tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66046268340730126582024-03-12T22:50:58.262-07:00EPIPHANY'S VOICEor Who Are All These People Talking in My Head?!THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-30781209261876875822011-08-04T20:49:00.000-07:002011-08-04T21:10:03.852-07:00by Tim<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNYIV5ttBNyWZNr4wQnFxdlf8HaTC1zWRwtG74H09T7Wtoiaj-xI8PmHVJverpHVX9ZTTie9ug8_z9uQjxuywwL5IFwRXqv3ZXMYcH8oHO81EdyVXnRDcAMHdSWwlTjEvCK87rZzdE64/s1600/IMG_8654.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNYIV5ttBNyWZNr4wQnFxdlf8HaTC1zWRwtG74H09T7Wtoiaj-xI8PmHVJverpHVX9ZTTie9ug8_z9uQjxuywwL5IFwRXqv3ZXMYcH8oHO81EdyVXnRDcAMHdSWwlTjEvCK87rZzdE64/s320/IMG_8654.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637214053335359538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dumbledore's Army - by Tim</span><br /><br /><br />What kind of sillyass<br />juxtapositional oxymoron<br />declaration<br />is that on Tony's car?<br /><br />Armies aren't peace.<br /><br />This whole HP thing<br />is pretty damn violent,<br />if you ask me.<br /><br />Even with elves and wands<br />and horcruxes<br />instead of fighter jets.<br /><br />Even with British accents -<br />well, look at James Bond.<br /><br />Violent.<br /><br />Even with kickass wizardgirls<br />with freaky first names.<br /><br />Okay, Granger was pretty cool.<br />And Hagrid was a humongous<br />soft-o-hearted godfather.<br />And Harry,<br />he actually pulled it together<br />at the end.<br /><br />An army.<br /><br />Violent,<br />because armies are,<br />I guess.<br /><br />Fight for peace?<br />Sounds backwards.<br /><br />What was the alternative?<br /><br />I'm in.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-65506330588910289042011-04-17T18:58:00.000-07:002011-04-17T18:59:23.535-07:00by Terese<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoUxHmOvy7louJpVSu3PlvZfHPsEV7VIRbxNFNT2Ro_TrqUOJYbMMu-J9jb3o1ulVCMX8savgsUeYUIMIr9xMsiFCOFxaBjTwDhgdALjwGk9HGpsgQKyLHD2-kkcCJrPlf05SXHLxgTg/s1600/modesscrop.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoUxHmOvy7louJpVSu3PlvZfHPsEV7VIRbxNFNT2Ro_TrqUOJYbMMu-J9jb3o1ulVCMX8savgsUeYUIMIr9xMsiFCOFxaBjTwDhgdALjwGk9HGpsgQKyLHD2-kkcCJrPlf05SXHLxgTg/s320/modesscrop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588014007389324450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What Boys Don't Know - by Terese</span><br /><br /><br />One helluvan old bathroom<br />this place has.<br /><br />Dea says,<br />Ever seen one of these?<br /><br />Standing next to it,<br />I google the name<br />on the metal machine<br />and it's ancient.<br />Modess isn't even a company<br />I can find.<br /><br />Modess?<br />Like "modest?"<br />Right here in the public restroom?<br /><br />Dea digs in her purse<br />and puts a dime in.<br />Nada.<br /><br />Pads. Ugh.<br />Who uses them?<br /><br />Oh.<br />Dea.<br /><br />I never knew that!<br /><br />We're laughing,<br />elbowing each other,<br />and in walks<br />this tall pinch-nosed witchwoman in black heels.<br />We tumble out the swinging door,<br />snorting.<br /><br />What boys don't know.<br /><br />Boys get to pee on the toilet seat.<br /><br />Girls have to deal with<br />pads and cramps<br />and moods.<br /><br />What boys don't know<br />is how embarrassing it is<br />to even have<br />feminine products<br />for sale<br />in the restroom.<br /><br />And if we'd really needed one,<br />we would have<br />lost our money<br />and been running home<br />to change jeans.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-12739801804848588722011-03-25T06:46:00.000-07:002011-03-25T13:38:16.528-07:00by Li<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MC-PcIl8lVwErRB_PBuNA6UUU2qlzL_mQaXiGec81YXW2hzH2RvZ0ft0vnNy4B657LePEqefVWLPa8ZskwRLufR_0uva9ox92A9dq1XgLgi8dcm-hb8cIzKQqJDPaQquBib_I51kGdM/s1600/laughingladycrop.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588013823736497058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MC-PcIl8lVwErRB_PBuNA6UUU2qlzL_mQaXiGec81YXW2hzH2RvZ0ft0vnNy4B657LePEqefVWLPa8ZskwRLufR_0uva9ox92A9dq1XgLgi8dcm-hb8cIzKQqJDPaQquBib_I51kGdM/s320/laughingladycrop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">InsideLaughingOut - by Li</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Standing outside the shop,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">reality and reflection fuse.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">If I stare long enough</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I don't know</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">which is inside,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">which is out.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The lady is like me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I am not a reflection</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">but acting</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">in a glass box,</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">the world pasting itself on me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">And do I keep on laughing?</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I do.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-37173476293005156402011-02-06T16:04:00.000-08:002011-02-06T16:17:38.407-08:00by Janet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JSaNcNpzVTfh_qZZjB-nP_ezen0GMTuPR_to4OrbgJmYXa9REpXRqwvAXklj2Cm8NdbsYo-7z2MoBwnseStoV0bhzrpMVgbQpHh8rMbuJ6fDgK7EM2i05ZyP6lq6pvrzHyLpZLLP3Q0/s1600/IMG_7323.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JSaNcNpzVTfh_qZZjB-nP_ezen0GMTuPR_to4OrbgJmYXa9REpXRqwvAXklj2Cm8NdbsYo-7z2MoBwnseStoV0bhzrpMVgbQpHh8rMbuJ6fDgK7EM2i05ZyP6lq6pvrzHyLpZLLP3Q0/s320/IMG_7323.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570731841728954098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Huddle - by Janet</span><br /><br />Here it is, folks,<br />the Big Game!<br /><br />Fans huddled in their TV room<br />chowing tacos<br />watching<br />players huddled in their shoulder pads<br />who are doing all the<br />exercise.<br /><br />And look out the window!<br />We've got<br />Southern California, here!<br /><br />Sunny<br />breezy<br />seventy-five degreezy<br />and<br />no referee!<br /><br />Enjoy your from-the-can queso dip.<br /><br />I've touched down<br />on the beach.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-40957780902431646292011-01-21T10:45:00.000-08:002011-01-21T11:04:22.451-08:00by Josefine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFdC-AgKojD8v-o_U_eLiuG4dJSdsNhUe7tm4psXsWf3Va-QF4isbh8PG5qEIJcQlvfo7Y5r7_JxZZnYYZuLOTpflMH1lPEavohkl_sNKf-ACggYX8VxCe5TMF8nUmUXuTdB-utMK6A0/s1600/IMG_7271.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFdC-AgKojD8v-o_U_eLiuG4dJSdsNhUe7tm4psXsWf3Va-QF4isbh8PG5qEIJcQlvfo7Y5r7_JxZZnYYZuLOTpflMH1lPEavohkl_sNKf-ACggYX8VxCe5TMF8nUmUXuTdB-utMK6A0/s320/IMG_7271.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564712545510240130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buddha and Mary - by Josefine</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How far I have come,</span><br />thinks Buddha,<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">from </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">one without excess</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">to </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">this bulging largess,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">a slick trinket sold for paperfied gold.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How far I have come,</span><br />thinks Mary,<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">from</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">one humble virgin</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">to </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">this other version,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">promoting my grace with a furry blue face.</span><br /><br /><br />There they are.<br /><br />Standing together.<br /><br />Glistening belly<br />and<br />solemn soft fuzz.<br /><br />Neither quite ready<br />for the<span style="font-style: italic;"> is</span><br />from the <span style="font-style: italic;">was</span>.<br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-83288774499668171932011-01-06T18:45:00.000-08:002011-01-06T18:55:29.786-08:00by Daco<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xD3THsH8jxNh52-yiO3qXJldYUOTy9rEGs5r_eiLPa-1ifHtzQMOuSdNsXcLXzQ6HifMrRRr9tf65vk43C6-y0vW7arAmB86NK3_SqfarNGRp-ekw0MWsw5w12Rxj_11mQ-PyIzzJxc/s1600/IMG_7029.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xD3THsH8jxNh52-yiO3qXJldYUOTy9rEGs5r_eiLPa-1ifHtzQMOuSdNsXcLXzQ6HifMrRRr9tf65vk43C6-y0vW7arAmB86NK3_SqfarNGRp-ekw0MWsw5w12Rxj_11mQ-PyIzzJxc/s320/IMG_7029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559269738026977186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Celebrat'n da New Year - by Daco</span><br /><br />Dat's what ahm talkin bout.<br /><br />Red slop<br />cat-sup<br />dat Toe-maaay-toe jazz.<br /><br />All shiny<br />in a bitty paper cuppa thing,<br />ready for it<br />ready for it<br />but naw<br />you gotta waaaaait<br />cause da burger ain't up yet.<br /><br />And da burger's job,<br />see,<br />is to<br />transport<br />d'important<br />stuff.<br /><br />Red slop.<br /><br />Sometimes at home,<br />right outta bottle,<br />open wide.<br /><br />Where's dat burger?<br /><br />Slop me.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-80749937822818993512010-10-11T15:23:00.000-07:002010-10-11T16:29:24.387-07:00by Kevin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKTC_zlZeOZ-UP1dNTAkok8fB9PbQ0A50H9K12vDLyJqBOF0z6TnWmwdIRYaxdMnjkCXwL3aAi1f6fjT70oBPytKK3iNOGydqA3gpKfZDJhdI0HpgvEc3VzJIQN8LBgg7XbFIT07TYq0/s1600/tp+crop.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKTC_zlZeOZ-UP1dNTAkok8fB9PbQ0A50H9K12vDLyJqBOF0z6TnWmwdIRYaxdMnjkCXwL3aAi1f6fjT70oBPytKK3iNOGydqA3gpKfZDJhdI0HpgvEc3VzJIQN8LBgg7XbFIT07TYq0/s320/tp+crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526918490485821586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:webdings;font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >GHOULS - by Kevin</span></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Jenner's house.<br /><br />Pretty impressive,<br />tp'ing a tree that size.<br /><br />Thing is,<br />Jenner's sister Lacey<br />said she saw<br />me and Copeland<br />do it<br />and told her parents.<br /><br />But it isn't true.<br /><br />Or,<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I</span> didn't do it,<br />but Copeland was bragging<br />all over school<br />that <span style="font-style: italic;">he</span> did.<br /><br />My name got<br />added in to the story somehow<br />but I don't know why<br /><br />and I can't prove I wasn't<br />where I really was<br />at midnight last night<br /><br />which was<br />in my room<br />reading an old MT Anderson novel<br />by my camping headlamp.<br /><br />Now I have to apologize<br />to Jenner's family<br />and help Copeland<br />take all that shit down from that huge pine.<br /><br />I don't even know<br />if Copeland really did it,<br />or<br />the ghouls are out early<br />this year.<br /><br />But I'm pissed at all of them.<br />The ghouls,<br />Copeland,<br />and<br />especially Lacey,<br />who I thought<br />liked me.<br />She even gave me a high-five<br />after football practice<br />Tuesday.<br /><br />But now she got me<br />grounded.<br />And I'm not allowed<br />to play football for<br />two days.<br /><br />Maybe girls are ghouls.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-37008304784211760572010-09-13T21:06:00.000-07:002010-09-13T21:22:24.690-07:00by Lena<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxR8FOMRBp_fyOV8_7HeZ7GdLBTVTYqM-Oc478D7LWbf6G89iGGOInVAnrSZfLt7nGYmgZdaz7NybVdUgHDBvedufa3gFgkQ0Mp2omLqjBcnfXz_CyBfUD09sZjVCm3mvND3ZOf3mHuQ/s1600/kaledrops.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxR8FOMRBp_fyOV8_7HeZ7GdLBTVTYqM-Oc478D7LWbf6G89iGGOInVAnrSZfLt7nGYmgZdaz7NybVdUgHDBvedufa3gFgkQ0Mp2omLqjBcnfXz_CyBfUD09sZjVCm3mvND3ZOf3mHuQ/s400/kaledrops.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516617142807832930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >The Fog of Farronbrook - by Lena </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><br />With fall comes fog,<br />this morning faster than before,<br />that wet monstrous maw of Farronbrook<br />sucking in and out<br />in great greedy breaths,<br />dippling all in its path,<br />dead grass,<br />old garden kale,<br />my lashes,<br />as I stand in my pajamas<br />cursing the sop and rot<br />of this place that is not<br />Wildlight Island,<br />the delicate song of summer.<br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-48386100764867169892010-06-28T07:26:00.000-07:002010-06-28T07:45:48.740-07:00by Lassi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1S5PVSGUgNsIzb7AAYGsZGgEwc-lvpee0jycZXXlqjpBz7eP_5FQdSf9blBqDX-M4TaAlSijts5CnbS-VdvHLvMySp7IXsUzOgBiicZvgVgqOBlnCWlsu8buWPrz2NApaqHLWozkKCnc/s1600/poolfoot.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1S5PVSGUgNsIzb7AAYGsZGgEwc-lvpee0jycZXXlqjpBz7eP_5FQdSf9blBqDX-M4TaAlSijts5CnbS-VdvHLvMySp7IXsUzOgBiicZvgVgqOBlnCWlsu8buWPrz2NApaqHLWozkKCnc/s320/poolfoot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487830929357988706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Summah - by Lassi</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's here!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Finals done,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">graduation for Ari and Tina,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">can't find a job yet -</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> -oh well-</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">lolling by the pool by myself</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in last year's bikini,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">sweet tea,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">freshcrunching corn</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">raw on the cob,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">warding off sunsparkles</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">with a draping hand,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a good book,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a second good book</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">standing by,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">free to gently </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">blend<br />into the gathering </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">haze<br />of chlorine.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-80747766931864653532010-06-20T15:51:00.000-07:002010-06-20T15:58:16.444-07:00by Ella<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXru4UFUCUBYeL6oMazT19bVXEOMOmOdPmv5BrpGFMewCs1EVyUQE0Jz8MC1uj04gkcp4vM-G9ZZ0RFCl86ypjbKotKTzkhB84O3pJ7NSrEukkPHI87ufauSm6D4gjUX5nUbjnKb2U08/s1600/dandilion.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJXru4UFUCUBYeL6oMazT19bVXEOMOmOdPmv5BrpGFMewCs1EVyUQE0Jz8MC1uj04gkcp4vM-G9ZZ0RFCl86ypjbKotKTzkhB84O3pJ7NSrEukkPHI87ufauSm6D4gjUX5nUbjnKb2U08/s320/dandilion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484992723628126834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tooth of Lion - by Ella</span><br /><br />Nosy bee-ahtch neighbor<br />and her nasty comments.<br /><br />She left a note on my car -<br />- <span style="font-style: italic;">my</span> car!<br />to say we should be ashamed<br />of our yard,<br />the worst on the block,<br />"at least mow the weeds!"<br /><br />Well now,<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">look</span> at this beautiful<br />gossamer silk puff,<br />this wistful<br />delicata<br />life-package.<br /><br />Who wouldn't keep such<br />a gorgeous<br />thing?<br /><br />And get rid of the neighbor?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-92094575727915483672010-05-25T09:56:00.000-07:002010-05-25T10:07:22.634-07:00by Vera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkk8ae7GiLsK-PB4ywQdMVHtSbwXB4Es05JKExYI8zaq9AdmrRb8tzcb-ftl3tHqdoFO3cSKF1ybUXRH6ZL5SPXPHVXrlvG9h7j228UfhhO3VtRRyOP-DkJLtyxidd8rDMPOKt2aN0_FM/s1600/olympicflamepc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkk8ae7GiLsK-PB4ywQdMVHtSbwXB4Es05JKExYI8zaq9AdmrRb8tzcb-ftl3tHqdoFO3cSKF1ybUXRH6ZL5SPXPHVXrlvG9h7j228UfhhO3VtRRyOP-DkJLtyxidd8rDMPOKt2aN0_FM/s320/olympicflamepc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475252727422968706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Another Step with the Flame - by Vera</span><br /><br />She held it aloft,<br />the sparking torch,<br />tripping forward<br />through schist<br />with moments of trepidation<br />and obvious frustration<br />and love<br />and persistence<br />and humorous castration.<br /><br />Another edit done.<br />A magnificent feat.<br /><br />And now<br />for some dark chocolate<br />and gardening.THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-44556638016012381722010-05-17T21:16:00.000-07:002010-05-17T21:19:05.582-07:00by Thalia<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Oy! Big big big deadline coming up for my next novel, so you will hear naught from me in the next two weeks. Notice I'm not even tryin' to make this poetic? Middle of next week I will be working simply in grunts and hand motions. Words will be gonzo......</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">See you in a bit! Keep stopping by!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">~Thalia</span></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-7359662494708898712010-05-10T10:46:00.000-07:002010-05-10T10:59:39.368-07:00by Jill<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeBqclqnfgWduNnSj_5lLgi349lJjBJGGoE4UfsJydYg-s3S5l5Jsm63kiK5cEDAkxy-F83bOejT_Tlir33iBXDOPCrxly_v3wp4SlQ6w95godJZeBoEWvYllj86hgJd8v9zgyrWi-Tc/s1600/fairviewgardens.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeBqclqnfgWduNnSj_5lLgi349lJjBJGGoE4UfsJydYg-s3S5l5Jsm63kiK5cEDAkxy-F83bOejT_Tlir33iBXDOPCrxly_v3wp4SlQ6w95godJZeBoEWvYllj86hgJd8v9zgyrWi-Tc/s320/fairviewgardens.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469699598312643202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Farming - by Jill</span><br /><br /><br />The worst frickin thing<br />you can be told to do<br />when you are<br />already<br />angry<br />is "Weed the beans."<br /><br />But Mom's particular ferocity<br />sent me out<br />to the hammering sun,<br />where I sat on my butt<br />scootching downrow<br />as I pulled tiny leaflets,<br />and dontcha know,<br />two hours later<br />riding the rhythm of the earth<br />I didn't mind<br />the ant on my ankle<br />the sweat on my neck<br />the way Jessup taunted me that<br />I was going to fail French.<br /><br />Mothers are so<br />right.<br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-7988061903217039032010-05-02T21:48:00.000-07:002010-05-02T22:05:46.066-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyzayWnLEclkmxtavsI3m1La5WG0rWfUzfu0aB9WOS7JBWf9o4KskyJsLcFZGrLrUE4xoIF8q8CRbj38pymy6c5bt8_mPaFpbFwNpxB-eXQnvsIOyVPBaVsylGKE3gPi0sJE_T1sIJTY/s1600/mocker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyzayWnLEclkmxtavsI3m1La5WG0rWfUzfu0aB9WOS7JBWf9o4KskyJsLcFZGrLrUE4xoIF8q8CRbj38pymy6c5bt8_mPaFpbFwNpxB-eXQnvsIOyVPBaVsylGKE3gPi0sJE_T1sIJTY/s320/mocker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466901234098060018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mocker Perspective - by Lynne</span><br /><br />Difficult to balance<br />yourself<br />with that.<br /><br />Difficult to be on watch,<br />swiveling your head<br />with a branch that big.<br /><br />Difficult to sing<br />so intricate a melody<br />with a branch that big<br />slanting from your beak.<br /><br />Or maybe just<br />difficult<br />if you are not a mockingbird.<br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-23196741326621324372010-04-27T08:27:00.000-07:002010-04-27T08:35:06.173-07:00by Vera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIeR0myWYC5WQ2tOwFAm2zbTok-MPLk6tju7lExEevbcYG3YT6jwUsCn3ylPB40NFk1QK9oUOtDePUP0LTuaxZUn4rBgh2eeZsc0XUSHkjs2dFfiSEo1jA67vy_cl1YI7KQGzl2SXHOU/s1600/IMG_5056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIeR0myWYC5WQ2tOwFAm2zbTok-MPLk6tju7lExEevbcYG3YT6jwUsCn3ylPB40NFk1QK9oUOtDePUP0LTuaxZUn4rBgh2eeZsc0XUSHkjs2dFfiSEo1jA67vy_cl1YI7KQGzl2SXHOU/s320/IMG_5056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464839470315258322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Call Back Tomorrow - by Vera</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />There it is<br />spewed over the desk,<br />papers and sticky notes and adjectives,<br />all chasing each other<br />in parabolic paths<br />so she can<br />congeal it<br />mold it<br />soothe it<br />before deadline<br />into a novel.<br /><br />And it's all about me.<br />Hah!</span><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-13812267743559518752010-04-13T11:11:00.000-07:002010-04-13T11:24:54.419-07:00by Cara<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZe44mUoXuURmuTNnhDzIAW40OF02dNqeWxECVikLajc5OzrU6tCwuR79WMPMUxF0p87RSSNqhYMUXbVS2TarHxf1ny1DBsHTjQRBAyG_-UIYchpzKzCJo5elPh3_BHZi-7JRPv2Ggxs/s1600/beetle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZe44mUoXuURmuTNnhDzIAW40OF02dNqeWxECVikLajc5OzrU6tCwuR79WMPMUxF0p87RSSNqhYMUXbVS2TarHxf1ny1DBsHTjQRBAyG_-UIYchpzKzCJo5elPh3_BHZi-7JRPv2Ggxs/s320/beetle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459687278754040626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Really Big Maybe Stinkbug - by Cara</span><br /><br />I'm not touchin it!<br />Marco says that<br />Brianna says that<br />her brother got stank up by that bug,<br />and I don't know<br />what it's real name is<br />but it's for sure<br />a real stink bug.<br /><br />If you touch it<br />it lifts up its butt and<br />sprays you<br />like Presto's gang did with the fire hydrant<br />last summer,<br />only stinkier,<br />Marco says,<br />stink like burning tires and dog puke.<br /><br />Careful!<br />It's walking this way!<br /><br />Sure is big.<br />And shiny black<br />like someone's been buffin him.<br />Like Sancho does on his duelly.<br /><br />Kind of pretty.<br /><br />Well,<br />I don't know if<br />it's for sure that bug<br />like Marco says,<br />but I'm not chancin it.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">You</span> touch it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-36398044763681812010-04-03T08:16:00.000-07:002010-04-03T08:27:52.809-07:00by Marvo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-DaTXd41nTyH4wnPEBDdmy2aSq4TbUkSpQgwui_tcf7GNrsDPdMWbw_sQXPxmRYH31o1iN_XAMFdIuJ5RDGl5jEjrL1bHk-KEPAQ0CsiYsVAylrYEyVk38Y_4vJ7pgwzNVdg2Wy5Z6U/s1600/IMG_4947.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-DaTXd41nTyH4wnPEBDdmy2aSq4TbUkSpQgwui_tcf7GNrsDPdMWbw_sQXPxmRYH31o1iN_XAMFdIuJ5RDGl5jEjrL1bHk-KEPAQ0CsiYsVAylrYEyVk38Y_4vJ7pgwzNVdg2Wy5Z6U/s320/IMG_4947.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455930772757617234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blockhead - by Marvo </span><br /><br />So her dad asked me to come over,<br />right?<br />and lay some block with him.<br /><br />And I don't know anything about<br />laying concrete block,<br />but it's Lorna's dad,<br />right?<br /><br />So I am saying yes<br />without thinking,<br />and we plan for today<br />and I borrow leather gloves<br />from DeVito<br />and I'm pretty on top of it all,<br />because I get to spend the day<br />around Lorna,<br />working and helping her dad.<br /><br />But when I drive up,<br />he tells me<br />Lorna's upstate for the weekend<br />with her older sister.<br /><br />And then he sends me home,<br />right?<br />to change into jeans<br />instead of<br />shorts.<br /><br />I don't know what I'm doing.<br /><br />And I've gotta do it<br />my whole<br />Saturday.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-73945285948716604942010-03-11T14:37:00.000-08:002010-03-11T15:07:34.968-08:00by Thalia<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >Forgive me, forgive me! I am remiss in my bloggation duties.<br /><br />Deadline looms for book #2 and I am entranced, entrenched, and entangled.<br /><br />Beware the Ides of March!<br /><br /><br />(Stay tuned next week, I'll be back....)<br /><br />~Thalia<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-33718673365378085762010-02-21T20:35:00.000-08:002010-02-21T20:45:22.846-08:00by Hammond<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlyPbkj2bfcKaMKcxQVQCm3nUADKPU1L12AJB1fUqorH0cjcEYR7I7Yi55Sx7Nti5hddb4EUG1hfpMeJhlm2_jGLRF_J4rnqdXAOUnqG11kfQod2infB0AhpTDVIiBmx5TKEGDmjxH0U/s1600-h/mushroom+push.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlyPbkj2bfcKaMKcxQVQCm3nUADKPU1L12AJB1fUqorH0cjcEYR7I7Yi55Sx7Nti5hddb4EUG1hfpMeJhlm2_jGLRF_J4rnqdXAOUnqG11kfQod2infB0AhpTDVIiBmx5TKEGDmjxH0U/s320/mushroom+push.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440922122555408434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Mighty - by Hammond</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Soggy here<br />dribbling rain<br />down my sweatshirt neck.<br /><br />But that's normal for me<br />usually.<br /><br />I'm here in the dank<br />to escape thoughts of Jeneva<br />Jeneva<br />Jeneva<br />who didn't say yes<br />when I asked<br />Jeneva<br />Jeneva<br />and it scares me that<br />I really thought<br />she might say yes.<br /><br />So I came here<br />in the dank<br />to smear out my delusions<br />with slug slime and drips<br />down my sweatshirt.<br /><br />But I found<br />I found<br />this beautiful thing,<br />yes, I said beautiful,<br />this strong bursting mushroom<br />perfect white<br />with gills like a new filter<br />pushing up a mound of earth<br />all by itself.<br /><br />And look at where a mushroom comes from.<br /><br />So I'm feeling<br />better<br />already.<br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-23559432699106781572010-02-07T20:24:00.000-08:002010-02-07T20:38:37.791-08:00by Vera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfrfQ26QaBWfR_cI9H4EERN-NkRnZR_FG8XEOgeTep3RBB5EZL5QPh1-f5AiyNerom0hTlkAOgoazofu49wYkvKO0TnR6_KIabgrIMcyRm4q5jECUn6kt-XTYzNU54xzhFuaaIoFsDMg/s1600-h/outhouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfrfQ26QaBWfR_cI9H4EERN-NkRnZR_FG8XEOgeTep3RBB5EZL5QPh1-f5AiyNerom0hTlkAOgoazofu49wYkvKO0TnR6_KIabgrIMcyRm4q5jECUn6kt-XTYzNU54xzhFuaaIoFsDMg/s320/outhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435723919813069458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >La Toilette - by Vera</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So I figured</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> out why</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">there's a one-holer out back.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My indoor toilet clogged on day II.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />When I went outside to find roots</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">grappling with the pipe<br />emerging from </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">my cabin,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I backed away.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One thing I know is camping.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Compost toilets are easy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Throw a little scrub and dirt</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">on top of your ahems</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and voila -</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">very little stink.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The outhouse hasn't been used in decades,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">dry as coprolite.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So the only thing upset</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">by my new process</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">is Grandfather Lizard<br />who lives below the hole.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Nasty shock for him this afternoon,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">after that can of refried beans</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">got through me.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-75373190545026328142010-01-25T09:53:00.000-08:002010-01-25T10:06:59.541-08:00by Andira<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA4ZKTbL1qNdL-Ss-hWbu_AeqarUEuLL6SkDdfQjMJRr5gLFxdCTonY3W-N4eOkC4xtCzwSk2XX7KLN5COxoFuBFB3mag7jhFMDZGlCV2W0x7I5YDFkuhNl1uhr8EDMnzFRiGtvevLPg/s1600-h/IMG_4512.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaA4ZKTbL1qNdL-Ss-hWbu_AeqarUEuLL6SkDdfQjMJRr5gLFxdCTonY3W-N4eOkC4xtCzwSk2XX7KLN5COxoFuBFB3mag7jhFMDZGlCV2W0x7I5YDFkuhNl1uhr8EDMnzFRiGtvevLPg/s320/IMG_4512.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430738022346048322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Measurements - by Andira </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />So much taller than I,<br />longer arms<br />could wrap me twice,<br />lean far down to kiss me,<br />if you would kiss me.<br /><br />So much older,<br />probably wiser,<br />not so hard to be,<br />teach me,<br />teach me,<br />lean far down.<br /><br />So much stronger,<br />grounded<br />unlike me,<br />walking in yellow<br />walking in innocence,<br />lean far down to kiss me,<br />if you would kiss me.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-59084550781629387822010-01-17T09:40:00.000-08:002010-01-17T09:53:44.849-08:00by Gina<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdQAPKWWySAM676p8deGyc2o5NTGPVov5IA7d5tuT1pZPv4Zas4nSjxm2UZIj-Dp38IilubuYOoOqotCt9_PiZQAhyaekuWVKQa111ZpM_82KCd3jv9aMjrCVV2wixZ_0-vuANSgzXuI/s1600-h/IMG_4577.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdQAPKWWySAM676p8deGyc2o5NTGPVov5IA7d5tuT1pZPv4Zas4nSjxm2UZIj-Dp38IilubuYOoOqotCt9_PiZQAhyaekuWVKQa111ZpM_82KCd3jv9aMjrCVV2wixZ_0-vuANSgzXuI/s320/IMG_4577.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427765379924956626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Razor - by Gina</span><br /><br /><br />Waiting for you<br />lays down dryer lint felt<br />inside my heart<br />layer<br />by<br />layer<br />cushioning<br />muffling my heart beat<br />slowing my heart rate<br /><br />and blue with cold<br />I get out the blade<br />to scrape clean.<br /><br />The old edges look dull<br />till you put them<br />to skin.</span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-11577361220521256512010-01-04T09:19:00.000-08:002010-01-04T09:39:31.926-08:00by Laney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtvEEFZzFEsOk3tyNkvX3Ge1j6zXGqCZAKLl6cQXqpxIFNRxkyOlvTptRmTCyPOsNeTJ1nSBiERWrct20oLMZzG1mWM_9E6vIY-r4aW1A5r_zswtKIVzH0bqtjyWjw1MCZEvB5ezoBHI/s1600-h/IMG_4454.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtvEEFZzFEsOk3tyNkvX3Ge1j6zXGqCZAKLl6cQXqpxIFNRxkyOlvTptRmTCyPOsNeTJ1nSBiERWrct20oLMZzG1mWM_9E6vIY-r4aW1A5r_zswtKIVzH0bqtjyWjw1MCZEvB5ezoBHI/s400/IMG_4454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422936283780485490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br />Jungle Jim Education - by Laney</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I think that I shall never see<br />graffiti as eloquent as thee<br /><br />Not only are you educating me<br />you educate most hypocritically<br /><br />playground defacing<br />is<br />intelligence erasing.<br /><br />But then again, using permanent Sharpie<br />with urethane acrylic resin markie<br /><br />Might mean to say you are pro-<span style="font-style: italic;">in</span>solubles<br />in which case your medium was perfectly optimals.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-90224561806865514412009-12-17T07:00:00.000-08:002009-12-17T08:38:56.951-08:00by Andrew<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvy7G-GK1usr7EEN4HSKQBfEseHvMgghwrAMV-2F8fSiJz-qrOfAxW1vhJSbNrAQ7mSy6HlLxTNUxJEoLxedqDtLnpXAcxGj7CQEs8a2fFiDg8F56b0Ed9ZTtimmTn9dvLrgdz4BUplo/s1600-h/IMG_4276.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZvy7G-GK1usr7EEN4HSKQBfEseHvMgghwrAMV-2F8fSiJz-qrOfAxW1vhJSbNrAQ7mSy6HlLxTNUxJEoLxedqDtLnpXAcxGj7CQEs8a2fFiDg8F56b0Ed9ZTtimmTn9dvLrgdz4BUplo/s320/IMG_4276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416244582255793954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SMALL WORLD - by Andrew</span><br /><br />Well, I don't agree.<br /><br />I think the world is pretty damn big,<br />big enough that everyone I know<br />is going somewhere else<br />for the holidays<br />and I<br />am<br />stuck<br />at<br />Disneyland,<br />which I get into free<br />because Mema works here<br />and she uses it as a babysitter<br />even though I am old enough<br />to walk to school<br />with Dustin and Egger.<br /><br />I hate this fake world.<br /><br />But if I sit and really look,<br />the small world Christmas lights<br />are pretty.<br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604626834073012658.post-32606751784596208112009-12-01T06:45:00.000-08:002009-12-01T07:02:43.290-08:00by Vera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBJlUwjczsytTwG4WX9TXMhIL1hLjura6Z_cLG0EEEK0S1wlQdMEJGrrhW-kgpOo-5gkUS6hzW6vqaZbyBeOyNC8_s4YJ-kKT6u3H_khpggdLGmnuUXo4fjt48QLc9sfT7m3zxiolEs4/s1600/IMG_1910.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBJlUwjczsytTwG4WX9TXMhIL1hLjura6Z_cLG0EEEK0S1wlQdMEJGrrhW-kgpOo-5gkUS6hzW6vqaZbyBeOyNC8_s4YJ-kKT6u3H_khpggdLGmnuUXo4fjt48QLc9sfT7m3zxiolEs4/s400/IMG_1910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410279997983280690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Stumbling Rumpled - by Vera</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Rumpled</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">like this dead land of rubble.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Rumpled </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">like the beliefs</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">quaking </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">in folds of my brain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Rumpled</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">like Lon-scented blankets</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">on his bed</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">in the trailer.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And stumbling this morning,<br />from<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Emma's feather-fine pale blond hairs<br />on the other pillow.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span>THALIA CHALTAShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17560641778807774178noreply@blogger.com1