AboveTheRayne

Annie Hannah Draper Vine Birth 5 Aug 1843 in Bath, Wiltshire, England Death 25 Aug 1918 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Adapted from History written by Annie Draper Vine. Remembering while walking on the wagon trail between Bountiful and Salt Lake City, Utah [about 12 miles!] having visions of pretty dishes on […]

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Canadian Cynthia Sharp is a regular contributor to the Melvina & Friends Poetry Group. She has been published in Toasted Cheese & Haiku Journal and was nominated for the XXXVIII Pushcart Prize & Best of the Net Anthology. She enjoys the beauty of the west coast, where she is at work on her first fantasy […]

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Dancing on the beach running in the sand bouncing in the sea clapping my hands racing in the wind strolling in the rain singing happy songs feeling no pain happy as can be that’s me Written by: Melvina Germain Date: 2013 © 2013 Above The Rain (All rights reserved)

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To mom and my wife Maryann, who taught me the value of giving without thought of return. To my daughter, who is certainly the sweetest person in my world. To my granddaughters who give me a reason to wake and greet each new day. To my aunts, cousins and nieces you all have a special […]

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This peace, so deep it comes unbidden descending, ascending enveloping softly silently, leaving not a trace not a hint of its presence words only hinder its advent ~ it falls lightly ~ like feathers on newly cut grass Charlie Giardino 9/19/10

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A cold crisp night in the month of December, peering through the frosted window of my Cavalier Mini Van. I shrugged my shoulders and sighed, thinking of the long winter ahead. Parked beneath a street lamp, alone again, nowhere to go, just biding my time. Glaring at passers by, watching the goings on of poor […]

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O sweet Ebony and Ivory, a mild and beauty sweet delight, your music flows a symphony. a treasure adored in mind and sight. O music in thy heart do sing, a sweet melodic, spiritual song. Pregnant words fit for a king, may thy Queen quickly come along. Sing me blues, sing me jazz, upon my […]

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