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Tag Archives: Poems
Miss Sweetie’s Hat
As some of you know, I’m a big fan of novels by Stacey Lee. She writes great stories set in various points throughout American history. Her latest is called The Downstairs Girl, set in the “Gilded Age” of the late nineteenth … Continue reading
Posted in Other Writers, Poems, Writing
Tagged China, Fiction, Friends, historical fiction, History, Poems, Poetry, YA Books
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Gas City
It’s time for another episode of the Canadian Summer Podcast. In this episode the boys and Summer arrive in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Summer and Roy get to know each other, while Cale saves a cat and learns about knitting. Pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Podcast, Roy and Cale, Short Story
Tagged Alberta, Canada, Friends, Humor, Knitting, Life, Podcast, Poems, Travel
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Wild Geese
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a poem, but someone asked my to help translate a Chinese poem so I thought I’d post the results. Translating poems is tricky because usually understanding the literal meaning of the words … Continue reading
The Ballad of Mercy Wong
Recently I read a book by Stacey Lee called Outrun the Moon. It is set during the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake and is a great story of friendship, love, and survival. Inspired by this I decided to write a poem about … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballads, Fiction, Friends, History, music, Outrun the Moon, Poems, Poetry, San Francisco
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Sammy the Chinese Cowboy
Since it is still National Poetry Month, I got motivated to do some cowboy poetry. What is cowboy poetry, you ask? It is just like it sounds: poems about cowboys and cowboy life. There are many cowboy poets and even … Continue reading
