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Introducing

Adam, 42

My name is Adam. I have a heart condition. It's hereditary. It's not because I haven't been taking care of…
Barry
May 15, 2024
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Richard, 69

When I was a young lad, my older nine-year-old brother, James, had leukemia. I was too young to have a…
Barry
May 14, 2024
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Hugo, 31

Growing up in poverty and being abandoned by my father at three, I had less than others due to only…
Barry
May 14, 2024
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Travis, 42

This poem, Two-tone Shoes, and a New Suit, came about when Simon, my son, sent me a photograph of himself…
Barry
May 8, 2024
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Dwayne, 58

Recently, I had a conversation about my life with a new friend. I told him that I was incarcerated for…
Barry
May 8, 2024
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Arthur, 36

“I have learned to appreciate the small things and family traditions that keep families together, especially the patriarchs who instill…
Barry
May 7, 2024
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Bryan, 58

I learned my letters by the light of a kerosene lamp when my family lived in a house my mother's…
Barry
May 7, 2024
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Alonzo, 57

I murdered him using a knife. I stabbed him in the commission of a crime. I take full responsibility for…
Barry
May 6, 2024

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