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	<title>Mrs. Allen's Poetry Slam Blog</title>
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	<description>TLW 2008 Poetry Slam Blog</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Winter Poem</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/12/06/winter-poem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  On a silent winter eve the snow gathers beneath the
trees. I stare and watch with content as the yard starts to fill with snow.
Through the window the snow looks like water glistening in the moonlight. Or a ever peaceful blanket draped over the silent field that is illuminated by the moon.
The warm fire [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  On a silent winter eve the snow gathers beneath the<br />
trees. I stare and watch with content as the yard starts to fill with snow.</p>
<p>Through the window the snow looks like water glistening in the moonlight. Or a ever peaceful blanket draped over the silent field that is illuminated by the moon.</p>
<p>The warm fire of the indoors is what lights my evening tonight but there is nothing more beautiful then a snowy evening, Through a window that is.</p>
<p>ATSSS</p>
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		<title>Pets: The Real Story From Their Owners</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/10/pets-the-real-story-from-their-owners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gus Berry
I wish we had a cat
Not some lousy dog
Because a dog knows not of the word “bathroom”
Or not to go into it just to get a drink.
Haley Smith
I wish we had a dog
Not some lousy cat
Because a cat scratched up my barbie doll
And tossed her up a tree.
Cynthia Jacman
I wish we had a hamster
Not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gus Berry</p>
<p>I wish we had a cat<br />
Not some lousy dog<br />
Because a dog knows not of the word “bathroom”<br />
Or not to go into it just to get a drink.</p>
<p>Haley Smith</p>
<p>I wish we had a dog<br />
Not some lousy cat<br />
Because a cat scratched up my barbie doll<br />
And tossed her up a tree.</p>
<p>Cynthia Jacman</p>
<p>I wish we had a hamster<br />
Not some lousy bird<br />
Because it pecked my nose<br />
And flew out the window .</p>
<p>Freddy Gorbay</p>
<p>I wish we had a bird<br />
Not some lousy hamster<br />
Because it nearly bit my finger off<br />
And can&#8217;t even change it&#8217;s own litter.</p>
<p>Taylor Raft</p>
<p>I wish we had my brother for a pet<br />
That would be very nice<br />
Because I could lock him in a cage<br />
And only feed him rice!</p>
<p>Writeheart</p>
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		<title>The Most Common Emotions Broken Down</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/10/the-most-common-emotions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “L” would stand for life commitment
The “O” for over and over
The “V” for the vow it shall represent
The “E” for eternity moreover.
The “H” stands for hunger of malevolence
The “A” for alone
The “T” for taunting common sense
The “E” for the everlasting unknown.
Writeheart
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The “L” would stand for life commitment<br />
The “O” for over and over<br />
The “V” for the vow it shall represent<br />
The “E” for eternity moreover.</p>
<p>The “H” stands for hunger of malevolence<br />
The “A” for alone<br />
The “T” for taunting common sense<br />
The “E” for the everlasting unknown.</p>
<p>Writeheart</p>
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		<title>Cowboy</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/10/cowboy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He sits there
Only a few feet away,
His alabaster hands
Fiddling with the hem
Of his dilapidated
Trousers.
I stare at him.
He stares back.
I glare at him.
He glares back
With those
Majestic
valley green eyes
Much like a cat&#8217;s.
His lips are
Cracked
Parched with the dearth
We have experienced profoundly.
That
Sun faded button up
He wore every day,
And that torn
Ten-gallon hat that I knew most cowboys
Were into.
He was a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He sits there<br />
Only a few feet away,<br />
His alabaster hands<br />
Fiddling with the hem<br />
Of his dilapidated<br />
Trousers.</p>
<p>I stare at him.<br />
He stares back.<br />
I glare at him.<br />
He glares back<br />
With those<br />
Majestic<br />
valley green eyes<br />
Much like a cat&#8217;s.</p>
<p>His lips are<br />
Cracked<br />
Parched with the dearth<br />
We have experienced profoundly.<br />
That<br />
Sun faded button up<br />
He wore every day,<br />
And that torn<br />
Ten-gallon hat that I knew most cowboys<br />
Were into.</p>
<p>He was a cowboy,<br />
But a school boy in youth,<br />
Hidden under his stony eyes.<br />
He left the world behind when<br />
His Ma died,<br />
Now burnt<br />
&#8216;Cause no ma was there to tell him what to do.<br />
Now bleary eyed<br />
&#8216;Cause no ma was there to tell him to sleep.<br />
It was him and his horse<br />
Left to the wild<br />
West.</p>
<p>One day<br />
I knew this boy<br />
Sitting across on the other side of the dusty road<br />
Would be that cowboy<br />
That saves<br />
My<br />
Life<br />
In<br />
The<br />
End.</p>
<p>Writeheart</p>
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		<title>A Place Not So Long Before</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/05/180/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stu002</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A place not so long before
With towering silver gates
And a gilded door.
In this garden extravaganza
Sunflowers taking sun&#8217;s place
This embellished bonanza.
A safe haven for those of great tragedies
A balmy spring wind
Buzzing with bees.
I had felt the rays hot upon my back
As I meandered through the flowers
I found nothing was black.
I felt found
Not lost
So I made no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A place not so long before<br />
With towering silver gates<br />
And a gilded door.</p>
<p>In this garden extravaganza<br />
Sunflowers taking sun&#8217;s place<br />
This embellished bonanza.</p>
<p>A safe haven for those of great tragedies<br />
A balmy spring wind<br />
Buzzing with bees.</p>
<p>I had felt the rays hot upon my back<br />
As I meandered through the flowers<br />
I found nothing was black.</p>
<p>I felt found<br />
Not lost<br />
So I made no sound.</p>
<p>I did not want to wake<br />
From this dream<br />
As I dipped in the lake.</p>
<p>This is a place where no wrong is done.<br />
As I laid in the dream<br />
Under that imaginary sun.</p>
<p>Writeheart</p>
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		<title>Words Have Power</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/05/words-have-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actions speak louder than words?
But for that person who heard
It burns like they set their hand on a stove.
Gossip can&#8217;t stop its nasty rove.
Drama is filling up the glass
Immersing my mass.
Watching in as words ride
I can run but I can&#8217;t hide.
I dive down a foxhole
Like a caged animal.
Nothing I can do about it for sure
It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actions speak louder than words?<br />
But for that person who heard</p>
<p>It burns like they set their hand on a stove.<br />
Gossip can&#8217;t stop its nasty rove.</p>
<p>Drama is filling up the glass<br />
Immersing my mass.</p>
<p>Watching in as words ride<br />
I can run but I can&#8217;t hide.</p>
<p>I dive down a foxhole<br />
Like a caged animal.</p>
<p>Nothing I can do about it for sure<br />
It&#8217;s the one way ticket to popular</p>
<p>Just because you demean someone.<br />
But you&#8217;ve just smashed their rising sun.</p>
<p>Words do hurt you do moan<br />
It breaks you more than sticks and stones.</p>
<p>Actions are the better path to take<br />
Don&#8217;t choose rumors for goodness sake!</p>
<p>Writeheart</p>
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		<title>spirit bear</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/02/spirit-bear-3/</link>
		<comments>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/02/spirit-bear-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stu002</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Found Poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Terrified
Cole waited,
had the bear returned
to kill him?
As he waited the storm worsened
wind picking up
gusting harder
rain fell
ATSSS
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Terrified<br />
Cole waited,<br />
had the bear returned<br />
to kill him?</p>
<p>As he waited the storm worsened</p>
<p>wind picking up<br />
gusting harder<br />
rain fell</p>
<p>ATSSS</p>
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		<title>Flowers</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/02/flowers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stu002</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Symbol Poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flowers oh how beautiful.
Growing from seeds,
what a lovely thing.
Flowers on a gravestone,
who would&#8217;ve thought for someone dead.
One thing we know is that,
people cared about them.
Flowers oh how beautiful.
Swaying in the wind.
Looking so stunning, like always.
-cadoozles4
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flowers oh how beautiful.<br />
Growing from seeds,<br />
what a lovely thing.</p>
<p>Flowers on a gravestone,<br />
who would&#8217;ve thought for someone dead.<br />
One thing we know is that,<br />
people cared about them.</p>
<p>Flowers oh how beautiful.<br />
Swaying in the wind.<br />
Looking so stunning, like always.</p>
<p>-cadoozles4</p>
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		<title>Dont hate like that</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/02/dont-hate-like-that/</link>
		<comments>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/02/dont-hate-like-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stu002</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Don't Judge Poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t look at people and automatically hate them cause of there color or race
Don’t hate like that
Do you know who they are or if they are bad or good?
Don’t hate like that
Don’t hate them for what they’ve done badly
Like them for what they’ve done good
Don’t hate like that
When you are walking down the street and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don’t look at people and automatically hate them cause of there color or race<br />
Don’t hate like that<br />
Do you know who they are or if they are bad or good?<br />
Don’t hate like that<br />
Don’t hate them for what they’ve done badly<br />
Like them for what they’ve done good<br />
Don’t hate like that<br />
When you are walking down the street and you see someone sobbing<br />
Don’t laugh or giggle at them see what’s wrong or just keep quit<br />
Don’t hate like that<br />
Don’t hate someone because someone else doesn’t like them<br />
Get to know them before you judge<br />
It’s not funny when someone is crying<br />
Just imagine yourself crying in front of people<br />
How would that feel?<br />
You would probably cry harder<br />
Treat others the way you would like to be treated<br />
If everyone did that the world would be a better place<br />
Wouldn’t that be nice?<br />
Don’t hate like that!!!!!</p>
<p>-soccer12</p>
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		<title>Spirit Bear</title>
		<link>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/02/spirit-bear-2/</link>
		<comments>http://literacyworkshop.org/wpmu/rallen/2008/06/02/spirit-bear-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stu002</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Found Poem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Never in his
life had he felt
so exposed&#8211;
so vulnerable&#8211;
so helpless&#8211;
Fighting to survive
he could stay here
a short
while longer.
He clenched his teeth
against pain
and despair.
Acid electrical smell
burned his nose.
Then.
Once more
he lost consciousness.
By B-Rabbit
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Never in his<br />
life had he felt<br />
so exposed&#8211;<br />
so vulnerable&#8211;<br />
so helpless&#8211;<br />
Fighting to survive<br />
he could stay here<br />
a short<br />
while longer.<br />
He clenched his teeth<br />
against pain<br />
and despair.<br />
Acid electrical smell<br />
burned his nose.<br />
Then.<br />
Once more<br />
he lost consciousness.</p>
<p>By B-Rabbit</p>
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