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Cadaver
Elizabeth Baltaro
It was not as scary as we had imagined,
when we opened the metal crypt
that cradled our body, our cadaver.
The first thing I noticed were bright pink nails.
Without stories, clothing, hair, nor jewelry,
the meager remains of a lifetime
were painted on her fingers. (more…)
(Mary Davey Wilson teaches humanities classes at Omaha North High School.)
I’ve come to realize
that trauma changes all. (more…)
(Dr. Don Welch is a retired English professor from the University of Nebraska at Kearney , NE. )
To play a small candle
on a moonless night,
a voice of light
among the politics of black; (more…)
(Liz Sharpe wrote this poem in the eighth grade at Beveridge Magnet School , Omaha , NE. )
I’ll always be her little girl,
giggling in her lap,
protesting a nap . . . (more…)
(Walker Martin)
I’ve wandered roads to every land
I’ve worn a face of doubt
it weighs like sin,
it holds me in,
I search for some way out (more…)
(Walker Martin teaches eighth grade English at McMillan Middle School in Omaha .)
. . . misunderstood! Well, perhaps that is as it should be. One of the more likely complaints or misconceptions surrounds works of modern poetry. (more…)
Fine Lines devotes this section to young writers in kindergarten through grade six. We hope parents and teachers will encourage their children and students who are just “beginning” to understand the joy that comes from the written word to submit their best work and share it with our readers of all ages.
Worse, I answer.
Most days I feel
we’re going downhill
declining in integrity
discipline, respect, a thing of the past. (more…)
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