Tag: homeless
group name: soc-conciousness
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May 07, 2006 02:56 PM EDT --
Sequestered by collective greed
neglected puddles of pain
forgotten people bleeding
from wounds they've yet to sustain
They cry out, why can't you see
we're hurting here below
we're sick, . . . more
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March 01, 2008 08:07 AM EST --
You pass me by on a crowded street
Without blinking an eye
And my days, they pass so swiftly now
I've no worries of how time flies
If I had been good enough . . . more
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May 15, 2006 01:52 AM EDT --
Karen has a room on York,
a far cry from the mansion she lost on Winter.
Maybe it isn't far.
Three miles, give or take,
seen differently by car, bus, or foot.
It's far enough she can't . . . more
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January 23, 2008 09:51 PM EST --
If there was one thing that the three Democratic candidates agreed on in their recent South Carolina debate it was poverty. And like the pastor's position on sin, they were all "agin it." . . . more
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April 29, 2006 11:43 AM EDT --
Free
Debt paid to society
Free
Mama's home cooking
Free
Lovin' my woman
Free
Do something with my life
Free
Can't work here with a record
Free
No Grant for my education
Free
Home . . . more
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December 23, 2007 09:19 PM EST --
Whew! And Then There Were None.
My ex-neighbors and homeless friends, Bob and Shirley, showed up on my doorstep with their fat beagle Henry Hogg about four days ago. They were crying, cold, wet, and . . . more
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August 23, 2006 04:10 PM EDT --
Homeless sign: Need cash for alcohol research,
Source unknown.
more
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November 26, 2007 01:50 PM EST --
There are so many ideas floating around in my mind this morning I think I will unload a few on you, my Gather friends.
First of all, do you know that Birdie Jaworski has an article posted today? She . . . more
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March 05, 2007 04:47 PM EST --
It was exceedingly hot that day. The sun bouncing off the concrete and the white walls of the building blinded me, causing me to squint to see if anyone I knew was there yet. Putting my sunglasses . . . more
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February 26, 2008 01:11 PM EST --
I have learned so many creative ways to save money - and to receive free items thanks to my friends here at Gather! I've passed along some links to my daughter and son-in-law and have a special shelf . . . more
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February 04, 2007 01:37 PM EST --
Today's Chicago Tribune has an article about programs designed to help the homeless quit smoking. Some of the programs include distribution of nicotene patches.
I think this is a great idea . . . more
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June 07, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
Doolie and Mammie had returned to our encampment, they had spent the last two weeks honeymooning up in glorious Door County, that idyllic sliver of earth situated between the Lake Michigan and the Green . . . more
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August 23, 2006 11:42 PM EDT --
Homeless: "Trying to Survive, Please Help $ , thank you...!"
Santa Monica, California.
Some excerpts from Thom's new book Screwed
Screwed: The . . . more
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July 24, 2007 05:13 AM EDT --
I read an article in this morning's (July 24, 2007) Washington Post that disturbed me a bit.
In investigating it further, I discovered that the practice is actually . . . more
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February 24, 2007 05:59 AM EST --
"This world ain't good enough for the caring man," Cousin Jed said, his dishevelment a cause for concern. The last week or so, he's been out of sorts--bedraggled and doleful--his outlook . . . more
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April 09, 2006 08:19 AM EDT --
Shifting from The "I" Mode
. . . more
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October 23, 2006 11:42 AM EDT --
One way to get through the hard times of being homeless is to laugh; and one of the men who could really make me laugh when I was at Father Bill's, a homeless shelter here in Massachusetts, was a man . . . more
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March 06, 2007 07:04 AM EST --
The pale old man of expedited frailty sat unadorned on the old, graffiti-laden park bench, near enough a withering elm to witness the antics of a few gray squirrels running up and down and then around . . . more
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May 17, 2007 08:46 AM EDT --
Hello!!
Hello up their on the flat top of our nation's social pyramid!
Yeah, you guys milling around right under the all seeing eye.
Here's a little heads-up from a few levels down.
The slippery . . . more
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October 18, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
What They Don't Tell Us (about alcohol)
by Marilyn Mackenzie
A human is worth less than an animal? Apparently some think so.
Recent studies have supposedly shown that light to moderate . . . more
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