and hate. &amp;nbsp;I was thinking of this as I unpacked my nativity set this year. I&#39;ve written about &amp;nbsp;my nativity before— except for a few exquisite paper mache figures, my ever expanding creche is a ragtag collection of shepherds, angels and animals gathered or gifted to me. There are paper houses and evergreen trees cut and pasted by the hands of small children who have long grown up. Despite a &amp;nbsp;droopy appearance (and a necessary wall to lean on), each &amp;nbsp;piece is cherished reminder of Christmases past.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With my big-footed Finnegan as ill behaved as his predecessor Smudges (could it be me?) I arranged the creche away from clumsy, curious paws. As I usually do, I placed the shepherds on one side and the exotic animals (the elephants, giraffes, hippos and horses) on the other. Usually I arrange my angel assortment close to the stable. But then I thought of the friend I hadn&#39;t seen in months, who still remembered my birthday and my grandson&#39;s birthday as well. I thought of my backyard neighbor and friend, who knowing that I was apprehensive about an upcoming conference, introduced me to a friend of hers who promised to be a welcoming face. Another friend did the same thing. So at a conference where I expected to know very few people, I ended up with a circle of kind, supportive &lt;i&gt;new&lt;/i&gt; friends. &lt;i&gt;There are angels among us, &lt;/i&gt;I remember thinking.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This year, as always, there are angels at the stable. But there are also angels in the fields and angels in the paper village. &amp;nbsp;Despite the difficult times we now face, there are always angels among us. We know them by their kindness and my Christmas wish is that we recognize them when they arrive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtB9Vv2hjWjmRgJU-6koRyBRm_MnoGsFHxpgk4GXbl63c6oYTYSgA4UUxwWCPQekgyAcmiDrMEFVY5VpPkJaHyqaLKg83ILmZ8Z9GDI9lwn4kfRLSpX1jHJzbEKyDJ11oyk0FpiBusrTjZM8g_31jLPMKjf94Xao6yfXYtfuu3uHn9Hx00103DzVfzNAo/s2884/IMG_8582.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2673&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2884&quot; height=&quot;297&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtB9Vv2hjWjmRgJU-6koRyBRm_MnoGsFHxpgk4GXbl63c6oYTYSgA4UUxwWCPQekgyAcmiDrMEFVY5VpPkJaHyqaLKg83ILmZ8Z9GDI9lwn4kfRLSpX1jHJzbEKyDJ11oyk0FpiBusrTjZM8g_31jLPMKjf94Xao6yfXYtfuu3uHn9Hx00103DzVfzNAo/s320/IMG_8582.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/2376156600004494387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/12/angels-among-us.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/2376156600004494387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/2376156600004494387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/12/angels-among-us.html' title='Angels Among Us'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4axMStSj9PXMyw2JAFoSscbQSqBXcDPS9URkegPBLbBUTCIPLSQr3_o-gB2AATNzDtXqCU4oJZWSS5NwARxojXEiHqbSt9bSpZg3VFwtXR6zpvWzJyRkOlVt30sCePnTIvEDfexqsKjTTgsA5iACOBhi9TdbKngpV_l6TDg8OWL3e-I_nyVulcd5oGQ/s72-w258-h237-c/IMG_8584.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-6653157547636060276</id><published>2023-11-11T06:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2023-11-11T06:55:21.064-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Veteran of Washington Square</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;My annual Veteran&#39;s&amp;nbsp;(and sometimes Memorial) Day post ~ always printed with love and&amp;nbsp;gratitude.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;; letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The Vietnam War raged throughout my childhood and into my young adult years. Colorful memories of hayrides and sleepovers, schoolwork and marathon phone conversations are interspersed with blurry black and white snapshots of maps and battles ~ those broadcast on TV and those explored in Friday afternoon current event articles. I hated the war, though not for any deep, idealogical reason. What I hated were the ugly pictures, the angry words, the pep rallies turned into peace rallies that were spoiling my fun. It seemed the war was all that anyone talked about.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;Many years later, I was reminded of my youthful attitude towards the war. I was in New York, walking towards Washington Square, wearing my favorite blue cotton dress, the one with the soft wide belt that cinched my then very-tiny waist. Even now, decades later, I can still feel the breath of spring, the bounce of youth. My heels click-click on the cobblestone street. I’m young, free and happy. The world was waiting for me...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;...and then I see him. A burly, wheel-chaired veteran sitting under the arch at Washington Square. My clicking heels accentuate the leg stumps he doesn’t try to hide.&amp;nbsp; All those current event articles, the ugly pictures in magazines and on TV ~ but for the first time, I understood how very little I knew about the Vietnam War, how very little my life had been impacted.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;    &lt;/span&gt;Writers are rescuers. We save events, moments, people and feelings from being swallowed by time and forgotten. I’ve long outgrown my blue-cotton dress and clicking heels but I never forgot my Washington Square Veteran or the lesson he taught me.&amp;nbsp; In homes and classrooms, on street corners and in capital buildings, we debate the pros and cons of conflict.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;But in every war, there are those who give so much more than their opinions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;His appearance in my novel,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;All the Broken Pieces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;, was my way of honoring and thanking the Veteran of &amp;nbsp;Washington Square for sacrificing his youth and his innocence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; min-height: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;                                                                  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;We lost a big piece&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;                                                                  &lt;/span&gt;of ourselves in Vietnam,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;                                                                  &lt;/span&gt;and none of us will&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;                                                                  &lt;/span&gt;ever be the same,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;                                                                  &lt;/span&gt;but we did some good too.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;                                                                 &lt;/span&gt;We made a difference.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; min-height: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;      &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;letter-spacing: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: pre;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;    &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I wish my Washington Square Veteran could see this post or read my book. I hope that he has found some measure of peace. Whatever one’s opinion about Vietnam, or any war for that matter, all veterans deserve our respect and gratitude. From the deepest recesses of my heart, I wish them peace.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/6653157547636060276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-veteran-of-washington-square.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6653157547636060276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6653157547636060276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-veteran-of-washington-square.html' title='The Veteran of Washington Square'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-8827632042933621035</id><published>2023-09-11T07:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2023-09-11T07:05:49.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Callery Pear/NYC</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; 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width=&quot;213&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The Callery Pear Survivor Tree&lt;br /&gt;( Brooklyn News Service)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;k&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Even with our pretty white flowers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;and fancy autumn dresses,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;people call my kind a pest,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;invading proper gardens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;and blooming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;where we aren’t wanted,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;the leaves of so many sisters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;sprayed with toxins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;or their heads&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;lopped off with a chain saw,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;their stumps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;painted with poison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;to annihilate them and make room&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;for natives only.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;On the day the towers fell,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;everything changed—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;my crown was severed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;by the weightiness&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;of broken steel and stone—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;my bones cracked—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;my roots and limbs snapped—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;my trunk blackened.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Mortally wounded, still I pushed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;my leaves above the rubble&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;into the lingering smoke and ash.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Tender hands found me,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;nursed me back to health&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;and brought me home again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The towers are gone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Throughout the land&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;my sisters remain reviled,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;yet here I proudly stand,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;a symbol of hope and survival.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Once a dove nested in my boughs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; 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text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;The Fishing Boat Gustave Courbet.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
2. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b><br /></span></p>
3. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I still remember setting out together—</span></p>
4. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">our days spread before us</span></p>
5. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">like droplets of moss-colored jewels </span></p>
6. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">in a vast, untamed sea. </span></p>
7. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
8. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How I loved you! Even when dark clouds</span></p>
9. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">hovered above us </span></p>
10. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and our small boat was tossed, I loved you. </span></p>
11. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
12. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But I believed </span></p>
13. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">what you did not</span></p>
14. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and you </span><span style="font-size: large;">left me here—</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>
15. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">broken, </span><span style="font-size: large;">shipwrecked,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>
16. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
17. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>though not alone. </span></p>
18. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
19. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">See the amber light rising in the east?</span></p>
20. &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I followed it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyIsB9eTcHDiNPfuk08YhAQxemF5DpzweTwmiqKFZnRiBOyGhs3HIh25cXDMGre7fEWLgs--8NKv01VKvV6eQVum8tfc89V9bSiMVJ2yLhXHC2HWA75rfLOvDxqz0ByvvcvTLU34gKOniPib9Qups56d2ou-3FFogf_cRidzcCvOwFgFeRRuIfiwNj/s3809/The%20Fishing%20Boat%20-%20The%20Metropolitan%20Museum%20of%20Art.jpg&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaHpr6yaMPkrV9zXMLmMttYRnOu2XB1aFUbneXci2RsDA3M7fLqjc2KJtM1i4YiW7_pFB5ustrERbDI-rP8O61NUZqz4E62ot8rsCSZZCHlplEO0qrtP9CySetKOVQJxkBiMcziWtkozg8LqBClXfq07kk_KXXwX5E1Kbfm0N_g-sikTV9X4clLmG/s4032/IMG_6558.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;274&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaHpr6yaMPkrV9zXMLmMttYRnOu2XB1aFUbneXci2RsDA3M7fLqjc2KJtM1i4YiW7_pFB5ustrERbDI-rP8O61NUZqz4E62ot8rsCSZZCHlplEO0qrtP9CySetKOVQJxkBiMcziWtkozg8LqBClXfq07kk_KXXwX5E1Kbfm0N_g-sikTV9X4clLmG/w205-h274/IMG_6558.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;205&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;In her poem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt; Spring&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; text-align: left;&quot;&gt; Edna St, Vincent Millay acknowledges the beauty of April— the spikes of the crocus, the smell of the earth. Ultimately the poet concludes it is not enough &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;that yearly, down this hill, April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large; text-align: left;&quot;&gt; One only has to watch the news to agree that Edna was right. It is not enough. And it is increasingly hard to &amp;nbsp;remain optimistic when surrounded by so much cruelty and loss. The poem below was inspired by &amp;nbsp;the poems of Kyle Liang and Darius Phelps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a name=&#39;more&#39;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Brothers and sisters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;do not worry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I will burn this house&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;to the sky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;for you and me,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;and all our descendants.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I will gather&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;the whips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;and chains,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;the iron collars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;and shackles,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;and fashion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;a fence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;for hatred,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;a cage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;for cruelty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I will toss in the guns&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;and weapons&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt; of war&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;that bloody&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;our land.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I will water the earth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;with our tears&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;so all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;that is green and good&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;will grow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Then I will burn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;amber incense,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;pine and white sage,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;cedar and clove&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;to fill our house&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;in the sky&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;with healing love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;pre style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 10px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: #343434; font-family: &amp;quot;Poets Electra&amp;quot;, Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 17.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; overflow: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(52, 52, 52); color: #343434; font-family: &amp;quot;Poets Electra&amp;quot;, Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/1059900787492794336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/04/house-in-sky.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/1059900787492794336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/1059900787492794336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/04/house-in-sky.html' title='House In the Sky'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaHpr6yaMPkrV9zXMLmMttYRnOu2XB1aFUbneXci2RsDA3M7fLqjc2KJtM1i4YiW7_pFB5ustrERbDI-rP8O61NUZqz4E62ot8rsCSZZCHlplEO0qrtP9CySetKOVQJxkBiMcziWtkozg8LqBClXfq07kk_KXXwX5E1Kbfm0N_g-sikTV9X4clLmG/s72-w205-h274-c/IMG_6558.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-827292941598979286</id><published>2023-04-06T14:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2023-04-06T14:49:01.681-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My First Sijo ~ A Korean Poem with a Twist</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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font-family: times; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;April is poetry month and I was lucky enough to have a friend link me with an incredible group of teacher writers who accept the challenge to write a poem every day in April. One of the members shares a prompt and poem, and the rest of us try our best to honor the month that honors our muse. Today I learned a new form which I had never before heard of— &lt;i style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Sijo (pronounced Sheejo): a Korean Poem with a Twist&lt;/i&gt;. Sijo has only three lines, but a very particular syllable count that differs from line to line. The first line introduces the subject, the second line expands on the subject and the third line offers a twist— a change in attitude or feeling. My poem today is is based on a very real moment in my childhood— or perhaps it was the very real moment when the doors of childhood closed. Either way, as I celebrate spring, as I hold onto&amp;nbsp;memories of childhood wonders, I will never forget that not everyone is as lucky as I have been.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: times; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: times; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;caret-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: times; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/827292941598979286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/04/my-first-sijo-korean-poem-with-twist.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/827292941598979286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/827292941598979286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/04/my-first-sijo-korean-poem-with-twist.html' title='My First Sijo ~ A Korean Poem with a Twist'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvaggsW0CWGK1GWrSQ_pxRhfjX-413lgsucJ8l9Hnc_E7b0rncHeMDNnc6L73P5X2Z_8Jvdi69MBToUERRWAydn-NIjQi1d9PtLxoCYAWuDOx7YbBHu8FQSC9N3xf5vX5fTRTNmXZtoH3KLyjF2KnEqgEOplVJyQCUSu-FnX9Y-hmWzLEIvlJvF0Tk/s72-w228-h198-c/IMG_6513.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-8555040319688420013</id><published>2023-03-09T12:37:00.016-08:00</published><updated>2023-03-10T06:39:42.968-08:00</updated><title type='text'>WOKE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTRmbtIpa-LZLp81RvcrScI-j9vxFKm-lsEAzCdP8hXizvVyikZ2i_XUDW1V93S6IJKkTizNVAyV-FLvrugDoKYco_pinYQQ1aD7VXtZ2-qblW9nVdPwAXx49zgqk2eKvHc7K8oF9eDPtjzaY4GtWXSrKZqp9YKsgMRexJHj3GGPeIsb9korof5s_/s4032/IMG_1473.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;3024&quot; data-original-width=&quot;4032&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTRmbtIpa-LZLp81RvcrScI-j9vxFKm-lsEAzCdP8hXizvVyikZ2i_XUDW1V93S6IJKkTizNVAyV-FLvrugDoKYco_pinYQQ1aD7VXtZ2-qblW9nVdPwAXx49zgqk2eKvHc7K8oF9eDPtjzaY4GtWXSrKZqp9YKsgMRexJHj3GGPeIsb9korof5s_/s320/IMG_1473.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ve been thinking about this post for a while now, but couldn&#39;t seem to find my way in, to find my first line. Too many thoughts tumbling over each other. Too much to say. Then this morning, a quote honoring the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko passed through my feed. Poetry distills truth and in four simple lines, Taras captured all those arguments running circles in my mind. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s terrible to lie in chains,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;To rot in dungeon deep,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;But it&#39;s worse, when you are free&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;To sleep and sleep and sleep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Born on March 9, 1814, Taras Schevchenko is Ukraine&#39;s National Poet. In 1847 he was convicted of promoting the Independence of Ukraine and exiled. More than a century later, his countrymen continue to fight for Independence, for the right to be free.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Since our inception, the United States has been considered a beacon of freedom. Yet there are politicians today who would prefer we &lt;i&gt;sleep and sleep and sleep&lt;/i&gt;. &amp;nbsp;Their attack on the &lt;i&gt;woke&lt;/i&gt; culture makes no sense to me. How could being awakened ever be considered a bad thing? Who would want to go through life asleep? &amp;nbsp;Never to see a sunrise. A sunset. A rainbow. Never to notice the gradual greening of the trees after a long, cold winter; never to see that first crocus bravely peeking through the earth, or to hear the robin&#39;s sweet song and be greeted with the intoxicating scent of lilacs. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Being awake means being alive. Ever-changing. Ever learning. Laughing. Loving. How could that ever be offensive?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Some believe that only those who look like them, act like them, believe what they believe belong in this land of the free and home of the brave. They vilify others by tagging them&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;woke &lt;/i&gt;as if there were something wrong with having one&#39;s eyes open.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;What is the opposite of woke? To sleepwalk and stumble in darkness? To cause more brokenness and pain?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I simply do not understand using the word &lt;i&gt;woke &lt;/i&gt;as a label of derision. &amp;nbsp;If those considered &lt;i&gt;woke &lt;/i&gt;are those&amp;nbsp;who see suffering and try to ease it; or those who recognize mistakes and work to fix them; who acknowledge and accept differences, &amp;nbsp;celebrating the fact that in the land of the free and home of the brave, each of us has the right to read and wear and love what or who we want, then I hope to be labeled &lt;i&gt;woke&lt;/i&gt; and will wear my label proudly, &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/8555040319688420013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/03/ive-been-thinking-about-this-post-for.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/8555040319688420013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/8555040319688420013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/03/ive-been-thinking-about-this-post-for.html' title='WOKE'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTRmbtIpa-LZLp81RvcrScI-j9vxFKm-lsEAzCdP8hXizvVyikZ2i_XUDW1V93S6IJKkTizNVAyV-FLvrugDoKYco_pinYQQ1aD7VXtZ2-qblW9nVdPwAXx49zgqk2eKvHc7K8oF9eDPtjzaY4GtWXSrKZqp9YKsgMRexJHj3GGPeIsb9korof5s_/s72-c/IMG_1473.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-6524688710872059533</id><published>2023-01-27T17:52:00.009-08:00</published><updated>2023-01-28T06:11:33.632-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Day of Remembering </title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I have often written about Anne Frank whom I discovered when I was in grade school— a skinny, parochial school kid in a plaid uniform with an envelope shaped hat on my head and single braid down my back. No matter that Anne was Jewish and I was not. No matter that she lived in a different time and a different place. Like Anne, I poured my heart into my diary. Like Anne I dreamed of being a writer. I mourned her death as if she were my dearest friend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;At one point in the diary Anne writes that that despite everything, she still believed people were good at heart. Even after I learned words like&amp;nbsp;Kristallnacht and Auschwitz, I believed as Anne did. I believed that what happened to her and the six million who shared her fate was an aberration, an unspeakable aberration that would never be repeated. It is almost impossible for me to imagine that someone&#39;s hate could be stronger than their humanity.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Decades after &amp;nbsp;reading Anne&#39;s diary, I was scanning the shelves at Barnes and Noble and &amp;nbsp;came across a book written by a friend of&amp;nbsp;Anne&#39;s who was with her at Bergen-Belsen. Greatly weakened, dying from tuberculosis, Anne was still making plans for after the war when she might get her diary published. I could read only a few lines before I sat on the floor between the stacks at Barnes and Noble and cried— for Anne, for the millions who perished with her, for the hollow left by their absence. For hate strong enough to crush one&#39;s humanity.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Despite everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart&lt;/i&gt;, Anne wrote.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;What would Anne say if she had watched the news with me tonight? or last night or last week. last month. last year? &amp;nbsp;Across the world a brutal dictator marches into another country and destroys what he wants and cannot have. In our own country, there is outrageous gun violence. An 82 year old man is beaten with a hammer. There&#39;s a rise in antisemitism and crimes against the Asian community. Another black man is beaten to death by five police officers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;I owe it to Anne to keep believing that goodness will prevail, to honor her with words in books and blogs that may help create the world &amp;nbsp;she believed existed. &amp;nbsp;Some days it is hard.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/6524688710872059533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-day-of-remembering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6524688710872059533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6524688710872059533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-day-of-remembering.html' title='A Day of Remembering '/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-6398923883447464124</id><published>2022-10-21T05:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2022-10-21T05:33:41.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome Home, Finnegan B.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Well it&#39;s been awhile. Fall hasn&#39;t quite unfolded as I had planned and though there are lots of reasons for this, Finnegan B. would be the biggest. As I recently wrote to a new friend, I didn&#39;t think I&#39;d want another pet after the pain of losing our sweet Smudges, but I also didn&#39;t realize how comforting a writing companion Smudges had become in our 17 years together. By mid-summer, I found myself scrolling through dog sites and adding a new item to my to do list: finding another dog. Though last on the list of to-do&#39;s, the sooner we found this dog, I thought, the better. Then we&#39;d be bonded and ready for the commencement of a new year. (As a former teacher, September is my January— a time for resolutions, new starts. An exciting time to begin again. I had plans.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I don&#39;t know my dog breeds, but I knew what I was looking for— an adult rescue dog, already trained, small or medium sized, perhaps one who didn&#39;t shed as much as Smudges did. I remembered the dog my mother told me about, the dog from her own childhood, a small black dog that she loved but which had to be given away during the depression. In the back of my mind, I was looking for my mother&#39;s dog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Then I came across a picture of a dog from Texas with the same markings as Smudges and thought I might at least call. &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Yes, Yes, Yes. Adult. Medium sized. Sweet disposition. CRATE TRAINED. HOUSE TRAINED. &lt;/i&gt;I forgot about the shedding and went for it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Finnegan B. is nearly 70 pounds and basely out of puppyhood. He is untrained and suffers from severe separation anxiety. I could show pictures of child&#39;s art ripped from the door, or broken lamps and ripped curtains. I was too heartbroken to take a picture of the shattered glass candy dish which belonged to my grandmother. I am not crude enough to take other pictures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;We&#39;ve since bought a crate (for which he is &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;trained) and hired someone to teach me how to best handle him. The house is back in order: the gnawed wood, sanded; the new lamps replaced with old ones from the basement. But traces of destruction remain— though Finn now walks calmly on a leash, we&#39;ve not been able to keep him from crushing me with his oversized love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s not all bad. Finn does have the sweetest disposition when he is not afraid of being abandoned. On quiet days, when I sit writing, he rests beside me. When I&#39;m in need of a break, he walks beside me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;He is beside me now, and though we walk into a less event-filled autumn than I planned, it is good to have him here.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCdVYNIZz-cZGG8QjxDJejbf6_z7kzJgVa9oJ9ygoUbfww0Yp8TmcPgkDt7NGVYGobZip6D_g9CjTEYU93vvmO8eLcmmldXOTLiFVHCTsol281i7AxAXE5tR2kY9ZsfCyqjiGzARCLJfv88TzX14_SJ_XnyohH8CBes3-JFwVlf8iBvKAHVduah8y/s4032/098046A6-FC7B-4A7D-8D8A-294EBC36B9D7.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCdVYNIZz-cZGG8QjxDJejbf6_z7kzJgVa9oJ9ygoUbfww0Yp8TmcPgkDt7NGVYGobZip6D_g9CjTEYU93vvmO8eLcmmldXOTLiFVHCTsol281i7AxAXE5tR2kY9ZsfCyqjiGzARCLJfv88TzX14_SJ_XnyohH8CBes3-JFwVlf8iBvKAHVduah8y/s320/098046A6-FC7B-4A7D-8D8A-294EBC36B9D7.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/6398923883447464124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/10/welcome-home-finnegan-b_21.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6398923883447464124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6398923883447464124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/10/welcome-home-finnegan-b_21.html' title='Welcome Home, Finnegan B.'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCdVYNIZz-cZGG8QjxDJejbf6_z7kzJgVa9oJ9ygoUbfww0Yp8TmcPgkDt7NGVYGobZip6D_g9CjTEYU93vvmO8eLcmmldXOTLiFVHCTsol281i7AxAXE5tR2kY9ZsfCyqjiGzARCLJfv88TzX14_SJ_XnyohH8CBes3-JFwVlf8iBvKAHVduah8y/s72-c/098046A6-FC7B-4A7D-8D8A-294EBC36B9D7.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-6275188084475100539</id><published>2022-05-28T11:58:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2022-05-29T08:17:41.577-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Warrier in the Weeds</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had some good news to share this month ~ Flooded has been released as a Scholastic Gold paperback and I&#39;ve a new book scheduled for release next fall. I was eager to talk about both, as well as the expected but still startling treasures of spring— the forsythia, the crocus, and this year, quite &lt;i&gt;un&lt;/i&gt;expectedly, the purple iris growing among the weeds.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The world is in need of good news, and I wanted to share mine. But writing such a blog seemed far too self-absorbed when our country is so broken and our earth so tortured.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I write historical fiction for children. Even during the darkest times, I look for the narrowest crevice in which to shine a sliver of light and hope. It&#39;s not so easy to find that crevice, to bring that light to &lt;i&gt;current &lt;/i&gt;events. Adults are supposed to leave the world a better place than when they found it. &amp;nbsp;We have failed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I grew up in a bubble. Yes, there were hard times, but with faith and trust and a loving circle of family and friends, I found my footing, and have often reflected on the message my philosophy teacher, Mr. K., &amp;nbsp;wrote in my high school yearbook. &lt;i&gt;May life grant you all the joy you can bear and just enough sorrow to know the difference. &lt;/i&gt;I didn&#39;t think of Mr. K. much during my times of joy, but his words came back like a curse in times of sorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#39;ve never been political, but that was part of my bubble—a belief that what I read in books, what I learned in history class was true. We were the land of the free. The home of the brave. American history is stained, terribly stained, but we were inching towards justice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have been, as I recently told my editor, gliding through life in a canoe. It had been tricky to maneuver through some lake weeds, but I had done it. I write my books. I shine my light. I know the difference between joy and sorrow.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But again I find myself in the weeds. This time, the whole world is in the weeds and my small canoe has capsized.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are, I&#39;ve learned a few reasons which lead to a canoe capsizing. Perhaps there&#39;s an uneven distribution of weight inside the canoe. Perhaps the weather is more challenging than expected or the canoe has bumped into some unknown obstacle beneath the water. There are lots of metaphors here for me to explore, but the bottom line is that I&#39;m soaked in politics now. I&#39;m desperate to give our children a safer, more beautiful world.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My good news is still good news, but Mr. K. would be proud to know that I truly do understand the difference between joy and sorrow. I also understand the sacred responsibility of every adult to create a less violent, more beautiful world. Like my purple warrior among the weeds, I am drenched in commitment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvR8Deoyi8TshGxOyAmGrut0B-w1kup6bpICZRAvbIxWYFQgUs3ot3x-LS5t177zuc1Qp6k6G6nmJ8ArjqmeZTT6BVi_bcJJdRLklmqsF3C-fHBu54-aO6Bx6Gn5-KY0dpuevx5Fi-YmDCDYnkX3n1VKCpBeQEw7m2U_O9Ez7Wa4ruk01wo-pRL7L/s4032/13FBC7D4-A83F-4004-BC1B-97D35AB4719A.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvR8Deoyi8TshGxOyAmGrut0B-w1kup6bpICZRAvbIxWYFQgUs3ot3x-LS5t177zuc1Qp6k6G6nmJ8ArjqmeZTT6BVi_bcJJdRLklmqsF3C-fHBu54-aO6Bx6Gn5-KY0dpuevx5Fi-YmDCDYnkX3n1VKCpBeQEw7m2U_O9Ez7Wa4ruk01wo-pRL7L/w150-h200/13FBC7D4-A83F-4004-BC1B-97D35AB4719A.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/6275188084475100539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-warrier-in-weeds.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6275188084475100539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/6275188084475100539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-warrier-in-weeds.html' title='A Warrier in the Weeds'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBvR8Deoyi8TshGxOyAmGrut0B-w1kup6bpICZRAvbIxWYFQgUs3ot3x-LS5t177zuc1Qp6k6G6nmJ8ArjqmeZTT6BVi_bcJJdRLklmqsF3C-fHBu54-aO6Bx6Gn5-KY0dpuevx5Fi-YmDCDYnkX3n1VKCpBeQEw7m2U_O9Ez7Wa4ruk01wo-pRL7L/s72-w150-h200-c/13FBC7D4-A83F-4004-BC1B-97D35AB4719A.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-4931539346420002820</id><published>2022-04-07T15:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2022-04-07T15:12:46.851-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s Raining Poems for Poetry Month!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;April is poetry month and I&#39;ve be&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;en writing a poem every day as part of a poetry challenge. Yesterday it was suggested that we write a cherita. A cherita is a three stanza poem that tells a story: first stanza, one line/second stanza, two/third stanza three. Wasn&#39;t sure what I&#39;d write about until a small intruder shaped my morning. For obvious reasons, his picture is not posted here. Instead enjoy the sunflowers. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
21. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Toothbrush in one hand. Toothpaste in the other.</span></p>
22. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
23. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A squiggle. A scream (ashamed to say, but yes, a scream)</span></p>
24. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A stinkbug tossed and drowned in steamy hot water and lavender  soap.</span></p>
25. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>
26. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>An over reaction, I agree, but who did he think he was,</span></p>
27. <p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>this lazy, little stinkbug lying feet up on my toothbrush bristles</span></p>
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text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Peace to Ukraine!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;pre class=&quot;tw-data-text tw-text-small tw-ta&quot; data-placeholder=&quot;&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; id=&quot;tw-target-rmn&quot; style=&quot;border: none; color: #70757a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0.14em 0px 0px; position: relative; resize: none; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Y2IQFc&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/4931539346420002820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/04/april-is-poetry-month-good-bad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/4931539346420002820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/4931539346420002820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/04/april-is-poetry-month-good-bad.html' title='It&#39;s Raining Poems for Poetry Month!'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2kiXd5vp4188MOrTY5NK5_TCZ8tqzQlxRjOJxtzunkOpoRDy17Ah9nf-hByH2GlcaVBXJjvFoL7rb2rA_MHbdo1t-G06AabGHfsmhRWakCZWpkLBAbe-75QSK6ZueJfzoK9VOrCUVvRW98w5OfAAle7P0h-wrZCZGGdKk0v9c6RE6AqaIKG1NbRy/s72-c/bonnie-kittle-5US9_Gep0qY-unsplash.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-8917558681313735881</id><published>2022-03-19T13:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2022-03-19T13:05:00.282-07:00</updated><title type='text'>With Love to Ukraine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Two decades ago, my husband and I brought home a beautiful boy, born in Kazakstan. While there, we depended on our translator Elena to help us maneuver our way through unfamiliar streets and foreign attitudes. Elena was smart and beautiful. Extraordinarily helpful and kind. But unlike many of the locals, Elena was always smiling. I asked her why so few others did.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;S&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;ome people think Americans are goofy because they smile at strangers,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;she explained. &lt;i&gt;But&amp;nbsp;that&#39;s because you are not afraid to trust. It is different here.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Having both grown up during the Cold War, we agreed that fear had caused us to misjudge the intentions of those perceived as our enemy. &amp;nbsp;We marveled at how, at one time, each of us would have been scared of the other. But while my personality was shaped by an open society, Elena and her family and friends were influenced by a highly restrictive one. It is not always easy to adapt, I learned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elena and I agreed that we would never again pass judgement on another based on the policy of our respective governments. This week, Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed a similar desire. &amp;nbsp;Throughout the globe, families live, work and do their best to offer their children a good life. This includes Russians being fed propaganda and Americans echoing the same misinformation. It includes people from every war torn corner of the globe.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Decades ago, Elena and I dared to hope that my child, like all &amp;nbsp;children born in one place and raised in another would grow up to be ambassadors of peace between nations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My voice isn&#39;t as loud as Arnold&#39;s but I wish it were. &amp;nbsp;I hope his message seeps through Russia&#39;s thickening walls of isolation and that those afraid to stand up to Putin realize that the bully never wins. I &amp;nbsp;hope those Americans echoing and reinforcing Putin&#39;s lies will recognize that truth always triumphs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most of all I wish our tortured planet would learn from its mistakes. Most of all I wish Ukraine peace.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6yT9cxHboR2a86NJr4AoZrxOSM03T8UCpHcd0jXNTyLrcaIc4FC-TY2oBea8g3qLx7nLe7E3BNMYrUPMl6oG1AcQWzSq2ii6EgKMU1t7WDYuGfJBqkMsaj_mggUgtTVMAau5BkkQd5Xyk2f6U3gAf_Kvq9JNLgTHMlyQAgkTbKxLnJpI_2HNFqfW/s800/flag-800.png&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;533&quot; data-original-width=&quot;800&quot; height=&quot;133&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6yT9cxHboR2a86NJr4AoZrxOSM03T8UCpHcd0jXNTyLrcaIc4FC-TY2oBea8g3qLx7nLe7E3BNMYrUPMl6oG1AcQWzSq2ii6EgKMU1t7WDYuGfJBqkMsaj_mggUgtTVMAau5BkkQd5Xyk2f6U3gAf_Kvq9JNLgTHMlyQAgkTbKxLnJpI_2HNFqfW/w200-h133/flag-800.png&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/8917558681313735881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/03/with-love-to-ukraine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/8917558681313735881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/8917558681313735881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/03/with-love-to-ukraine.html' title='With Love to Ukraine'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6yT9cxHboR2a86NJr4AoZrxOSM03T8UCpHcd0jXNTyLrcaIc4FC-TY2oBea8g3qLx7nLe7E3BNMYrUPMl6oG1AcQWzSq2ii6EgKMU1t7WDYuGfJBqkMsaj_mggUgtTVMAau5BkkQd5Xyk2f6U3gAf_Kvq9JNLgTHMlyQAgkTbKxLnJpI_2HNFqfW/s72-w200-h133-c/flag-800.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-7383963058836254272</id><published>2022-02-17T08:41:00.005-08:00</published><updated>2022-02-17T08:46:33.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'> 1/7/2005 ~ 2/7/2022</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;320&#39; height=&#39;270&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_TkMa3TyiKKAbtEyhUVcp02IYIegq9wRWYwUOnvHYWDZfOcv--5TbErBwiyzGiM10r6xc1p_p8x-nTxbe_g&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;When the brokenness goes away, this is how I&#39;ll remember him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/7383963058836254272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/02/smudges-172005-272022-forever-in-our.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/7383963058836254272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/7383963058836254272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/02/smudges-172005-272022-forever-in-our.html' title=' 1/7/2005 ~ 2/7/2022'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-3322726283836481788</id><published>2022-01-07T10:43:00.086-08:00</published><updated>2022-02-17T07:49:10.707-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Smudges!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;For us humans, turning 17 is usually a pivotal year. For me it was the year I got my license. Graduated high school. Started college. Stepped into the world.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a dog, turning 17 &amp;nbsp;is decidedly less propitious &amp;nbsp;Today, Smudges celebrates his 17th birthday. As noted last month, our dear pet has grown tired. He no longer rages at the unrolling of aluminum foil or sunbeams on the wall. &amp;nbsp;How could he? He doesn&#39;t hear the rattle. He doesn&#39;t see the dancing rays.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There was a time when Smudges would slip though every open door and wander the neighborhood, sniffing &amp;nbsp;buried scents, playfully ignoring foolish family members who followed him with a treat and hidden leash. He was too smart to fall for that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It wasn&#39;t like we didn&#39;t try to train him. When he was still a puppy we took a class. Smudges responded to our voices with licks and wags. We brought in a trainer. Astutely, he obeyed the trainer and responded to us with licks and wags. We resigned our selves to unrolling foil oh-so-quietly, lowering the blinds when necessary, and admonishing PEOPLE who left the door open.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My last beloved pet once hitched a ride in a parked mail truck, wagging his tail and smiling as he stood between the sacks, daring me to enter federal property with my treat and pocketed leash. I&#39;m well aware , as Shakespeare would say, that&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;the fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves&lt;/i&gt;. Perhaps I am not dog-owner material.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And yet— for seventeen years I&#39;ve loved this dog. &amp;nbsp;Part border collie, Smudges, we were told, was born on a farm but was too bossy to fit in with the other animals. Not quite the cuddly family dog I had been hoping for, but the child who picked him out would not be dissuaded. &amp;nbsp;Eventually we realized that his bossiness was most likely a natural instinct to herd and safeguard— at least when not escaping for some much needed leisure time.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though Smudges no longer protects us from aluminum foil and other dangers, he is always close, always watching, sensitive to our movements. He no longer runs away though now I could easily outrun his limp with a lazy shuffle. Now, especially during these past few years, Smudges offers a different kind of protection, a gentleness and shield against isolation and worry. Like the child who picked him out and would not be dissuaded, Smudges is focused, fiercely faithful and deeply loved.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last month we celebrated the Smudges Tree ~ today we celebrate Smudges!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4QunukR3WSOtKMBJRlnPJepSXdw-o0Us4ZqG9KwKff6-Sv6zNmmlk6PYHjLOvShjewBBR8X08iiQm6JIC4NwpBgjitY7TELaDFAFNDxBpaISgqoexnKboPigFvm8qlgK4B6hdXVCm7SGaVan7cmd2NrbDKYlVdLElWSbscb13iBaKb8Husa4wbSo1=s4032&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;140&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4QunukR3WSOtKMBJRlnPJepSXdw-o0Us4ZqG9KwKff6-Sv6zNmmlk6PYHjLOvShjewBBR8X08iiQm6JIC4NwpBgjitY7TELaDFAFNDxBpaISgqoexnKboPigFvm8qlgK4B6hdXVCm7SGaVan7cmd2NrbDKYlVdLElWSbscb13iBaKb8Husa4wbSo1=w104-h140&quot; width=&quot;104&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh19nm1-5KcAO9-fjNtgmFFywd5QWNvILKe3sa6NhmGbLjcOhNiimcI4FIdr5Djwr8FVE2K2t_ce7uqzFPHS_H498UxO5YeVsXtN7WVPcuaK-FNPcLvdvkH9RS84qUONO_n7Evyw2fmuEQVkVMYIX52shRYqYqYUDB4TUK3jBTY3dEepHy0JoUSnMfo=s4032&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;142&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh19nm1-5KcAO9-fjNtgmFFywd5QWNvILKe3sa6NhmGbLjcOhNiimcI4FIdr5Djwr8FVE2K2t_ce7uqzFPHS_H498UxO5YeVsXtN7WVPcuaK-FNPcLvdvkH9RS84qUONO_n7Evyw2fmuEQVkVMYIX52shRYqYqYUDB4TUK3jBTY3dEepHy0JoUSnMfo=w107-h142&quot; width=&quot;107&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi98U1-6Q0FBOvbDY-j6T0pRaVlukbSDkR1Sm2AZN3USb4xhlSGkaS7Hhf5OYNXj7ErNSBaL9wNqN7xz2U4Pt0nXKbgWy-JyqCLxVHLo96j96UlbNwm3EGNRdjcT3znsicQzRRbZEBRg4cB1sCtgPbTtguaifrpbLDIXt0MA0YhsK3kZjxsBPOtmXNc=s2899&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1483&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2899&quot; height=&quot;164&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi98U1-6Q0FBOvbDY-j6T0pRaVlukbSDkR1Sm2AZN3USb4xhlSGkaS7Hhf5OYNXj7ErNSBaL9wNqN7xz2U4Pt0nXKbgWy-JyqCLxVHLo96j96UlbNwm3EGNRdjcT3znsicQzRRbZEBRg4cB1sCtgPbTtguaifrpbLDIXt0MA0YhsK3kZjxsBPOtmXNc=s320&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/3322726283836481788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/01/happy-birthday-smudges.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/3322726283836481788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/3322726283836481788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2022/01/happy-birthday-smudges.html' title='Happy Birthday Smudges!'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYjboLceW5xNXIT2aE8UrD90_bj43hg6y4IePGmzy_SK-RsJAY7rmD9yUPMP1C0NQ_Ola1fgcYqS9Gcz2Y0qCqyzHZcCNeWl_PLtG2O7r4IT59wDn2y07zwDHY8qeWGq29242CNiU_S-wOhU2u-3N2PJAhvI5pmvxWJDXLHU6o0YK2bki4m5qelIjg=s72-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-7646161204671442560</id><published>2021-12-18T19:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2021-12-20T11:51:20.712-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Smudges Tree</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I should be baking, but I want to take a moment &amp;nbsp;and reflect on this year&#39;s Christmas Tree, officially dubbed our Smudges Tree. Smudges is our much loved, but aging dog who will turn 17 years old in early January.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not so long ago,&amp;nbsp;Smudges loved to run—whenever we picked him up after a week or weekend of boarding, &amp;nbsp;Smudges would stretch his legs and sprint in glorious circles around the perimeter of our yard, a joyful blur of beige and white that finally ended in loud gulps of water, wet kisses and a breathless heap of happiness. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For most of his life, Smudges walked at least two miles a day and it wasn&#39;t until early this summer that we noticed a limp had slowed him down. Shortly after that, dusk brought a kind of &amp;nbsp;sundown confusion that left him pacing or staring at walls. We thought surely this was the end, but our vet continues to assure us that Smudges is old, but not in pain. He still loves to eat and always wags his tail when those of us who love him are near. The past few months have been &amp;nbsp;marked with a few accidents and a greater than usual amount of sleep, but he&#39;s still our sweet Smudges. His soft fur hides his thinness but when I carry him &amp;nbsp;up and down our staircase, I notice his prominent knobs and boniness— which brings me to this year&#39;s Christmas tree.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Smudges isn&#39;t the only one getting older. But while dogs slow down, kids get busier and this year, scheduling conflicts made it impossible to round up my annual tree-shopper-elves. Even my husband didn&#39;t have a free moment to accompany me. With just over a week until Christmas, I was forced to make the difficult decision to tree shop by myself. Most places were already sold out and the only trees left standing were odd-shaped, Charlie-Brown trees. Instead of finding the prettiest, fullest, or most fragrant, I decided my only requirement would be that the tree be taller than me. At 5&#39;1&quot;(in heels), I didn&#39;t expect this to be such a challenge, but it was. I finally decided on a thin-boned, knobby tree, easy to lift and at least a head taller than I am. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I&#39;ve found a tree, &lt;/i&gt;I group texted. &lt;i&gt;A Smudges Tree— thin-boned and easy to carry.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Perfect, &lt;/i&gt;my daughter texted back and my son agreed.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our Smudges tree holds only one string of lights, but we&#39;ve dressed it with our favorite ornaments and stepping back, I must agree. &amp;nbsp;Our tree is perfect. Just like my sweet Smudges.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGDu4FOzy1nPyqnSSOaqffYKQL5vj3EVt20OM8OpwjgvbsAfw5VmfIrR_0ePKQqfj1LL5tLk-CPXCqraoAVFF8qkke6uErLoIUNVmo_TZm-SKddeZem0DSm9BbL9Vf-RH0Lm76_TgiIToHtSdlW59wTu4NzsQ_1JdVs3dQwc67EbfpXPr52GF8nY4M=s4032&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;4032&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3024&quot; height=&quot;385&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGDu4FOzy1nPyqnSSOaqffYKQL5vj3EVt20OM8OpwjgvbsAfw5VmfIrR_0ePKQqfj1LL5tLk-CPXCqraoAVFF8qkke6uErLoIUNVmo_TZm-SKddeZem0DSm9BbL9Vf-RH0Lm76_TgiIToHtSdlW59wTu4NzsQ_1JdVs3dQwc67EbfpXPr52GF8nY4M=w288-h385&quot; width=&quot;288&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Don&#39;t let the lights on the Smudges tree&lt;br /&gt;distract you from its eponym in the lower left corner.&lt;br /&gt;Merry Christmas Smudges! We love you!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/7646161204671442560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/12/our-smudges-tree.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/7646161204671442560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/7646161204671442560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/12/our-smudges-tree.html' title='Our Smudges Tree'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGDu4FOzy1nPyqnSSOaqffYKQL5vj3EVt20OM8OpwjgvbsAfw5VmfIrR_0ePKQqfj1LL5tLk-CPXCqraoAVFF8qkke6uErLoIUNVmo_TZm-SKddeZem0DSm9BbL9Vf-RH0Lm76_TgiIToHtSdlW59wTu4NzsQ_1JdVs3dQwc67EbfpXPr52GF8nY4M=s72-w288-h385-c" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-2490912535923171751</id><published>2021-10-20T05:56:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2021-10-20T05:56:58.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Used Book Stores, Kind Words, Lessons Learned</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuL3MHtKp5fUw-JDz7COqJmD3PAVYxInMSy6JLiEcFUKVl0S3C5eaOCDkylp9xoYUZ4jJNPFbQr3sG9qSg-x9MrQ9DWhlhF6QwtOYIy4wmPnNVhxHCKKtMCPQRMhxH9HGadmq2AjTWm4/s2048/books.heic&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1868&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;183&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuL3MHtKp5fUw-JDz7COqJmD3PAVYxInMSy6JLiEcFUKVl0S3C5eaOCDkylp9xoYUZ4jJNPFbQr3sG9qSg-x9MrQ9DWhlhF6QwtOYIy4wmPnNVhxHCKKtMCPQRMhxH9HGadmq2AjTWm4/w200-h183/books.heic&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I had just updated my phone when I was unexpectedly notified of a new follower on Goodreads. My editor warned me a long time ago not to obsess about reviews and so I usually avoid reading them— the good ones are just as distracting as the bad ones, though the bad ones seem to follow me around longer. Anyway, for the most part, I stay away from reviews that might paralyze me with with either self-pity or useless pride.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Still someone new was following me and I thought I&#39;d check it out. Sure enough, my new follower had left a review.&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Just a peek&lt;/i&gt;, I promised myself,&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;and good or bad, I&#39;ll get back to my research.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;While the review was ultimately good and &lt;i&gt;much&lt;/i&gt; appreciated, the opening lines momentarily plunged me into the self-pity mode.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I found this book in a box of free books in front of a used bookstore. I had zero&amp;nbsp;expectations about it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I myself am a faithful fan of the used-book store (there are few things more rewarding than finding a treasure, especially a&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;free&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;treasure among all those books). But &lt;b&gt;Flooded, Requiem for Johnstown&lt;/b&gt;, has been on the market for barely a year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Already discarded? Already used? Already free?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s often said that the books we read have the power to change us. Lately, when I visit a classroom or am &amp;nbsp;invited to speak, I also note that the books I&#39;ve&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;written&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;have that same power.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s been more than a decade since I wrote &lt;b&gt;All The Broken Pieces,&lt;/b&gt; but the plight of refugees, their struggle and their courage, the unspoken terrors of the children of war, remain with me. I never walk by a trickling creek without thinking of Serafina struggling to procure water for her family, and when I aim my swatter at the single mosquito who sneaked in with the dog, I think of Grace and her family trudging through the Dismal Swamp, bravely facing snakes and wild cats, preferring the marshy, bug-infested wilderness to a life denied of freedom. &amp;nbsp;History overflows with unsung heroes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;When I first read about the Johnstown Flood of 1889, I was reminded that large numbers do not capture the terrible enormity of grief as much as the reflection on a single life lost. I was not yet a teen when Anne Frank taught me this.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;2,209 people died in the Johnstown Flood of 1889, each of them with aspirations that I set out to honor even as I fictionalized their lives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Perhaps if &lt;b&gt;Flooded &lt;/b&gt;hadn&#39;t been published during the pandemic it might have reached more people before being tossed aside. There were no conferences during the pandemic. No book festivals. No official launch. Publishers and reviewers, like so many of us, were caught off guard, struggling to balance work and child care, figuring out how to maneuver zoom screens and conserve paper goods.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;As of the moment I write this, 722,685 Americans have died of Covid-19. The number continues to rise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Large numbers do not capture the terrible enormity of this grief, but surely the lives of these individuals are far more important than a book lost to the pandemic could ever be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;My initial discouragement has given way to gratitude for used book stores, kind words, lessons learned. &amp;nbsp;Thanks for rescuing my book, Brooke.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/2490912535923171751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/10/used-book-stores-kind-words-lessons.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/2490912535923171751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/2490912535923171751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/10/used-book-stores-kind-words-lessons.html' title='Used Book Stores, Kind Words, Lessons Learned'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuL3MHtKp5fUw-JDz7COqJmD3PAVYxInMSy6JLiEcFUKVl0S3C5eaOCDkylp9xoYUZ4jJNPFbQr3sG9qSg-x9MrQ9DWhlhF6QwtOYIy4wmPnNVhxHCKKtMCPQRMhxH9HGadmq2AjTWm4/s72-w200-h183-c/books.heic" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-5233173412468539686</id><published>2021-09-27T10:35:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2021-09-27T10:38:40.262-07:00</updated><title type='text'>in the woods, a stream</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;On Saturday I visited Weir Farm in Connecticut to meet some teachers who were exploring &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: times; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Reading Landscapes &amp;amp; Writing Nature: Flooded with Possibilities &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;with Bryan Crandall and the Connecticut Writer&#39;s Project. I&#39;ve been in touch with Bryan for a while and was excited to finally meet him in person. Bryan is wonderful—generous with his thoughts and words, sincere, kind, and encouraging— the kind of person one is lucky to have as a teacher and even luckier to call a friend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;The day was beautiful— clear, &amp;nbsp;crisp and full of promise. &amp;nbsp;I look forward to returning again sometime, perhaps with a sketchbook as well as a notebook. I&#39;m not much of an artist, having only ever &lt;i&gt;copied other&lt;/i&gt; paintings, but if ever nature begged to be noticed &lt;i&gt;up front and personal&lt;/i&gt;, it&#39;s at Weir Farm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;Earlier in the day Kristin, one of the rangers, had &amp;nbsp;collected words from the morning&#39;s discussion of water. The teachers were charged to &amp;nbsp;ponder Kristin&#39;s word list and, if inspired, to select words to reshape and make their own.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;I missed the discussion but took a copy of the words. These are my thoughts having hiked the woods of Weir Farm and pondered Kristin&#39;s word list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: times;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;In the Woods, a Stream&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
29. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">cold, crystal clear water</span></p>
30. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">rushing now,</span></p>
31. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">rippling </span></p>
32. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span>    <span>     </span></span>over dark, <span style="text-indent: 36px;">slippery</span></span></div>
33. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">rocks </span></p>
34. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">that draw me</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"> in </span><span style="font-family: times;">and across,</span></p>
35. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">further and further</span></p>
36. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">from baptism</span></p>
37. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">to breath-taking quiet.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">~</span></p>
38. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p>
39. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">through beautiful seasons</span></p>
40. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">and grief-stricken </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">ones,</span></p>
41. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">the movement of time</span></p>
42. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">twists, </span><span style="font-family: times;"> turns,</span></p>
43. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">and passes</span></p>
44. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">into the Sacred Unknown</span></p>
45. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">to freedom </span></p>
46. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">and hope fulfilled,</span></p>
47. <p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;">to a heart finally flooded with peace.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_VxWYugVQphEnrslnpy4vyuoLBWCtoPifoUIOTO4AzUarguG_vKKaPLiA5i3aToll6s6C0WUT_G6wQe20dbLfNpw_79c5OD-Ck5KYivt1z_EVQvAYPS-5Gq96fJ_2cysd3TgE-WtVII/s1400/0E51E49B-B128-4D59-8347-DB95C65194D0_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1348" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_VxWYugVQphEnrslnpy4vyuoLBWCtoPifoUIOTO4AzUarguG_vKKaPLiA5i3aToll6s6C0WUT_G6wQe20dbLfNpw_79c5OD-Ck5KYivt1z_EVQvAYPS-5Gq96fJ_2cysd3TgE-WtVII/s320/0E51E49B-B128-4D59-8347-DB95C65194D0_1_201_a.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">view from the stone table, Weir Farm</div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 36px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p>
48. &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/5233173412468539686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/09/in-woods-stream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/5233173412468539686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/5233173412468539686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/09/in-woods-stream.html' title='in the woods, a stream'/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_VxWYugVQphEnrslnpy4vyuoLBWCtoPifoUIOTO4AzUarguG_vKKaPLiA5i3aToll6s6C0WUT_G6wQe20dbLfNpw_79c5OD-Ck5KYivt1z_EVQvAYPS-5Gq96fJ_2cysd3TgE-WtVII/s72-c/0E51E49B-B128-4D59-8347-DB95C65194D0_1_201_a.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-3001738458594442462</id><published>2021-07-23T08:18:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2021-07-23T08:26:04.839-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Thoughts</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0VbdcQUOIZcRI7wmCzgV4BK22aE7nYpNOwPidC6gnPnw-723WPmyWZ_YuZc23dqFTaqX4Gsx4iwRUsrau0oXYQW-QDSmtFP_-dY4glSj_LJaOacTraBYt8NekPWEYd268sA7D_Ammz0/s526/fullsizeoutput_172d.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;475&quot; data-original-width=&quot;526&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0VbdcQUOIZcRI7wmCzgV4BK22aE7nYpNOwPidC6gnPnw-723WPmyWZ_YuZc23dqFTaqX4Gsx4iwRUsrau0oXYQW-QDSmtFP_-dY4glSj_LJaOacTraBYt8NekPWEYd268sA7D_Ammz0/w200-h180/fullsizeoutput_172d.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;In my early days as a teacher, summer was my writing time. Before marriage and children, summer days were long and lazy with few distractions. In my free time, I could either read or I could write. A lifetime later, with children grown, and only my much-loved but elderly dog to worry about, I expected this summer to be a reincarnation of my youthful ones. Reading. Writing, a soft drip of endless time to think and imagine, to feel and write.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Perhaps it&#39;s the past few weeks of&amp;nbsp;punishing rain or the time warp presented by the pandemic, maybe it&#39;s just the normal response to growing older, &amp;nbsp;but this go-round I&#39;ve yet to &amp;nbsp;feel summer&#39;s luxurious lethargy. July&#39;s&amp;nbsp;intermittent days of&amp;nbsp;sunshine have been unable to massage away a sense of urgency. There&#39;s my work in progress, my monthly blog, and new ideas that bounce in my brain and beg for attention.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m not complaining, just explaining this months blog entry, a lullaby plucked from another summer&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;which&amp;nbsp;may yet be appropriate for this one.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Summer is here,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Winter is done,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gone is the cold chill&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;that left us alone;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Summer is here,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;The sun’s warm and bright,&lt;span style=&quot;color: #00006d; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;♫&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Gone is the cold, dark night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 9px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seasons come,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seasons go,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Warm spring rain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Comes from cold, bitter snow;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 9px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;And summers will come,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sweet in the rain,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Summers will come,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;They always will come,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Summer has come again...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; 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font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Where is the girl who gazed at me&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;from the attic window?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;For decades I watched and waited&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;for her return.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;I listened for her whispered prayers,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;but heard only the silence&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;of long winters and muted springs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Where is the girl who gazed in shadow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;and reached to touch through shaded glass?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Now others stand at the window.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Their curious eyes watch and wonder&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;at my secrets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;I wait, but the girl with dark eyes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;does not come.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;She promised to return&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;when the world unclenched&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;its wounded fist,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;when peace and tranquility&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;reclaimed their rightful place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Season after season, I have waited,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;but she has not come back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Now my leaves are brown, even in spring,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;The blood in my veins has grown dark and dry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;You who stand at the attic window,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;will you tell her that I waited?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Will you tell her that I waited and stood witness?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;There was a girl with dark brown eyes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;and brown hair.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;My laden arms ached to shelter her&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;but I could not. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;Yet, she loved me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;She loved my tender blossoms, and did not fault me&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;when bitter winds howled &amp;nbsp;through winter &amp;nbsp;branches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Think not of all the misery&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;but of the beauty that remains&lt;/i&gt;, she whispered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;He who has courage and faith&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;will never perish in misery&lt;/i&gt;, she promised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; 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style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ14eO3KBBcS7BBEUWustjfDp0iEmnkc2pZRU_Cv3Qt6Th_b_-G2PDDRI7dncszj01uKsJNA9i2VVpQO2FbgWEWocx9BOHlnXgVv-PU_PEVzmutoPoqgpq2_Hok5-OX0wiipAKT2oNACM/s2048/0AAC1130-BC5C-4674-9C5C-F59847A8865B.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1536&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ14eO3KBBcS7BBEUWustjfDp0iEmnkc2pZRU_Cv3Qt6Th_b_-G2PDDRI7dncszj01uKsJNA9i2VVpQO2FbgWEWocx9BOHlnXgVv-PU_PEVzmutoPoqgpq2_Hok5-OX0wiipAKT2oNACM/s320/0AAC1130-BC5C-4674-9C5C-F59847A8865B.jpeg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;Who are you fallen soldier,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;whose name I do not know,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;Is your youthful dream of glory&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;Do you hear our somber drumbeats?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;Do you hear our sober song?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;Do you feel our doleful heartache&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;that you are dead and gone?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px; min-height: 15px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;We will not forget you fallen comrade!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;Though long years be washed away,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;forever you are in our hearts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Snell Roundhand&amp;quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0px 9px;&quot;&gt;and forever there you’ll stay!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;This poem was written by William James, a character from my most recent verse novel,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Flooded Requiem for Johnstown&lt;/u&gt;. Flooded&amp;nbsp;tells the story of the Johnstown Flood, a devastating breach that &amp;nbsp;occurred the day after Memorial Day in 1889. &amp;nbsp;Then known as Decoration Day, this day of remembrance was originally established to remember those who died in the Civil War.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;The South Fork Dam had been built 14 miles above the industrial city of Johnstown PA. When it collapsed &amp;nbsp;on May 31st, 1889, &amp;nbsp;2,209 people,&amp;nbsp; including 99 entire families and 396 children perished. Many of these victims were never identified.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;Listed as missing and never identified was William James, aged 10, from Market Street. Perhaps Willy was Unknown # 88, noted only in the morgue book as a&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;boy with dark hair.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Or maybe #445,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;boy in short pants with button shoe.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;Or #65. Or 89. Or 159. 505. &amp;nbsp;507—&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;William James was ten when he died, a schoolboy with his whole life ahead of him. In my imagination, William James was also poet who wrote and recited the above poem at the Decoration Day ceremony on May 30, 1889.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;&quot;&gt;Today is Memorial Day, once known as Decoration Day. Because the books I write change me, because the characters I create remain with me, today, as we rightly remember those who have died in the many wars that followed the Civil War, I am also remembering William James and the&amp;nbsp;inhabitants of Johnstown. Like those who perish in war, Willy and the other victims of the Johnstown Flood were taken from us far too soon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/5254828856031084651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/05/my-most-recent-verse-novel-flooded.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/5254828856031084651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/5254828856031084651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/05/my-most-recent-verse-novel-flooded.html' title=''/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ14eO3KBBcS7BBEUWustjfDp0iEmnkc2pZRU_Cv3Qt6Th_b_-G2PDDRI7dncszj01uKsJNA9i2VVpQO2FbgWEWocx9BOHlnXgVv-PU_PEVzmutoPoqgpq2_Hok5-OX0wiipAKT2oNACM/s72-c/0AAC1130-BC5C-4674-9C5C-F59847A8865B.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-4703489419638224376</id><published>2021-05-21T11:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2021-05-21T11:29:42.035-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;More than two years ago, I resolved to blog at least once a month. It had been brought to my attention that engaging with my audience was important and a social media presence would add to my credibility as a writer. Some months the post comes naturally— a new poem I want to share, a new book on the horizon. Other months find me wondering what I should write about. It&#39;s especially hard for me to write when I&#39;m starting something new and can&#39;t wait to spend the day with &amp;nbsp;characters I am just getting to know, curious as to what I might discover about them. This is one of those months. I&#39;ve a new project I want to explore but I also came across an unfinished project that I wanted to revisit. And that&#39;s where I&#39;ve been— sitting at my desk with old friends whose goals, I&#39;ve discovered, have changed since our last sit-down. To me writing is always more about listening than creating and when I&#39;m lost in the world of my characters, it&#39;s hard to shake off their dilemmas and craft a blogpost in my own voice. I wonder if other writers feel this way or if it&#39;s because I am an introvert by nature and blogging seems so much more revealing— like the difference between acting on stage and giving a speech. Anyway, this month, it&#39;s just a quick pondering. 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;">but it’s not enough, I know, </p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px;">I too mourn the polar bear,</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; 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88. &lt;p style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-indent: 36px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/5120192336747599890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/04/i-t-s-been-struggle-lately-hasnt-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/5120192336747599890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/5120192336747599890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/04/i-t-s-been-struggle-lately-hasnt-it.html' title=''/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurtylwT_Nyw9ck2O-cwqKcEVhny3nwUuQiZQwQ7z6r0M8H5sUbYX2ZypfMphV03sf2YcxCVlA0QACAi76O4yMIF3xzdUcwQJYC568Jm6v5YXVoSLsxHOPloMG_f-rnBqakzFFRRYCvtU/s72-w200-h192-c/Earth+day.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5818451584573859772.post-7115816162229004877</id><published>2021-04-10T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2021-04-10T13:11:20.502-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A POEM IN BOXES </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Through out my school-visit career I have been increasingly impressed by the awareness and sensitivity of &amp;nbsp;our young people. Most recently, I was inspired by the students of the Irma Rangel Young Women&#39;s Leadership school in Dallas, Texas whose mission is to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;provide young ladies in grade 6 through 12 with a global education that emphasizes mathematics, science, and technology in a rigorous Pre-Advanced Placement academic environment.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;During the pandemic, all school visits have been through zoom and since April is National Poetry Month, I was moved to write the poem below. It is dedicated to the young women in the Irma Rangel Leadership School, but it is reflective of the thoughtful questions, open hearts and courageous vision demonstrated by all the young people I have visited via zoom during this difficult year. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Verses start in upper left corner and read in a circle to my final wish for each student I&#39;ve been lucky enough to meet through zoom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_2Vqv6qjD7a8yFSI1VW2HDAwEZ0Pl31yvpeKeB59rQNoCGqIzayVKrps5lOiVEfPyVuNt7X2wSSzKPN7PamEwa_BoaoauQCfraZ3jUBczx7Bes2_i_FYcR60IevTfZ894gkJKQawS2Q/s2048/7BEF0E2E-52E2-4972-A16C-6356725C30AB_1_201_a.heic&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2001&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;626&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_2Vqv6qjD7a8yFSI1VW2HDAwEZ0Pl31yvpeKeB59rQNoCGqIzayVKrps5lOiVEfPyVuNt7X2wSSzKPN7PamEwa_BoaoauQCfraZ3jUBczx7Bes2_i_FYcR60IevTfZ894gkJKQawS2Q/w640-h626/7BEF0E2E-52E2-4972-A16C-6356725C30AB_1_201_a.heic&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/feeds/7115816162229004877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-poem-in-boxes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/7115816162229004877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/5818451584573859772/posts/default/7115816162229004877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://anneburg.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-poem-in-boxes.html' title='A POEM IN BOXES '/><author><name>Ann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00773008187828004181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwh_2Ve-8Li3GLNLfKujswTmQZ6aOL0R4ckQlI3jppg2jpzUSDE-1GTJR2p9goKJpVrhuhkxTb8NbvPc6RXaoLYJ2n5YCQ_pGjqyziq3KKjvoXjb9PiToY2NEZOeI/s220/get-attachment.aspx.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_2Vqv6qjD7a8yFSI1VW2HDAwEZ0Pl31yvpeKeB59rQNoCGqIzayVKrps5lOiVEfPyVuNt7X2wSSzKPN7PamEwa_BoaoauQCfraZ3jUBczx7Bes2_i_FYcR60IevTfZ894gkJKQawS2Q/s72-w640-h626-c/7BEF0E2E-52E2-4972-A16C-6356725C30AB_1_201_a.heic" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>

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