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Teen Ink Magazine,
January 2003 :
Travel Articles
A Midday Stroll
I began a stroll at midday once
In a field in Galloway;
The sun was shining,high and bright,
On that cool but lovely day.
I traced the trail ofothers who
Had walked this way before,
Traversing over hill and dale
Onthat grassy moor.
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Colors of Jerusalem
Friday ...
Muslimheads kiss the blue tiles
Of the holy mosque,
And shoot their hearts
To Mecca.
Saturday ...
Another Sabbath call
For whitepurity
Easily weaves into
Air and time.
Sunday ...
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Excerpt From Japan
It is late evening and you are taking your dogs, Kin and Muku, fortheir evening walk. You move along a gravel path by a stream. The sky reflects apale metallic red on the calm water.
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La Isla of Enchantment
Puerto Rico de mi alma!
I reside in Rio Grande by way ofCarolina
I dream of a bright orange sun setting into the marina.
Yoursounds fill me with serenity; mi llenas de calma.
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Rice Cakes For A Traveler
A red X crisscrossed the ninth of March on the 1992 calendar. The antique clockstruck twelve, signalling it was time - time to witness the truth and to pry intothe story behind the Korean custom that had taken place five hours before.
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St. Thomas
Refreshingwater every shade of blue. Coral reefs filled with fish of every shape, size andcolor. Palm trees swaying in the tropical breeze and offering a moment of shelterfrom the sun. Iguanas scattering from bushes as people hurry by.
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Thirsting Eyes
Waterbottle in hand, craving juice, I bumped along in a rickety, dust-covered van.Gazing into the terrain, I saw villagers walking along the road with basketsbalanced on their heads, and groups of boys asking for money for fillingpotholes.
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in your eyes i see all the soil ofafrica,
and i know you miss the monsoons.
for there is only one who canstand the majestic rains,
the purple thunder across the plains,
and she isyou, mother.
you need not roar like the lion
to let them know you aremighty.
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