Tag Archives: Inner-city
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Prayer for Milwaukee, In Song
Leave a commentAugust 16, 2016 by pyaase
“We say You bring a peace to mankind. Then why is our love so hard to find?
Heal Your Church, Lord heal Your Church, Lord heal Your Bride” -
School Scenes VII – Year Old Plea
Leave a commentJune 29, 2016 by pyaase
*Apparently I wrote this up last summer, and never hit that “submit” button. It still rings true today. I vividly …
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School Scenes VI – Goodbye
1June 19, 2016 by pyaase
“Are you leaving because of us, Ms. Rorabaugh?” Anxious eyes looked up at me. Two big black pools of uncertainty. …
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Dear Neighbor, Again,
Leave a commentNovember 17, 2015 by pyaase
*written while on migraine medicine haha* Dear Neighbor, What a long time it has been since I wrote to you …
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More Shots for My Mother…and fellow music teachers!
Leave a commentAugust 30, 2014 by pyaase
Here are the pictures of my music classroom makeover! You can tell I had a summer this time…last year I …
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Keith Anderson, My New Neighbor
Leave a commentAugust 23, 2014 by pyaase
I bought whatever a homeless friend wanted for dinner at McDonalds on the condition he sat and ate dinner with me.
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Four Shots to our Hearts
Leave a commentAugust 23, 2014 by pyaase
On Sunday, Aug. 4th, my two friends and I heard the fatal shots of a drive-by shooting. We turned the corner to see the woman dying on her front lawn in the distance.
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At the River Bank, Part II
2July 10, 2014 by pyaase
There was a sharp snap, like a bite out of a green apple. And it came back in as quick …
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At the River Bank, Part I
1June 7, 2014 by pyaase
(I began writing the following on Friday evening, and continued Saturday morning. The rest will be shared when appropriate. Also, …
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School Scenes III – “Touch, Textures”
Leave a commentDecember 22, 2013 by pyaase
His fingers find their way through the bristly curls at the nape of my neck. I absentmindedly brush them away, …
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