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We the unwilling, led by the unqualified, have been doing the unbelievable for so long, with so little, we now attempt the impossible with nothing. - Mini-School Credo

Poems and Stories

Despair

February 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Tami Olson My heart is a flameI miss you with a strong desireAs our day comes nearMy heart shatters once more Why did you leave meWhen I loved you soYou said you would hold me tightUntil the day we diedJust one of the many lies you fed meThat I was so willingly accepted My … [Read more…]

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February 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Mike Jacobson The bad seed grew to a treeAnd all the faceless couldn’t believeThere was another name, anothertime, another place,Another way to see 16And the bad girl lived to bleedJust to steal their sympathyAnd all those whom she’d hadWatched her fade to blackUntil her light just lay dead on the streetsThese are really simple … [Read more…]

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Darkened Secrets

February 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Tami Olson I wish you could understandPlease try to hear what I sayI feel as though I am losing youMy heart breaks at the thoughtI sit in silenceAnd stare at the phoneOh how I wish you would callYou tell me you love meBut words mean nothingI love being with youAnd holding you nearShow me … [Read more…]

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Damned Flies

February 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Aaron Connor Mutter old man on sun bleached porches, white chairs groan beneath dead weight. Inside babble trickles forth from women, the crazy women, who think that Tommy or Henry or any one of a number of boys will be coming home. Though they died horribly twenty years ago, the babble dribbles forth like … [Read more…]

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Beloved

February 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Andrea Hamilton Hidden realms behind your eyesFate awaits us, hears our criesI see your soul, I taste your lipsBlood wine,All mine,Slash me with your whipsAround my wrists chains so coldMe so fresh, you so oldI feel your flesh beneath my fingersThe scent of death still lingersTake a walk in the moonlightBecome one with the … [Read more…]

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February 1, 1996 by Mini Archives

By Anna Saclolo I wish to be with a Bumble Beefloating on the breeze, I wish to be with a Bumble Beewith strong and meaningful wings. I wish to be with a Bumble Beetogether we feel the need, I wish to be with a Bumble BeeANDforever we’d be complete.

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To The One I Love

November 1, 1995 by Mini Archives

To The One I Love By Sara Leslie Pipkorn I wish you were here to wipe all my tears away. Touch me and let me know you still care. I care about you a lot, more than you’ll ever know. Don’t you understand that I love you with all my heart. I don’t ever want … [Read more…]

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Infinity

November 1, 1995 by Mini Archives

Infinity By Will Carpenter Beyond the limits of   Normality A victim of life’s   Fatality In a word with no   Morality Swimming in their   Conspiracy Wishing for   Simplicity Dying of   Deficiency Wading into midnights   Sky Dreaming | could   Fly I scream my   Last Goodbye 

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The River

November 1, 1995 by Mini Archives

The River By Will Carpenter Feeding the fusion Seeing her illusion Tasting my confusion Only sweet Pain Her body soaked in a euphoric rain Feeling the fusion O my sweet pain Seeing her illusion Her body soaked up euphoric rain Tasting my confusion They all died in vain They all died in vain Completion

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About Last Night

November 1, 1995 by Mini Archives

About Last Night By Scott Hedtke Last night I saw you a little more clearly than usual, as if the wool over my eyes was pushed aside. Like trying to learn a foreign language in a class room then traveling to that particular country and understanding or trying to understand all of the peculiarities of … [Read more…]

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Latest Updates:
10/28/24 - Found some negatives for a sledding trip to the Orono Golf Course in 1980 so added a new slideshow for that.
9/25/2024 - Uploaded an additional 53 PDF files of Com-Mini-Cations, started to convert the articles into individual posts.
5/28/2024 - Created slideshows for miscellaneous trips and classroom photos plus a slideshow for unidentified trips, lots of updates to existing slideshows, slide scanning complete
5/27/2024 - Slideshows for Big Fork Canoe 1996, Women's Bike Trip 1994, North Shore Women's Trip 1994, Southwest Utah Trip 1992, Winter Camping 1998 & 1999, St Louis 1998, Insights 1993
5/23/2024 - Slideshows for Classroom 1992, new photos to Classroom 1996, and the Mini 25th Reunion.

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