experiencing when he wrote his poem‚ “Side Kicks.” Ronald has spent a lot of time both teaching and being taught. He received his BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from the University of Arizona. Robert has also taught at Pasadena City College (Website 1). Most of Ronald’s writing is about teens and young adults. “Side Kicks” is a poem about losing a hero or someone important. The poem‚ “Side Kicks” has many different meanings. When you read the poem the surface meaning gives
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What initially drew me to this poem was the title‚ and how it was written to be read as the first line of the poem. The title also drew me in because I have a connection to the material‚ my father died when I was ten. Not many lines about the speaker’s father draw direct parallels to my father‚ but never the less I was drawn to the work and felt a since of deep melancholy as I read. This since of melancholy‚ even though the speakers father differs from my own‚ is largely due to the non-standard metaphors
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Ecological Services of Rivers R Kuzniar Abstract What is the concept of ecological services? What are ecological services of rivers and why are they important? What ecological services of rivers will decline due to human influence and why they will decline? Keywords: purification‚ wildlife‚ decline Ecological Services of Rivers What is an ecological service? An ecological service is an ecosystem which serves all living organisms through all types of environmental purifications. We
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* IM SORRY Every little thing that you do makes me fall in love with you why I did the things that I did made me feel like a silly kid Why did we always used to fight I just wanted to make things right when you left you struck my heart never thought we’d be apart so when I walk by everyday always smile in your special way I know you’ll be dying inside and I wish that you were mine I break down every night I cry myself to sleep and with all my might I know you’re not mine to
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REPUBLIC DAY MESSAGE India’s republic day is the day of pride for every Indian as on this propitious day our constitution came into implementation. On 26th January the rule of law and order started with soul concern for the Indian citizens after freedom from colonial government. A constitution which is the ideal for the whole world to imitate its secular‚ democratic‚ republic and sovereign theme is constituted by our leaders with the spirit of unbigoted development of every section of the society
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beginning of Joanna Diaz’s poem “On My Father’s Loss of Hearing‚” she has an epigram. An epigram is a brief and memorable statement about the poem. Her epigram states that deaf people are not disabled‚ but only abled differently. In Joanne Diaz’ poem‚ “On My Father’s Loss of Hearing‚” she contradicts her epigram and goes back and forth between depicting her father as abled and disabled. Joanne Diaz states all of the things her father has lost in the second stanza of her poem which contradicts her epigram
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Wide-open spaces like the prairies provide room for opportunities. The speaker in Don Kerr’s poem “Editing the Prairie” believes in opportunity for the prairie‚ not in the regard that there is currently opportunity‚ but rather in the potential opportunity through “editing.” Often people don’t even comprehend what they don’t know about the prairies. Through the elementary‚ stereotypical focus of the prairie the speaker is unaware of the simply beauty that is neglected by the proposal of all the suggested
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Women of the Forest- By Yolanda Murphy Last week I officially became a wife. My new husband lives in the men’s house not far from me. He is a good man. He is older than me‚ but a good friend to my father and my mother approved. We had met many times before so I was not surprised when he approached my parents about marriage. They approved and the following night he brought his daily kill‚ a wild boar‚ to our house. The boar solidified our marriage. After our three day period of avoidance
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Caura area was once an Arawak settlement and it lay in the valley along the Tacarigua river approximately five miles north of the eastern main road. When the British captured Trinidad in 1797‚ nineteen lots were marked along the river area. This represented a strip that began from the Caura Valley entrance and lead right up to the head waters of Tacarigua River. This distance covered became known as Caura River. The location and climate in the mountain area lead to the inhabitation of settlers who
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of the trees and the shape and structure of the shrub and ground layers. If a trees branch does not receive enough light it will die. Irelands native woodlands are deciduous so there is a dramatic variation of the amount of light which reaches the forest floor through the seasons. In spring when the leaves have yet to grow and the temperature has begun to rise the flowers of the woodland make the most of the available light and bloom. The woods become carpet with bluebells (Hyacithoides non-scripta)
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