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are the kids stressed and overscheduled---or is it their parents?
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despite our inherent racism Obama is elected
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hoping for spring and a tree frog in amber
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haiku in the aftermath of a tornado at LadyLake, Florida
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Empty Bowls
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a poem for the Empty Bowls fundraiser for the local Harry Chapin foodbank
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A Question of Charity
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the Naples Winter Wine Festival 2007
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Love in Blue
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children's poem---a rare blue tree frog was found in Corkscrew Swamp
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