Monthly Archives: June 2011

Beautiful Pain

Posted on June 20, 2011 by ksluiter

the assignment for this poem was to write first a list of five concrete nouns, then a list of five action verbs, and finally a list of five specific modifiers (adjectives/adverbs).  Once we had our lists it was then revealed … Continue reading →

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the only thing that’s missing…

Posted on June 6, 2011 by ksluiter

It wasn’t ever glamorous or extravagant. Little rented cottages on small inland lakes.  Once a year for a week. Mom, Dad, Kate, Chris, and then later, Michael. Up and down the west half of Michigan’s lower peninsula. Glen Lake, Big … Continue reading →

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