Tag: youth
member name: David W.
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July 09, 2009 11:48 AM EDT --
JOHN THE SUPER
© 2009 by David Wainland
The darkness of the labyrinth was overwhelming. Grey light of a cloud-covered day barely penetrated . . .
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August 28, 2009 10:25 AM EDT --
A WALK IN AUTUMN LEAVES
© 2009 by David Wainland
Walking barefoot on autumn leaves was different, different than the sand at Orchard beach and very different than soft . . .
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April 30, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
Memories Make My Day
By David Wainland
The time has come
To change my style
And talk about things
That make me smile
About bubble gum . . .
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September 26, 2009 10:11 AM EDT --
LITTLE DAVID
© 2009 by David Wainland
Here it begins, with my life unfolding on paper. When I think about it, the past I mean, large pieces are shrouded in a . . .
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October 06, 2009 02:23 PM EDT --
ADULTS ARE STRANGE
© 2009 by David Wainland
Grandpa gave me a shiny new Roosevelt dime and this morning I am headed to Eddie’s Nut House, our local candy . . .
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November 10, 2009 02:50 PM EST --
PENNIES, PICKLES, AND MOVIES
© 2009 by David Wainland
As I left my Friday night sleepover grandpa handed me my usual . . .
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April 13, 2009 09:17 PM EDT --
Marilyn, her name was Marilyn and I still remember the first time I saw her in school.
Shortly before I tuned thirteen, . . .
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March 25, 2009 02:15 PM EDT --
LET'S POSE A QUESTION OR TWO
© 2009 by David Wainland
If you told your kids that for the next month there would be no TV, no electronic games and . . .
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October 13, 2009 02:04 PM EDT --
I DID A BAD THING
1068 words
© 2009 by David Wainland
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The closer Bobby’s bike came to the white square painted on the wall, . . .
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October 20, 2009 10:53 AM EDT --
SUMMER OF SURF, SEASON OF CHANGES
© 2009 by David Wainland
The waters of Reynolds Channel are warm and calm in late July. Far rockaway surf really does . . .
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July 10, 2009 11:00 AM EDT --
CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A STRANGE PLACE
© 2007 by David Wainland
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December 20, 2007 07:23 PM EST --
When daddy smiled, and it was not often, his face exploded, and if you were with him when it happened, so did yours. You could . . .
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March 27, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
Chapter IV
My Bronx Story
© 2006 David Wainland
I can't remember the actual event, but in 1949, a new product hit the market and it eventually changed my life.
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April 02, 2008 06:38 PM EDT --
© 2005 David Wainland
The time has come,
to change my style.
And talk about things,
that make me smile.
Of bubble gum,
and Cracker . . .
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September 11, 2009 06:10 PM EDT --
THE BOY UNDER THE STAIRS
A quiet dreaming story
© 2009 by David Wainland
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January 23, 2008 01:30 PM EST --
Pennsylvania Station on 34 th street in Manhattan is very large with several levels to explore. Subways and railroad trains from all over spill into that hub, pouring snake like out of and . . .
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October 29, 2008 02:17 PM EDT --
A free verse on aging.
© David Wainland 2008
This morning I saw my father in the mirror
the same thin white hair
wrinkled skin, furrowed brow
tattered . . .
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March 05, 2009 08:36 PM EST --
© 2009 by David Wainland
Clearing the cobwebs
Beginning with the cold of 1947,
Winter,
Snow
Flexible Flyer
Hills
Schoolyard
Stickball . . .
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March 12, 2009 09:02 AM EDT --
ON THE TAIL OF A KITE
© 2009 David Wainland
"To sleep, perchance to dream,"
envisioned the Bard of Avon.
Though, my dreams run . . .
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January 06, 2009 02:28 PM EST --
© 2009 David Wainland
Traffic lights chirping like crickets
two blocks away the el rumbles
Cars beep and belch carbon
in-between kids play marbles . . .
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