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Poems by Sydney Lea
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Three Poems by Sydney Lea

The question may be raised why we chose precisely the past of a city to compare with the past of...
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presbyterian church
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A Lick of Common Sense by Danyl A. Doyle

I was twelve when I figured out God.   Mom was a devout Presbyterian who taught Sunday school. Every evening she...
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THE PARLOR: Summertime Cowboy by Sandy Korey

THE PARLOR is a series on The Milk House that embraces the lighter side of rural life. You can find...
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Bayou
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The End of Summer by JD Clapp

Daddy sat up in a tangled mess of damp sheets. He reached over to the nightstand and grabbed a Camel....
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Three Poems by Daril Bentley

Around Troupsburg The night unwinds its skein of silver-blue wool around the moon and trains its face to glow upon...
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Staying Warm by Shannon Castor
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Staying Warm by Shannon Castor

Staying Warm The plastic bubble bag that shipped vitamins four weeks after purchase did not keep the rain off my...
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Best in Rural Writing 2023 Shortlist
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2023 Best in Rural Writing Contest: Shortlist

After an incredible response from writers that resulted in a large collection of talented work, judge Gráinne Murphy took on...
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open grave
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Alas, Poor Yorick by Michael Durack

William Shakespeare managed to pack an awful lot of drama into his graveyard scene in Hamlet. In fewer than three...
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Ezra Ray by Nick Wynne

Ezra Ray and I grew up together in a small South Georgia town of no more than three thousand persons....
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old tools
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The Kinship of Tools by Thomas Alan Orr

The Kinship of Tools When we bought the farm, the old man shook my hand, his grip still strong from...
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Cow in snow
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The Snow Field by Mark Scheel

A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “The fact has not created in me...
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Scuba diver black and white
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Down Under by Jon Pyatt

Ninety feet beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, in the inky dark of night, hovering just above a reef...
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