a poem in which he spoke about a crooked and wild road leading to amazing and wondrous places. My take on what he was conveying is simply telling the reader that he hopes they will follow the unbroken path instead of the one that has been tread on a million times before. Travel the trails that have risks, for those are the paths that lead to the most beautiful sights. They can lead to wild, unexplored territory or ruins from long ago. These roads lead to the wonders humanity is forgetting. They lead
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On Giles' Critique “a song in the front yard” On Giles' Critique “a song in the front yard” Ron Giles (Cited in Lynn, 2004) states that Gwendolyn Brooks “a song in the front yard” tells the story of a young woman who is waiting for the day she can break free of the constraints of her upbringing and live a wild, fun-filled life. Giles further states that this young girl in the poem has already had a taste of that life, and is not simply engaging in the conflict of the innocent
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six lane road that separated the corner of where we stood and my elementary school. I, in second-hand brown colored sandals, mindlessly aware of the cars rushing past and he, with eyes weary and hurried, his feet constantly moving, hoping everything here was worth leaving home for. Many years later, if you’d ask me, I would still be able to trace the paved path with my feet, apartment building to school: elevator, down four stories, sidewalk and three blocks north, cross the six-lane road, two blocks
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SCENE DESCRIPTION: This crash occurred on SR 924, a two-lane divided highway that is also known as the "Shenandoah Highway". In the area of the crash the highway is divided by a double yellow painted line. The highway comes to a "T" intersection and SR 924 South turns slightly to the left and has two large "Stop signs" one being on the left side and the other on the right side. Weather: Light rain shower with dense fog. Lighting Conditions: Dark PRE-IMPACT MOVEMENTS: Unit #1 was travelling southbound
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Halfway to Canada Every year for ten hours am I stuck in a metal cage on wheels passing each rest stop. We get there after hours of auto books and 90’s music. As I am relished on too the one Main Street of Ely minnesota. I run from the car stretching my legs looking at the color buildings of the beautiful colorful builds that run the street there many shafted shins of neon.the next day we get out on the water a smooth and peaceful morning Patel hitting the water sending ripples out soon we get to
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In the "Rough Road Ahead: Do Not Exceed Posted Speed Limit" by Joe Kurmaskie, a cyclist decides to test his luck with trying a “‘shortcut’ that was to slice away hours of [his] ride to Yosemite National Park”, advice given to him by a group of old strangers. Eventually he begins to realize that his trust was misplaced as his water supply diminishes to nothingness and the landscape changes from hopeful straight roads to ghost-town scattered hills. The various tragic events in the setting, such as
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Six o'clock, forty degree, shivering. Five-thirty, thirty degree, frost. Five o'clock, twenty degree, wind chill. Four o'clock, ten degree, pitch black. Not being able to go to bed till eleven, and having to wake up in these early morning conditions. They don't want young children out this early because this is hard for them to deal with. Apparently it's easy enough for teenagers to deal with. The school start time for Legacy High School is seven-fifteen, seven-ten on Wednesdays. If a student is
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In summary, on 11/01/17 at 1731 hours, I was dispatched to the Cicero Police Station in regards to a missing person. Upon arrival, I made contact with the mother of the missing person, she was identified as Alejandres, Maribel DOB 06/21/81. Maribel related that her daughter did not return home after school. Maribel’s daughter was identified as Torres, Alondra DOB 08/06/00 and she attends Morton East High School. Maribel provided with a possible phone number (630) 823-6391 of a friend, which Alondra
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Historic Setting The footprint traverses the Santa Clara Valley, passing through the major urban setting of San Jose and the smaller communities of Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Between Pacheco Pass and Merced, the APE corridor crosses through rural agricultural lands and hilly uplands in Santa Clara, Merced counties, and the northern edge of San Benito County. As the footprint crosses I-5, it enters into the western edge of the Central Valley. Information gathered from the Program EIR/EIS; local groups;
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I woke up one cool, moist morning and saw my older brother getting the gas and his weed eater and I remembered that today was Saturday, the day he goand weed eats. I got up, got dressed, and asked if I could go with him, "yes I could use a little help." he said. I gathered up my weed eater and hopped in the van. We arrived at Buck's house, (the guy we weed eat for) at 7:47 am. We waited until my grandma left. My grandma left fifteen minutes later and we got started. I started behind the house
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