tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88647544086935189242024-03-19T05:49:20.450-07:00SOULSPEAK HEALING PROGRAMSSOULSPEAK IS A VERY SIMPLE, INSTINCTIVE FORM OF POETRY THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPRESS VERY DEEP, COMPLEX EMOTIONS IN A BEAUTIFUL HEALING WAY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES HAVE BENEFITED FROM SOULSPEAK HEALING PROGRAMS.SOULSPEAK HEALING PROGRAMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02000068501784524286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864754408693518924.post-80585421289181475462011-01-19T14:52:00.004-08:002012-11-18T21:41:51.633-08:00A GUIDE TO SOULSPEAK HEALING PROGRAMS<span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIdr8x96J7UnPiExVrXIg1yiW9TKjQThvxHyawJp06PWh1gbkPyqjHdyhCpwWegrmY4IAbHqESKLcq1RAiL4fAuRrK9a9MfvVAxon_KYK99QsINzl9h-HTHXoSHAfytdmKUflnCFhPFs/s1600/IMG_5429.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5724369877130199698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIdr8x96J7UnPiExVrXIg1yiW9TKjQThvxHyawJp06PWh1gbkPyqjHdyhCpwWegrmY4IAbHqESKLcq1RAiL4fAuRrK9a9MfvVAxon_KYK99QsINzl9h-HTHXoSHAfytdmKUflnCFhPFs/s400/IMG_5429.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 169px; width: 316px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc66cc;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">OUR AIMS, HOW IT WILL FIT INTO YOUR EXISTING THERAPY PROGRAMS, THE RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT FOR </span></span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;">BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #cc66cc;"><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">THESE ARE GENERALLY CHARGED PROGRAMS. THOUSANDS HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #33ccff;">SOULSPEAK has affected my life in a positive way. I am able to talk about . . . things I love around me. It has affected my baby in that she gets to hear my voice and she hears me tell her that I love her, even if she doesn’t understand me</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;">Maria E.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff99ff;"><span style="color: #33ccff;">SOULSPEAK has helped me find things in my heart I thought I would never find. It made me come closer with my mother, baby, and especially myself. It’s been a great pleasure being able to express myself</span>. </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Christine P.</span></div>
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Click on the player above to see the entire SOULSPEAK Mother Child Bonding Video</div>
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Our SOULSPEAK Healing DVD for Mother Child Bonding is based on our experiences with mothers and children in our SOULSPEAK programs.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s1600/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564026755847787746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s200/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 87px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 87px;" /></a><span style="color: #ff99ff;">Mother Child Bonding is a unique instructional DVD for establishing a true soul bond between mother and child starting in the womb and lasting throughout the life of the mother and child.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s1600/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564026755847787746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s200/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 87px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 87px;" /></a><span style="color: #ff99ff;">There are also instructions for including the father and for teaching the child to SOULSPEAK once he or she begins to speak. The instructions are simple and can be learned simply by watching and listening to the DVD.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s1600/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564026755847787746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s200/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 87px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 87px;" /></a><span style="color: #ff99ff;">The DVD can be watched right now, including a preview of the DVD, by clicking on the player below. If you want your own copy of the DVD, I will mail you a free copy if you email me at the email address that is in the profile (soulspeakspring@gmail.com) </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s1600/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564026755847787746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s200/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 87px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 87px;" /></a>Just as a healthy physical and emotional environment aids in developing a happy, healthy baby, our experience (and the experience of others) has shown that a clean, non-stressful environment is just the beginning of what can be done to create a healthy, lasting emotional bond between you and your baby.</div>
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What is needed is a way of transferring the deepest emotions of the mother’s heart to the baby, both in the womb and afterwards. Many mothers instinctively sing to their baby, or play music for their baby, during pregnancy (and afterwards) to help accomplish this.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s1600/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564026755847787746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig080zjVhm8YnHG_pf9xfZ6EZX4WIQr17w_04ZdKjtxnlCwlUn0ckrlGCFxPqbF02_0J94A8j0PtN-TWaF1GlmEzqQ2e5ZFtfKm7zkXIVyhnRWxc1pqOOIiTQmTAOQ_fDgvrZaKK5RuSk/s200/image002+MC+BONDING.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 87px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 87px;" /></a>What SOULSPEAK allows mothers to do is deepen that natural connection and speak to their babies from the deepest part of their souls. It makes the connection transcendent. It doesn’t matter that the baby doesn’t understand the words, what the baby feels is what you feel, and what you feel when you do SOULSPEAK is a moment of transcendence, of rising into light, that has no equal.</div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">In our healing work with thousands of adults and children we have found that the the <span style="font-style: italic;">speaking and hearing </span>of SOULSPEAK will help guide you through the complex emot</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ional states associated with grief in a beautiful, healing way. </span><br />
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If you wish a free copy of the DVD, email me at my profile email address: soulspeakspring@gmail.com<br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are some comments by people using SOULSPEAK in grief support:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"> “. . . I have a fourth grader whose sister died in a car accident almost a year ago. Many of the regular counseling techniques were just not working. In the last three weeks, the only change in our working together has been using SOULSPEAK as a part of individual counseling. The change, well, it has been remarkable. This little girl is expressing herself, smiling, sharing her [SOULSPEAK] poems with her mom, which is beginning to open things up at home for her.” </span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;">T. C., Guidance Counselor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">“I have been using SOULSPEAK on small groups of students in my RAINBOWS (grief counseling) groups . . . ALL students were able to reach deeply inside themselves . . . </span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;">K.B., Counselor</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">“It is remarkable how the [SOULSPEAK] process brings to the surface feelings and emotions that are in your subconscious . . . I feel this program could be beneficial to many participating in the grief support program. “</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;">Nancy, Hospice Participant</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">The SOULSPEAK Healing DVD for Grief Recovery, Support and Healing is an outgrowth of our extensive SOULSPEAK Grief Counseling Programs for School Children and our SOULSPEAK Grief Support Programs at Hospices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Our SOULSPEAK Healing DVD for Grief Recovery, Support and Healing can be used to help heal the grief associated with the physical death of a loved one, but also in emotional deaths, such as the kind of children experience in the divorce of parents. The DVD can also be used for the deep grief associated with the death of pets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">This is because the SOULSPEAK Program views grief as a natural reaction of the soul, or feeling self, a part of us that doesn’t draw any real distinction between the grief associated with a human death, an animal death or an emotional death. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Because of the simplicity of the SOULSPEAK Program, and the fact it has no teachings per se save a few simple instructions that will allow you to speak from your feeling self, SOULSPEAK will complement and not interfere with any other religious or spiritual steps you are taking to deal with your grief.</span><br />
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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkBmdDY5l173YaBTGm42uEWyMLBwEVGRdwpaOprcQQ8oackUK-udMvF_6pXENqPaE-WGIdy3s7QizI50aJLDIRxqjpfOC3ntKLItsaNLFFNfgoJdRtwEfH404bMNCLeAai2mPoRY9g7Y/s400/Wayside.group4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302348990050347122" border="0" /></a></strong></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><strong>At-Risk Youth</strong></span></span></p><p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p><p align="justify"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CJustin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; 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mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">Here are 2 DVDs on Therapeutic SOULSPEAK projects.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">The first is with pregnant teens using SOULSPEAK to bond with their babies in the womb and after birth.</span></span></p><br /><object height="250" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f31z_PMEM4E&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f31z_PMEM4E&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="250" width="400"></embed></object><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:13.5pt;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">The second is a project that used SOULSPEAK to give ten year old girls and elderly women a way of expressing their intimate emotions with each other.</span></span><br /></p><br /><object height="250" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ClJzHnHej9A&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ClJzHnHej9A&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="250" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br /><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here are two recordings of Therapeutic SOULSPEAK sessions.What you will hear are live spontaneous spoken SOULSPEAK poems by at-risk youth .</span><br /></p><br /><div style="width: 200px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); background-image: url("http://www.soundclick.com/images/elogos/SC_ExtBG200.png");"><br /><a href="http://www.soundclick.com/therapeuticsoulspeakrecordingschildren"><br /><div style="height: 70px; cursor: pointer; background-image: url("http://www.soundclick.com/images/elogos/SC_200.png");"></div></a><br /><div id="lower"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" data="http://www.soundclick.com/player/V2/mp3player200.swf" height="60" width="200"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.soundclick.com/player/V2/mp3player200.swf"><br /><param name="loop" value="false"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><param name="flashvars" value="playType=single&songid=8195078&scid=8195078&q=hi&ext=1&autoplay=0"><br /><param name="scale" value="noscale"><br /><param name="salign" value="b"><br /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><br /></object></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >BDTC RECORDING</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="width: 200px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153); background-image: url("http://www.soundclick.com/images/elogos/SC_ExtBG200.png");"><br /><a href="http://www.soundclick.com/therapeuticsoulspeakrecordingschildren"><br /><div style="height: 70px; cursor: pointer; background-image: url("http://www.soundclick.com/images/elogos/SC_200.png");"></div></a><br /><div id="lower"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" data="http://www.soundclick.com/player/V2/mp3player200.swf" height="60" width="200"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.soundclick.com/player/V2/mp3player200.swf"><br /><param name="loop" value="false"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><param name="flashvars" value="playType=single&songid=8118068&scid=8118068&q=hi&ext=1&autoplay=0"><br /><param name="scale" value="noscale"><br /><param name="salign" value="b"><br /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><br /></object></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >SFMS</span><br /><br /><p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The first recording is by inmates (ages 18-19) at the Bradenton Drug Treatment Community. The second is by at-risk students (ages 10-12) at arasota Foundation Middle School..</span></span></o:p></span></p><p></p><p align="justify"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:Verdana;" >SOULSPEAK also comes in a written version, called Elementary SOULSPEAK. 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font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK is a revolutionary program that gives at-risk children a positive way to easily express deep, unresolved conflicts and fears. It helps break down the increasing isolation of children, an isolation that often leads to the type of violence seen recently in our nation's schools. Over 4,500 at-risk youth in over 40 schools have participated in SOULSPEAK programs since 1994.</span></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:arial;"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:arial;"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">The at-risk populations that have participated include children with dyslexia, ADD, autism, learning disabilities, as well as those with severe anger and emotional problems. </span></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7CHCgbHSe7gMOrNbqiBYjhR5E1Q5qR3wOiWlNwl_W63EXGvGYcrjHJCq3ar9D32NE2Fxd0OZLBmNRP2-ZvpJRAkiFNpDEQchLmWFPpeA48aP0LQ5zaYGqCfJVe9P8GQriHsfqAgN4D4/s1600-h/TwoBoysSFMSB.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129555164544096802" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 349px; cursor: pointer; height: 243px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7CHCgbHSe7gMOrNbqiBYjhR5E1Q5qR3wOiWlNwl_W63EXGvGYcrjHJCq3ar9D32NE2Fxd0OZLBmNRP2-ZvpJRAkiFNpDEQchLmWFPpeA48aP0LQ5zaYGqCfJVe9P8GQriHsfqAgN4D4/s400/TwoBoysSFMSB.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong></span></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:arial;"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK taps into the unconscious almost effortlessly and is both healing and cathartic. It is a non-traumatic process that uses the oldest form of poetry, an oral, story-telling poetry, to allow children to easily express their deepest feelings. It is also a poetry that young people find instantly appealing. It is performed in antiphonal fashion (speaker-responder) to slow music, and is learned almost instantaneously by anyone, even slow learners. No previous knowledge of poetry, or even reading and writing is required. The only population that cannot use SOULSPEAK are the moderately and severely retarded. Our experience has shown that a large number of children continue to use SOULSPEAK on their own and even teach it to their parents. </span></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:arial;"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong></strong></span></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:arial;"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">SOULSPEAK is healing in nature for both speakers and listeners and has been proven to dramatically increase self-esteem, self-awareness and, because of SOULSPEAK's unique communal nature, empathy for others. The poems spoken out in Therapeutic SOULSPEAK sessions also provide an extremely accurate diagnostic tool for counselors and therapists.<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WCytTAPA52oFzZFf6lWPd1ep5XA_1gQ-o5eC_l4fZNWjy_OxPHbWZ5M5fLD6HVPJHc4tURzkZMjgu5EI2_aNM1766YszmWqecasEEi7psRMdtNwM4xVaBDg02fhan6SJepTRcbYAiI4/s1600-h/allsmsmask.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WCytTAPA52oFzZFf6lWPd1ep5XA_1gQ-o5eC_l4fZNWjy_OxPHbWZ5M5fLD6HVPJHc4tURzkZMjgu5EI2_aNM1766YszmWqecasEEi7psRMdtNwM4xVaBDg02fhan6SJepTRcbYAiI4/s400/allsmsmask.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302348986887400434" border="0" /></a></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><h3 face="arial" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK has been used at the following at-risk schools and institutions: Bradenton Drug Treatment Community, a federal and state project jointly conducted by the Florida Department of Corrections and Operation PAR; Myakka Stop Camp; Gulf Coast Marine Institute (Venice & Bradenton); Cyesis Teen Parent Program; Pace Center for Girls; Just for Girls; Adolescent Recovery Center at Manatee Glens; Oak Park School; YMCA Triad South; YMCA Triad North; Sarasota Foundation Middle School; YMCA Character House; Venice High/New Deal; Glenallen Elementary; Opportunity High; Girls Inc.; Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee and Sarasota Counties; Clewiston Youth Development Academy; La Belle Youth Development Academy.<br /></span></p><p face="verdana" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7xjs2AOUryxuQuhf2qxU-WSUG35m24gk97D3S-oRLGYRxekzieVTIute0q8tlk-LC3B5pJWfumBeJ4EZA1G3NbveJJ-D49-UL1enspQotMhyQ33Kvrr5MrjWjAttRoWBBiLI8Nv9byk/s1600-h/Wayside.orientalboy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix7xjs2AOUryxuQuhf2qxU-WSUG35m24gk97D3S-oRLGYRxekzieVTIute0q8tlk-LC3B5pJWfumBeJ4EZA1G3NbveJJ-D49-UL1enspQotMhyQ33Kvrr5MrjWjAttRoWBBiLI8Nv9byk/s400/Wayside.orientalboy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302348994420989458" border="0" /></a></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-family:arial;"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Grants from the Bates Foundation, Community Foundation of Sarasota County, the State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Knight Foundation, Selby Foundation, Woman's Exchange, and the Venice Foundation have funded Therapeutic SOULSPEAK for at -risk children </span></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: arial;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7CHCgbHSe7gMOrNbqiBYjhR5E1Q5qR3wOiWlNwl_W63EXGvGYcrjHJCq3ar9D32NE2Fxd0OZLBmNRP2-ZvpJRAkiFNpDEQchLmWFPpeA48aP0LQ5zaYGqCfJVe9P8GQriHsfqAgN4D4/s1600-h/TwoBoysSFMSB.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129555164544096802" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 283px; cursor: pointer; height: 197px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe7CHCgbHSe7gMOrNbqiBYjhR5E1Q5qR3wOiWlNwl_W63EXGvGYcrjHJCq3ar9D32NE2Fxd0OZLBmNRP2-ZvpJRAkiFNpDEQchLmWFPpeA48aP0LQ5zaYGqCfJVe9P8GQriHsfqAgN4D4/s400/TwoBoysSFMSB.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong></span></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-family:verdana;"><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Who Will Benefit From Therapeutic Soulspeak And Why</span><br /><br />Our experience has shown that THERAPEUTIC SOULSPEAK will be readily picked up and enthusiastically used by ANY GROUP OF AT-RISK YOUTHS. Although Therapeutic SOULSPEAK is not a therapy in itself, it has proven to be a valuable aid to therapy, in that it develops a new sense of self-awareness, self-worth, and empathy for others. </span></p></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></st1:placename><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><st1:placename st="on"></st1:placename></span></st1:place><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span><v:imagedata title="spt5cyd" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image005.jpg"><w:wrap type="square"><v:imagedata title="spt5cyd2" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image007.jpg"><w:wrap type="square"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><strong></strong></span></span></p><h1 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><br /></h1><h1 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><br /></h1><h1 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">AT-RISK Youth SOULSPEAK Poems<br /><br /></span></span></span></h1><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Poems From At-Risk School/Organizations<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">These poems by at-risk students are complex songs of love, despair, loneliness, courage, faith and hope. They are also the written counterparts of a separate CD album of oral/musical poems created by those same students. All were created using the SOULSPEAK </span></b></p><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">JUSTIN SPRING</span> <address style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Founder/Artistic Director<o:p></o:p></span></address><address style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">SOULSPEAK/SOULMOVES<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ilDolSBC1qgYFsA8Ij50JjUw9uTcVAN55AfS0wODo3iU_oFm5smhMPpfUTVIZWxv8iQe-e2-mBl1XXkbwPlM_Kx3ilwWNsT9ekGmISPcgTYJyzclPMEgkZtHJmvmp0NLLUH06cUbArw/s1600-h/glenallengirls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ilDolSBC1qgYFsA8Ij50JjUw9uTcVAN55AfS0wODo3iU_oFm5smhMPpfUTVIZWxv8iQe-e2-mBl1XXkbwPlM_Kx3ilwWNsT9ekGmISPcgTYJyzclPMEgkZtHJmvmp0NLLUH06cUbArw/s400/glenallengirls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302348991009570594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><meta content="text/html; 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color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Sarasota County Cyesis Teen Parent Program/poems created by teen mothers on pregnancy and birth/1997</span></span></w:wrap></o:lock></v:imagedata></o:lock></v:path></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:stroke></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"><v:path connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" extrusionok="f"><o:lock aspectratio="t" ext="edit"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:7px;" ></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" ><o:p></o:p></span></w:wrap></o:lock></v:imagedata></o:lock></v:path></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:stroke></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >Poem by<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Jaclyn Hojnowski</span><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Put your hands on my chest <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and touch <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">my empty hole, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">deep inside of me, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">where I feel so alone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes I am <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">so emotionless. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I feel as if <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I were a doll. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">When I sit there, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">by myself feeling <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">so blue, I pray <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to God, hoping <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the darkness will leave me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There is so much <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to know about me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I'm an interesting person <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and a bit of a tom-boy, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">though I'm not ashamed. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h4 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Poem by</h4><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >Abby Hall<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I sit at the beach <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with my feet buried in the sand <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and the sun beaming down on me <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">watching the ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">gracefully come towards me, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">listening to the waves <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">hit the shore, but then the sun <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">begins to set, the sky <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">starts to run black <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and the seagulls spread their wings <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and fly away. The wind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">picks up and whispers <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a secret in my ear, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and before I leave <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I take a picture <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to remember the secret. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A woman rises <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from the ocean and spreads <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">her wings, opens up <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">her arms and welcomes me in. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As I walk towards her, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the sun sets <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and the sky turns black. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >A Poem by<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >Erica Timmons<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I heard this cry from afar. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It was coming from behind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this big tall wall. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As I walked around there was my mother <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">lying in a garden of roses. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I went to her <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to see what was the matter. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">She had split her finger <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and there was blood <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">spilling out. I wrapped it, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and told her <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that she would be all right. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As we walked away we saw <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this big golden hawk. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It was like <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">we're in peace, away <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from all harm and danger. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A Poem by <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Lisa Miller</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There's a side of the moon <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that we don't see. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Who knows what it's like. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It could be cold and dark, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">it could be warm and bright. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It could be dead and rocky, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">it could be filled <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with flowers, and trees, and life. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It could be quiet and dull, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">or it could be full of song. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It could be calm and still, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">or it could be windy and violent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Most judge the dark side of the moon <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">by the lighted side we see. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Few actually get a chance to see it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Only the explorers, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the astronauts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">We too, have an unseen side, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and it is judged by the side well seen. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And only those who take the chance to explore <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">get to see this incredible sight. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >A Poem by<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >Tangela Singletary<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">When I had my baby <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">blood was everywhere <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and when I looked down <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I saw nothing but jet black hair. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I was so surprised <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to hear that loud scream <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that was my son. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">My eyes sparkled with gleam. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">He is my pride. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">He is my joy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">He is my angel. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">That precious little boy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">like a gift wrapped in silver <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">sent from heaven up above. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">He is my heart. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The one I cherish, the one I love. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >Poems by<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >Sheila Giles<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >I<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The sunlight shone on my face <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">as I relaxed on the bed <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">watching my stomach, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">wishing it would happen, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">wishing I would have my baby, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">but the months roll round by slowly. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There wasn't any fear in me about this <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">just sadness wondering <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">what I was going to do. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">My stomach was getting <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">heavier and heavier. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I kept thinking to myself <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I'm going to pop. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I walked down paths <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and through tunnels <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">but still nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I was still pregnant. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >II<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The dark sky was filled <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with stars that night. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I took my baby <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">out for a walk, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">it seemed to ease <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">her crying. The breeze <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from the wind touched <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">my body like fingers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The night seemed purple. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >A Poem by <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >Tiffany Ziegler<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" >The Mysterious Woman<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This woman was walking down <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the hall of this school. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">You could tell she had secrets <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that she just wanted to spill. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This lady was just dressed in black, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with the sun shining of her back. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I was scared to go talk to her <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">because no one else would, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I though maybe <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">she was a devil <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with angels wings. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">She had eyes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the color of an ocean <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the voice of a princess <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and the arms of a pillow. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I decided to go talk to her after all <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">but, she was as sweet <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">as could be, she told me <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">her name and how she became pregnant, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">but she really told me <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">she was having a rough time <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and no one was there for her <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and she needed <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a friend like me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-size:0pt;"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book2" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poems by middle and high school juvenile offenders at a residential facility for adolescent males/Myakka Stop camp/1998</span></span><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>Poem by: Johnny B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">My head is hurt,<br /><br />is hurt so badly<br /><br />and my mother can look through the window<br /><br />from her garden and see<br /><br />that something's not right.<br /><br />So she came in and said,<br /><br />"What's going on?"<br /><br />and she said, "I love you,"<br /><br />and gave me a big hug and kiss<br /><br />and then it was like the sun was shining in<br /><br />through the window on both of us.<br /><br /><br /><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><br /><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Josh B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I went to a park. I saw people who were angry. I don't<br /><br />know why, but one of them hit me. This made me<br /><br />angry so I decided to take a walk. I went to a part of the<br /><br />park no one went to. I saw an old bridge. I went across<br /><br />to find a cave. Once I got over the bridge, sunlight<br /><br />was drowned out. It became very dark, many clouds.<br /><br />I went in and to my surprise there was a lot of love.<br /><br />And I stayed there for awhile. I was happy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Muhammed L.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The night was white¾white as a swan.<br /><br />It was so cold¾cold as ice.<br /><br />My mother, my mother was crying,<br /><br />crying for me, crying for me to come home<br /><br />because my friends are like tigers.<br /><br />They're trapping me in, in a corner.<br /><br />I'm trying to fight them off of me.<br /><br />I'm seeing red.<br /><br />I'm seeing red because I'm going into the night.<br /><br />I scream because I'm going to kill my mother.<br /><br />Kiss me, kiss me because she loves me,<br /><br />but I'm trapped, trapped in the night.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Bryson S.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It all started when I was at my new crib. I guess them kats<br /><br />didn't like the way I chilled. And just because of that,<br /><br />one of their homies got killed. I guess I had<br /><br />something to prove, that I was real. And after that<br /><br />all his home boyz got angry. One of them tried<br /><br />to hit me up, so I had to slang him.<br /><br />Now things are getting really hot.<br /><br />I guess it's about time for me to call the shots.<br /><br />I was riding across a bridge one day. I seen myself<br /><br />slowly seeping into a cave. It's hard to see the sunlight<br /><br />through the shade. I love the way that I used to live.<br /><br />Now all I do is get clouded, running from my fears.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Muhammed L.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Last night, the sky was red because the sun was lost.<br /><br />My mother seen it too. Tears came down her face<br /><br />because someone just died<br /><br />I don't know why.<br /><br />I was hungry, but not for food,<br /><br />but for death. I'm lost.<br /><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); margin-right: -9pt;"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); margin-right: -9pt;"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); margin-right: -9pt;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); margin-right: -9pt;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Poems from youngsters at recovering substance-addicted teens </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">at Adult </span></span></b><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Recovery Center at Manatee Glens.</span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">/</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >1998-1999</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><h4 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Poem by: Melinda </h4><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There's several wars stationed in my head.<br /><br />I slip a little more into nowhere<br /><br />with each passing day. I know what I want<br /><br />but it seems so far away.<br /><br />I won't be able to touch it I can barely see it.<br /><br />My dreams have died down I see no end<br /><br />There's a war where I live and I see no end<br /><br />and I see no end, no end<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Laura</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see a door open.<br /><br />My father is standing there.<br /><br />He reaches out to touch me but I run.<br /><br />I'm unwilling to let him touch me.<br /><br />I follow the river and find a mirror.<br /><br />I look into it and see loneliness.<br /><br />Never will anyone touch me again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Stacy</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I feel brave<br /><br />I see the unwilling father<br /><br />in my mirror and my heart bleeds.<br /><br />My yellow sheets are wounded<br /><br />and my love is cut in half.<br /><br />I'm confused and wanna scream.<br /><br />I cry to hard<br /><br />all I hear is "move on"<br /><br />but I say to myself,<br /><br />"the cut will heal and the love<br /><br />will turn to a brave emotion."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Wanda H.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As the night gets cold<br /><br />and the moon is full<br /><br />my father is sleeping so loudly.<br /><br />I watch the moon rise<br /><br />deep into the dark.<br /><br />I see a reflection in the mirror<br /><br />that scares me and I try to run and hide<br /><br />but the terror finds me<br /><br />like a dog or perhaps a wolf.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Melinda</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There is an enchanted land waiting for me.<br /><br />I sit, waiting, trying to burn a memory<br /><br />in my head of the glistening tree tops:<br /><br />the height is enormous.<br /><br />I'm at the point now I don't have to turn around.<br /><br />I feel his presence looking after me,<br /><br />always with me.<br /><br />I'm just waiting trying to find faith.<br /><br />My time will come, it's coming up<br /><br />sooner than I think.<br /><br />I'll be leaving my old life.<br /><br />I'm entering a red world.<br /><br />Too much is unknown.<br /><br />I don't care.<br /><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1029" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book2" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://augment.sis.pitt.edu/jms/manuscripts/foundation.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Poems from middle school students with various learning and behavioral disabilities/Sarasota foundation Middle School/2000. </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:Verdana;" ><b>Poem by: Tyler B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I am a thug going to school<br /><br />I am a bullet speeding through the air<br /><br />I am a comet hitting the earth<br /><br />I am a lizard crawling up your leg<br /><br />I am a star one out of a million<br /><br />I am a volcano blowing up big<br /><br />I am money spent on a house<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Mario B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see my enemy<br /><br />My enemy is death<br /><br />Death took my dog<br /><br />Death is in his eyes<br /><br />I wish death would go to the door<br /><br />I wish death would go to hell<br /><br />I love my dog<br /><br />He went to the light<br /><br />My dog is my friend<br /><br />I love my dog<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I see my mother<br /><br />She is standing on a mountain<br /><br />I must embrace my heart<br /><br />When I look through the window<br /><br />I see the moon<br /><br />The things I love are my nightmares.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Melissa B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I remember beautiful times with a lost friend<br /><br />I remember my love for him, the love we both shared<br /><br />I remember my dog's bright green eyes<br /><br />When they looked up at me all happy and cheerful<br /><br />Then in an instant his and my life changed<br /><br />A car from out of what seemed to be nowhere<br /><br />I see his eyes close and watch as death falls upon him<br /><br />I know he's scared to see the big door<br /><br />That is followed by that big bright light<br /><br />Then I see my love, my friend, my life<br /><br />Close his eyes tight and forever.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Avaughnte C.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see my father<br /><br />He is disgusted in me<br /><br />When I see him in the mirror<br /><br />I know he loves me<br /><br />But should he punish me this way<br /><br />What about the secrets he told me to keep<br /><br />Even though I tore down the gates of hell<br /><br />It just wasn't enough for him<br /><br />Together, I thought we could make it through anything<br /><br />Why does he want to punish me this way?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Matt C.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I am a thug hiding in the shadow<br /><br />I am a bullet gliding through the sky<br /><br />I am a comet like a rock<br /><br />I am quick like a lizard<br /><br />Bright as a star-wild as a volcano<br /><br />I am lots of money in your pocket.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams I see a gate<br /><br />With great courage I open it<br /><br />I see my life as a warrior before my eyes<br /><br />I hope this is not real... so much blood<br /><br />I see swords bang<br /><br />I see myself together with an enemy... more blood<br /><br />The hope within my eyes flies away<br /><br />and back out the gate as<br /><br />I see the truth<br /><br />is the other...<br /><br />is me<br /><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1030" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Poems from middle and high school students in an at-risk alternative school/New Deal Venice/2000</span></span></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Poem by: Damian B.</b></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes in my dreams I say, girlfriend you betrayed me, you<br /><br />shut the door to your heart, you burned the sky in my life gray.<br /><br />Your arms no longer open to me, but like the tree planted by the<br /><br />waters, I will be<br /><br /><i>HERE</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Kris C.</b></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am near a river<br /><br />the water is silent<br /><br />Silent, flowing, unwilling<br /><br />unwilling to love<br /><br />death is near<br /><br />like a reflection in a mirror<br /><br />she will soon flow<br /><br />like the river<br /><br />silent<br /><br />and unwilling to love<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Staci C.</b></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see my child<br /><br />He is standing<br /><br />standing in the doorway<br /><br />He sees me<br /><br />his mother<br /><br />we embrace each other<br /><br />I love my child<br /><br />We are at a river<br /><br />We are so distant<br /><br />from the rest of the world<br /><br />I love my son<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Ashley D.</b></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I am a fire blazing through your house<br /><br />I am a star flickering and flashing in the sky<br /><br />I am the fist that knocked you out<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am the scream that pierced your ears<br /><br />I am a bear in hibernation<br /><br />I am the storm that floods your house<br /><br />I am the lake in which you drowned<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Lindsey G.</b></span> </p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see a flower<br /><br />A beautiful blue flower of love<br /><br />It makes my heart glow like a light<br /><br />and shine like a star<br /><br />The same star<br /><br />that reminds me of my best friend<br /><br />The one who betrayed me<br /><br />and she did so with ease.<br /><br />It makes me wonder<br /><br />How someone you love<br /><br />Love so much<br /><br />can hurt you so deeply<br /><br />It's not fair<br /><br />It's not right<br /><br />My love is strong<br /><br />My heart is broken</span> </p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1031" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book2" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><br /><br /></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></h2><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><br /></h2><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><br /><br /></h2><h2 style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); text-align: center;" align="center"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1031" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book2" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Poems from middle and high school students with various learning and behavioral disabilities in an alternative school/YMCA Triad North/2000</span></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" ><o:p></o:p></span></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">YMCA Triad North<br /><br /><b>Poet: Nicole B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see the death of my boyfriend<br /><br />looking back at me. Sometimes in my dreams I see him<br /><br />lying with me in my bed beside me. I look in his eyes of<br /><br />pain all inside of him, and I set near my window of pain<br /><br />and then I see him by the river and I want to go with him.<br /><br />I start to cry and screaming with pain and sorrow I fall<br /><br />to my knees and pray that this pain will all go away<br /><br />soon. Then as I rise up and wipe my tears away and clean<br /><br />the black dirt from my knees I see him walking away. I<br /><br />want to go with him. I want to touch him. I want to love<br /><br />him. I miss him very much, very much, very much.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Karen C.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams . . .<br /><br />I see a large golden gate<br /><br />Above it hangs a sacred cross<br /><br />Beside the gate is a warrior<br /><br />tearful and bloodied.<br /><br />"The battle was a triumph"<br /><br />He declares.<br /><br />But a black hawk circles a sky.<br /><br />The battle was also a defeat<br /><br />because the enemy was his brother.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Ashley F.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see my boyfriend again<br /><br />that we are once more together.<br /><br />The river is no longer sparkling and blue.<br /><br />Now my river is black.<br /><br />I hold his hand while we look into each other's eyes.<br /><br />I cry looking through the window of what<br /><br />we could have had but can no longer be done. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I am covered in blood.<br /><br />I think that I have been defeated.<br /><br />I see a gate and my brother is on<br /><br />the other side.<br /><br />He has to see me in battle. I have to stay away from hell.<br /><br />I cry to my brother on the other side<br /><br />but he is not able to help me.<br /><br />He says I am a warrior and will defeat the unknown<br /><br />but why the blood already?<br /><br />Have I already been defeated?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Marcus F.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am a river floating down hill<br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see my father<br /><br />He is standing in front of me<br /><br />He is looking me in the eyes<br /><br />He is waiting to tell me a secret<br /><br />He tells me he loves me<br /><br />But when he said it I felt hurt<br /><br />because he was never there.<br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I wish it was night instead of day<br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see my father floating into the sky.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Jason G.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see him. He's walking through<br /><br />a river. It's a beautiful day. He doesn't cry anymore.<br /><br />There's no blood. I see him peek through an open window.<br /><br />He whispers to me. It's hard to hear him. He tells me he wants<br /><br />to come back. He can't. He tells me to be strong for him<br /><br />and never look back. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I am flying like an eagle. Soaring<br /><br />high in the sky. I'm looking for something I don't know<br /><br />what. Is it my brother? My long lost brother whom I can<br /><br />only see in the mirror. The mirror which is not reality.<br /><br />At times I'm disgusted with not being able to see deep<br /><br />in the mirror. I wish I could hug someone. Feel the love I could with a brother. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1032" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1032" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1032" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poems from middle and high school students with various learning and behavioral disabilities in an alternative school/YMCA Triad South/2000</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" ></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>Poem by: Kyle C.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I am afraid of my brother.<br /><br />He is a warrior on the other side of the gate with his<br /><br />fist balled up, no longer loved, trying to get together<br /><br />with me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Mike C.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see my mother. She is sitting<br /><br />in the cellar. Her lips are a bright red, and her skin is<br /><br />white. As white as the silver moon. I feel love and anger.<br /><br />I run away.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a spider looking for food. I am a plane crashing<br /><br />down on the ocean. I am a forest full of trees. I am a<br /><br />gypsy without hope. I am a stick breaking in half. I am<br /><br />a lover without love. I am a boat sinking in the sea.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Jesseca E.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see very beautiful blue<br /><br />eyes through my window. I love eyes just like I love<br /><br />my beautiful mother. It's getting very dark and I can't<br /><br />see the blue eyes anymore. It's very cold like I was in<br /><br />the mountains. I couldn't see my mother. I was very<br /><br />sad and then I wake up and realize that it was all in<br /><br />a dream.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams I have a brother who is a<br /><br />warrior. I am afraid to open the gate for him. We have<br /><br />really never been together. If my gates open, I have to<br /><br />show him love. I never thought I would have to show<br /><br />him love. I'm afraid he will not know who I am, and<br /><br />he will try to raise his fist to me. Then he will realize<br /><br />that it's me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Guen F.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams... I'm walking in my<br /><br />backyard. It's dark, I feel the wind blowing at me<br /><br />violently. I'm scared. I see bright blue eyes. I see her,<br /><br />it's my aunt. I want to be loved by her, but I'm scared<br /><br />to tell her. The wind blows. She's gone and I'm<br /><br />awake¾scared and dying.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams I feel as cold as ice. I feel<br /><br />disturbed but yet loved. When I look in the mirror I<br /><br />see my mother in the cellar, and she's angry, it's dark<br /><br />and black.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Terra Hazen</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see my Grandma. My<br /><br />grandma is full of love. I see her as I look through the<br /><br />window into heaven. She places her hand on my<br /><br />shoulder as I stare into her face at her beautiful red lips.<br /><br />I miss my Grandma. She left the world with happiness.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams I see my mother, so beautiful.<br /><br />She looks angry, lots of anger. Her eyes full of love<br /><br />and anger as she's sitting in the white padded cellar<br /><br />room, the room of insanity. Confusion, mother<br /><br />wishing she could still see the moon. I see a frown on<br /><br />her lips as she looks at me. I love her. My mother.<br /><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1033" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book2" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://augment.sis.pitt.edu/jms/manuscripts/glenallen.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Poems from elementary students with various learning and behavioral disabilities/GlenAllen Elementary/2000</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-family:Verdana;" ><b>Poems by: Jessica A.</b> <o:p></o:p></span><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I am a horse<br /><br />my friend is on my back riding me<br /><br />she is afraid to get down<br /><br />she looks in my eyes<br /><br />she sings in her head<br /><br />I see a ghost and she falls off<br /><br />her friends come and help her up<br /><br />and she looks in the mirror<br /><br />the mirror<br /><br />the mirror<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a boat floating through the river<br /><br />I am a lake with a lot of fish<br /><br />I am a tree on fire<br /><br />I am a shirt for sale<br /><br />I am a stone lying at the bottom of a river<br /><br />I am smoke out of fire<br /><br />fire<br /><br />fire<br /><br />fire<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Milan A.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams there is a window.<br /><br />Through the window I see a car. The keys to that car are next to me.<br /><br />I am so happy, that I take the car for a ride.<br /><br />I crash into a mountain. My heart stops. I am hopeless. I am mad.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a train, going very fast.<br /><br />I am a bobcat, ready to attack.<br /><br />I am candy-so sweet.<br /><br />I am a river, so blue and long.<br /><br />I am the wind blowing you away.<br /><br />I am the rain, getting you wet.<br /><br />I am snow-all white.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Luke A.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I am alone with a bully.<br /><br />He is hurting me. I am not happy playing with him.<br /><br />He breaks my teeth in the scary room . . . scary room.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams I see a big horse. He is a ghost<br /><br />horse, his eyes are afraid. He wants to be my friend. He<br /><br />sings songs. But I found he was just in the mirror, just in the<br /><br />mirror.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: James B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am riding a horse<br /><br />I am with my friend.<br /><br />There is a ghost near me<br /><br />I am riding in a deep black forest and I am afraid<br /><br />I hear singing<br /><br />My eyes look funny in the mirror.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a boat floating on the stream<br /><br />I am the grass blowing in the wind<br /><br />I am a tree being eaten by termites<br /><br />I am a lake and fish are jumping out of me<br /><br />I am a microscopic shirt moving in the wind<br /><br />I am the biggest stone in the world and people touch me<br /><br />I am the smoke and everybody hates me<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: David B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see my Grandma.<br /><br />She is standing by a door. She seems so happy.<br /><br /><br /><br />I get mad at my Grandma sometimes. Yet, I still love her. Sometimes I see her by a tree, and she is thinking about something.<br /><br />Yet, she won't tell me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a sword, getting thrown into the ground.<br /><br />I am a mask, scaring my sister.<br /><br />I am a squirrel being hunted.<br /><br />I am a gun going hunting with someone.<br /><br />I am a tree, standing so stiff and still.<br /><br />I am a knife, stuck in the ground.<br /><br />I am myself, playing kickball with my friends. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://augment.sis.pitt.edu/jms/manuscripts/characterhouse.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></a><br /><br /></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /><br /></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1034" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Poems from pregnant teens and teen mothers at a residence for adjudicated females/YMCA Character House 2000 </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>Poems by: Alicia</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams,<br /><br />I see a big<br /><br />blount putting out cloudy storms<br /><br />I am on cloud nine.<br /><br />So on it.<br /><br />I see a vision of a hawk.<br /><br />It appeared to me as if it was my mother,<br /><br />Telling me to stop blowing a big one.<br /><br />But I told this hawk, "The love of it won't set me free."<br /><br />The hawk responded back saying,<br /><br />"Hurt will come your way<br /><br />If you don't get a new set of stairs of life."<br /><br />"But the arms of a joint is too strong to let go," I replied.<br /><br />The hawk said, "Streets is where the joint stay,<br /><br />But if you go now, you can be saved from the arms of the joint."<br /><br />I decided.<br /><br />But 'bout time I said anything,<br /><br />The hawk vision disappeared,<br /><br />Leaving me thinking, "Which is best, a fat joint or my life?"<br /><br />I think I ain't sho'.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I walk through a dark tunnel<br /><br />with a glowing door<br /><br />with a gold flower on it<br /><br />Open the door<br /><br />and all I see is death before me<br /><br />No love<br /><br />No hope<br /><br />Just lonely<br /><br />As I keep walking through the door<br /><br />All I see is a big sign<br /><br />With a big plant on it<br /><br />It says, "This way"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams,<br /><br />Brother that's what I call it<br /><br />It gives me great shelter in da mind<br /><br />I don't have to be afraid of it,<br /><br />'Cause it's natural, from the Earth.<br /><br />Just like the ocean<br /><br />It ain't near white<br /><br />I use my hand and mouth<br /><br />To talk to it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poems by: Pallis</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see my father,<br /><br />To look at him is like looking at hell,<br /><br />So I hide, I hide myself from danger.<br /><br />I hide myself to where I'm free,<br /><br />I go to the river to wash my soul<br /><br />and I look up with my eyes<br /><br />and I see me child<br /><br />and she is like gold<br /><br />and I then remember the love that she gives me<br /><br />and my heart is free<br /><br />and my danger has passed<br /><br />and I am at peace,<br /><br />I am at peace, at peace.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see a dark, dark storm<br /><br />The storm of terror and of hate<br /><br />But yet, it is calling me<br /><br />And when I turn back<br /><br />My mother is waiting for me<br /><br />She's standing at the top of the stairs<br /><br />She's calling my name.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Shamika</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see this window<br /><br />this window with a little girl<br /><br />a little girl in yellow<br /><br />as I open my arms<br /><br />my daughter comes running.<br /><br />I feel love, and then I feel hate<br /><br />I feel like a weeping tree<br /><br />I am crying<br /><br />I am crying<br /><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 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style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><v:shape id="_x0000_s1035" allowoverlap="f" alt="" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata title="book2" src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.gif"><o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"><w:wrap type="square"></w:wrap><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><b style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poems from middle school students with various learning and behavioral disabilities in an alternative school/Sarasota Foundation Middle/2000</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" ><o:p></o:p></span></o:lock></v:imagedata></v:shape></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b>Poem by: Name Withheld</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />it is spring.<br /><br />I sit by the water,<br /><br />I see the spring leaves.<br /><br />I see my mother,<br /><br />She is with a young child.<br /><br />This child is not clean,<br /><br />but dirty.<br /><br />This child totters,<br /><br />and falls on the hard floor<br /><br />The child is me.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Rachel P.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am angry,<br /><br />burning with fire,<br /><br />filled with hate.<br /><br />I wish I could be as numb as ice.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I want to perish for one day.<br /><br />There is something I desire,<br /><br />I can't figure out what.<br /><br />The furious pain escapes me.<br /><br />It turns into an empty darkness.<br /><br />So much destruction lies everywhere.<br /><br />Will it ever end?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poem by: Andrew S.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I can almost feel<br /><br />the cold hard ice.<br /><br />The desire to destroy<br /><br />lives among us.<br /><br />I so much want to end<br /><br />the hate that is burning inside of me,<br /><br />but the hate flickers like fire in my veins.<br /><br />I will perish,<br /><br />and so will the people around me.<br /><br />We will be gone forever.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>The Warriors:</b><br /><br />by Ariel P. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am with my sister.<br /><br />We are close to death.<br /><br />All of our enemies<br /><br />are waiting at the gates.<br /><br />I love my sister.<br /><br />We are holding our swords.<br /><br />We are brave warriors.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>I Was Walking Down a Lane:</b><br /><br />by Whitney S. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />my skies are gray.<br /><br />I am full of sorrow.<br /><br />Yesterday it was beautiful,<br /><br />no heavy mist,<br /><br />but sunshine filled the skies.<br /><br />I was walking down a lane.<br /><br />Out of nowhere there came a mist.<br /><br />I wish it would stop.<br /><br />I want sunshine to fill the sky<br /><br />again.<br /><br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><br /><br /></p><p style="color: 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/><br />with red cold eyes<br /><br />but he is proud sometimes<br /><br />and he is banging on his cage with his fist<br /><br />trying to get out<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a river flowing with fish<br /><br />I am a thief that just stole your soul<br /><br />I am a friend that helps you out<br /><br />I am a knife that just stabbed somebody<br /><br /><br /><br />I am a mother that cares a lot for her family<br /><br />I am a mountain higher than Everest<br /><br />I am a careful father that cares for his family<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>John C.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see a cold red sky<br /><br />with eyes looking down at me<br /><br />I feel trapped inside.<br /><br />I hold my fist up to show I'm not afraid<br /><br />but then I realize that I am proud<br /><br />to be seen in my father's eyes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a river that animals drink of<br /><br />I am a thief with a poor life<br /><br />I am a friend to my elders<br /><br />I am a knife, red and bloody<br /><br />I am a mother that loves children<br /><br />I am a mountain that's too high to climb<br /><br />I am a father that never has time<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Barnard C.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see a ghost.<br /><br />The ghost has secrets.<br /><br />I lock him in my room and ask him all his secrets.<br /><br />He turns gray.<br /><br />I am unable to touch him.<br /><br />He says he has an aching heart.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a river that runs far<br /><br />I am a thief in the night<br /><br />I am a friend who loves you<br /><br />I am a knife that is very sharp<br /><br />I am a mother who loves my kids<br /><br />I am a mountain that is too high<br /><br />I am a father who loves my mother<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Jessie P.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see a stranger with a red bloody fist<br /><br />shaking madly at me.<br /><br />He has me trapped in<br /><br />with his cold eyes on me.<br /><br />I got away proudly.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am a very cold river you can't swim<br /><br />I am a thief with your money<br /><br />I am your friend 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blood,<br /><br />red, red blood.<br /><br />So cold I can hardly move,<br /><br />I feel trapped so trapped,<br /><br />I can't bear the cold.<br /><br />All I can do is close my eyes.<br /><br />I'm like a stranger in unfamiliar territory,<br /><br />I clench my fist tightly from the pain,<br /><br />wanting to let go, I can't<br /><br />my pride is just too strong,<br /><br />just too strong.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:16px;" ><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:16px;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">END OF ALL POETRY SELECTIONS</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><address style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></address><br /><br /><br /><br /></w:wrap></v:imagedata></w:wrap></v:imagedata><br /><br /><br 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As an aide to group therapy it is unparalleled in its power, universality and ease of use.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9SnX6EnM7NUWdNgy4V2rW35zcy4EVVZG4j_nrFtVWFgMApaHiNlCWrVbULCX3ZlcVNp-UchaLgUf2UsI58SADHggahxfQEsq9WEtVmQ-B6snKMZGVTDAjgiCOITaz9qa5o7no6zViBc/s1600/image002+rick+uncut.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 81px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB9SnX6EnM7NUWdNgy4V2rW35zcy4EVVZG4j_nrFtVWFgMApaHiNlCWrVbULCX3ZlcVNp-UchaLgUf2UsI58SADHggahxfQEsq9WEtVmQ-B6snKMZGVTDAjgiCOITaz9qa5o7no6zViBc/s200/image002+rick+uncut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587819802119166066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It is a non-traumatic process that uses a special version of the oldest form of poetry, an oral, story-telling poetry, to allow anyone to easily express his or her deepest feelings.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It is also a form of poetry that people find instantly appealing. It is performed in antiphonal fashion (speaker-responder) to slow music, and is learned almost instantaneously.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnYBzLVe044zvxQWnjN5dC-HZ7O3wiIjZpRXORAu_TgUdYf8z3SHsHgSQ4jxKuZAWhKk9RLjtUWBS9UORlYvzoRTwFvu_EgvDFTwho7_fhp0OiTAI2GCLvOCHJHWI3JzpkrcyWX2SsYI/s1600-h/A.SharonRichardTammiHouse.jpg"><br /></a></p><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;" >No previous knowledge of poetry, or even reading and writing is required.</span><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnYBzLVe044zvxQWnjN5dC-HZ7O3wiIjZpRXORAu_TgUdYf8z3SHsHgSQ4jxKuZAWhKk9RLjtUWBS9UORlYvzoRTwFvu_EgvDFTwho7_fhp0OiTAI2GCLvOCHJHWI3JzpkrcyWX2SsYI/s1600-h/A.SharonRichardTammiHouse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnYBzLVe044zvxQWnjN5dC-HZ7O3wiIjZpRXORAu_TgUdYf8z3SHsHgSQ4jxKuZAWhKk9RLjtUWBS9UORlYvzoRTwFvu_EgvDFTwho7_fhp0OiTAI2GCLvOCHJHWI3JzpkrcyWX2SsYI/s400/A.SharonRichardTammiHouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129554838126582290" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK has been proven to dramatically increase self-esteem, self-awareness and, because of its unique communal nature, empathy for others.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The poems spoken out in Therapeutic SOULSPEAK sessions also provide an extremely accurate diagnostic tool for therapists.<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">For detailed information on programs and seminars, <a href="http://justin-soulspeak.blogspot.com/">contact Justin Spring</a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A number of books, papers, and instructional manuals are available in PDF form for free downloading. <a href="http://therapeuticsoulspeak.blogspot.com/2007/11/therapeutic-soulspeak.html">Click here.</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="http://therapeuticsoulspeak.blogspot.com/2007/11/therapeutic-soulspeak.html"><br /></a> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Samples of SOULSPEAK written poems by adults in therapy care contained further on in this blog.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" > </span><o:p></o:p></span><p face="verdana" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"> </p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:verdana;" ></span></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" > <o:p></o:p></span> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6gBfLcNEPj6pPM6c7Ai1zlD8nnA3Q5cweyASV5HojZWJKNwLGALyN6rQ9qzo739aefXCl0hbZWGpVY7zS8bsFFwFH6SieRAUPmLf9bcrFT_wArjxAT4vlS-1xm7cTzjYsrjOINSAd_M/s1600/JS++l_89cb9dc1f14b59bb072d23bbfc733ae3+uncut.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6gBfLcNEPj6pPM6c7Ai1zlD8nnA3Q5cweyASV5HojZWJKNwLGALyN6rQ9qzo739aefXCl0hbZWGpVY7zS8bsFFwFH6SieRAUPmLf9bcrFT_wArjxAT4vlS-1xm7cTzjYsrjOINSAd_M/s200/JS++l_89cb9dc1f14b59bb072d23bbfc733ae3+uncut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587819812051307330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A number of books, papers, and manuals are available in PDF form for FREE downloading.</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> <a href="http://therapeuticsoulspeak.blogspot.com/2007/11/therapeutic-soulspeak.html">Click here.</a></span><br /></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Comments by Therapists who have used Therapeutic SOULSPEAK: </span><o:p></o:p></b></span> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p face="verdana" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">1) <span style="font-weight: bold;">CLIENTS RECOVERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">at Beacon House and Prospect House Mental Health Centers: </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;" allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.jpg" title="IMG_0224"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >SOULSPEAK was used to assist therapists in the mainstreaming process to increase clients' self-esteem and sense of belonging.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >"</span><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >It was nothing less than awe-inspiring to see (those) at Beacon House drop-in center learn, follow directions, work in tandem, access their creative potential, develop a sense of self and a sense of community belonging." </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >Patricia Musselwhite-Weaver, MA, CRC, LMHC</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >CLIENTS RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE ADDICTION at </span><st1:place style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;" st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Tammi</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">House</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Recovery</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >: </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image007.jpg" title="P1020144"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >SOULSPEAK was used to assist in the recovery process by increasing self-esteem, and self-awareness, and empathy for others</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"</span><i><span style="font-family:verdana;">SOULSPEAK provided a universal, almost effortless means for our residents to access the deepest parts of themselves; it was like a magic carpet ride for the soul. Through SOULSPEAK, they were able to express their fears and hopes and conflicts and begin to heal." </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">Sharon R. Mays-Tremain, Director Tammi House.</span><br /><br /></span></span></p> <p face="courier new" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">3. <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">CLIENTS SUFFERING FROM POST-TRAUMATIC DISORDERS DUE TO PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE </span>at F.I.R.S.T. (Foundation for Intensive Rehabilitation of Sexual Trauma)</span>:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >SOULSPEAK was used in the group therapeutic process to give severely traumatized women a way to speak openly and in public about physical and sexual abuse.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p face="courier new" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family: arial;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1031" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;" allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image009.jpg" title="IMG_3517"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >" </span><i style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">I see SOULSPEAK as a valuable therapeutic tool that releases the creative process. The tangible process of clients seeing their poems in print and hearing themselves on tape enables them to put a healthy distance, or separateness, between themselves and their trauma. Externalized in this way, it is safely out in the world and more easy to handle emotionally</i><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:verdana;" >."</span><br /><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:arial;" >Natasha Mann, Clinical Psychologist.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK is considered by many therapists as a powerful aid that has </span><b style="font-family: verdana;" face="verdana">allowed clients to express themselves in ways they could not through conventional therapies</b><span style="font-family:verdana;">, and has thus allowed them to gain enough self-knowledge, esteem, and empathy for others to use those therapies successfully.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p face="courier new" style="text-align: justify; 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color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">SOULSPEAK is based on the very first art: oral tribal poetry, a spontaneous, communal multi-voiced poetry that is in our DNA, and unlike the arts that developed after the invention of writing (which are the sophisticated arts forms we have today) it is one that can be immediately learned by anyone."</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span style=";font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); 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text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:red;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <h3 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:red;">FALLING TREES and RISING STARS</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:red;" >/</span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" > <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Beacon House Mental </span></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style="'position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;" allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.gif" title="book"> <o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:16px;color:black;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Health Community </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Center</span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:16px;color:black;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:16px;color:black;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">poems produced as a part of a Therapeutic SOULSPEAK program for clients recovering from mental illness.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poet: Jim A.</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:Verdana;" > <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I am an egg waiting to be cooked.<br /><br />I am a ring on a finger.<br /><br />I am a bus taking people on a trip.<br /><br />I am a flower that blossoms.<br /><br />I am a light that has burned out.<br /><br />I am an angel sitting on a cloud.<br /><br />I am a rug that you lie on.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Dan B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Balloons are very pretty.<br /><br />They make you laugh.<br /><br />Cry if balloon bursts.<br /><br />Eyes have tears.<br /><br />Mirrors are nice.<br /><br />Windows are very clean.<br /><br />Black is the color of my cat. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It takes money to buy candy.<br /><br />We love people who give us food.<br /><br />It takes brains to figure problems.<br /><br />We get on bus to go places.<br /><br />Shoes come in different sizes.<br /><br />Lamp gives us light.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Mary B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams I see my mother<br /><br />look with disdain at me.<br /><br />I consciously search for the light.<br /><br />Ah- I see the beautiful light<br /><br />reflecting through the trees-<br /><br />filtering through its branches-<br /><br />reflecting on the meandering river-<br /><br />creating a mirror which reflects the healing light back to me.<br /><br />All over me.<br /><br />Engulfing me.<br /><br />I am filled with love and warmth.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Marshall B.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I see a river.<br /><br />The light reflecting off the water<br /><br />gives me a mirror image of myself.<br /><br />As I stand under the tree<br /><br />I view my image with disdain<br /><br />because I was unable to love my mother.<br /><br />Oh how I wish I could have known<br /><br />the joy of love when I was a child.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Poet: Linda F.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I feel the warmth of the moon.<br /><br />As I put kisses in my eyes<br /><br />to shield the hate<br /><br />I have felt<br /><br />the windows block the view<br /><br />of my father's shadow. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I hate the red river<br /><br />which overflows towards the mountain.<br /><br />I see sad things fly towards it.<br /><br />I'm not sure why, but I see my mother's arm.<br /><br />It's so sad. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 1.5in 0.0001pt 9pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);" align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:red;" ><br /><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:red;" ><br /><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:red;" >NEW VOICES</span></b><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:red;" > F.I.R.S.T</span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">(Foundation for Intensive Rehabilitation of Sexual Trauma)</span></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Poems produced as a part of a Therapeutic SOULSPEAK program for abused women</span></span></p> <h2 style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" ><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-family:Verdana;" ><b>Poem by: Bunnie</b> <o:p></o:p></span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am looking through a large window.<br /><br />I am transferred,<br /><br />into the cold ocean<br /><br />on the other side.<br /><br />But I do not feel the cold —<br /><br />it is warm.<br /><br />Mother Nature is becoming to me<br /><br />I am at peace here<br /><br />and floating.<br /><br />I am unwilling to go upon the mountains.<br /><br />I would be a prisoner there.<br /><br />I am free here.<br /><br />It feels like love<br /><br />and I can glimpse the window of my Soul.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poem by: Alexis</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am very cold.<br /><br />I don’t love.<br /><br />I’ll climb a mountain<br /><br />and I see a window.<br /><br />Through the window<br /><br />I see the ocean<br /><br />and in the ocean<br /><br />I see my mother<br /><br />whom I love very much, love<br /><br />and I am very unwilling to love<br /><br />but willing to love her.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poem by: Cassandra</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />My eyes are full of sand.<br /><br />Mother, mother,<br /><br />do you see me?<br /><br />On the roof?<br /><br />Mother, mother,<br /><br />are you depressed?<br /><br />Or loved?<br /><br />Mother, I see your heart<br /><br />is of purple flowers of passion.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />my heart rains for my dog.<br /><br />Why did you leave the door open<br /><br />for sadness to come in?<br /><br />Kindness is all that you need<br /><br />for my cold, gray heart.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poem by: Jan</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I am orange up on the roof.<br /><br />Depressed about all the sand in my head.<br /><br />My brother put it there,<br /><br />He said he loves me.<br /><br />Too much sand in my sandy head.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sometimes in my dreams<br /><br />I was a love story<br /><br />of two lovers<br /><br />in love, playing in the ocean<br /><br />cold but with no mother<br /><br />no mountain<br /><br />no window<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=""> </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Poem by: Joyce</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">We were only eighteen.<br /><br />I see peach flowers at the funeral.<br /><br />I saw Cody’s, my husband’s casket<br /><br />beside me in the aisle.<br /><br />I thought my heart was going to burst in pain<br /><br />(relieved he was found, and laid to rest).<br /><br />I imagined how blue his body must be,<br /><br />after being in the <st1:place st="on">Missouri River</st1:place> three days.<br /><br />His coffin was closed — I never got to say Goodbye,<br /><br />I saw the rocks along the drive<br /><br />into the country cemetery.<br /><br />They buried him — just two miles from the farm. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:red;" >NEW VOICES</span></b></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style=";font-family:Verdana;color:red;" >TAMMI HOUSE RECOVERY CENTER</span></b></span><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" >Poems produced as a </span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style="'position:absolute;left:0;text-align:left;" allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.gif" title="book"> <o:lock ext="edit" cropping="t"> <w:wrap type="square"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;color:black;" >part of a Therapeutic SOULSPEAK program for recovering alcoholics and addicts</span></p><p style="margin: 5pt 1.5in 5pt 0.5in; 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<span style="color: #cc66cc; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overview of Therapeutic SOULSPEAK</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #00cccc; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK is a simplified version of SOULSPEAK that allows the expression of very deep emotions. </span><span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><i>Therapeutic SOULSPEAK taps into the unconscious almost effortlessly and is both healing and cathartic by nature.</i></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: #00cccc; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;"><br />Programs are available for both at-risk children and adults in therapy. Over 3000 chldren and adults have participated in long-tem SOULSPEAK programs.</span><span style="color: #00cccc; font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCle9a1L11Yr3sHbEmtuJNhF7uThrJyXonu8xI5WIJZe0fsmhMO9P0O7dLTbnrBal_cSbg1hCbT8BG9Cq1Zr5upNVUCqWl2DkYCUXjnxWCNlTAa3iGHtg0PT4RGiR_9wJMVuHmhDWnBA/s1600-h/Madisen.Sara.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302347733112918546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCle9a1L11Yr3sHbEmtuJNhF7uThrJyXonu8xI5WIJZe0fsmhMO9P0O7dLTbnrBal_cSbg1hCbT8BG9Cq1Zr5upNVUCqWl2DkYCUXjnxWCNlTAa3iGHtg0PT4RGiR_9wJMVuHmhDWnBA/s400/Madisen.Sara.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 389px;" /></a></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: #00cccc; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK is a revolutionary program that gives anyone a way to easily express deep, unresolved conflicts and fears. As an aide to group and individual therapy it is unparalleled in its power, universality and ease of use.</span><br />
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of the oldest form of poetry, an oral, story-telling poetry, to allow
anyone to easily express his or her deepest feelings in a beautiful,
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><v:imagedata src="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5COwner%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image003.jpg" title="IMG_2031"><w:wrap type="square">The following books and papers on SOULSPEAK and Therapeutic SOULSPEAK are available in PDF form for <i style="color: red;">free</i><span style="color: red;"> downloading.</span></w:wrap></v:imagedata></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">1. An <span style="font-style: italic;">extensive <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/9nubih2x97"><span style="color: red;">White Paper</span> </a></span>with many statistics published in the <span style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Poetry Therapy</span> in 2003 on the use of <i><span style="color: red;">Therapeutic SOULSPEAK</span></i> in various therapy child and adult populations. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">2. <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/u3j4fxitur">Instructor's</a> and <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/2yeng5l9rx">Therapist's</a> instruction manuals on a simplified version of SOULSPEAK called <i><span style="color: red;">Elementary SOULSPEAK</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">3. A non-fiction book, <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/n3a9txdpsj"><i>SOULSPEAK: the Outward Journey of the Soul</i> </a><span style="color: #00cccc;">is also available for downloading for those who would like an extensive view of the history and development of SOULSPEAK.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">To download any of these PDFs, click on the names of the books above.<br /></span></span></div>
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