Issue II-2

Issue II-2

Spring 2010

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HOME IS

by Talking Sidewalks on 27. Aug, 2010 in Community Piece, Issue 1.i, Photography

—A Community Ensemble— Home is a place I used to live a long time ago. -Steve Home is everywhere and nowhere. -Joey Home is where I lay my head. -Anonymous Joseph Sinkiewicz   Home is people’s sanctuary. -Anonymous Home is where family meet. -John Home is the dwelling place of your soul. -JAS Home is [...]

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Waking Up

by Talking Sidewalks on 27. Aug, 2010 in Joeseph Sinkiewicz, Photography, Prose

    Joseph Sinkiewicz— Finally sitting in a soft chair, in a quiet empty room, my eyes begin to fade. I awake in a coffee shop filled with familiar faces. As I look around the room, I’m reminded I am once again alone, surrounded by many. My senses are coming back as I start to [...]

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Label Me

by Talking Sidewalks on 26. Aug, 2010 in Issue 1.i, Poem, Thomas G. Owens

Thomas G. Owens— Look out. Here they come. Don’t stare at him – She’s nasty. Hope you got some money to give them, because I’m ready to go. If anybody sees me with them, I’ll never hear the end of – Oh no, not me – but why. Should we be kind when they’ll never [...]

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The Thing we Carry

by Talking Sidewalks on 26. Aug, 2010 in Issue 1.i, Poem

  Thomas G. Owens— Food, “clothes,” blankets, pictures, books, medicine, hygienes. They put their house in a bag and carry it with them. He carries the burden a of a long-lost love that once filled his heart, now he fills the void of what could have been. Down-trodden he seems, but the hope of another [...]

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What’s in the Bag ?

by Talking Sidewalks on 26. Aug, 2010 in Author, Issue 1.i, Photography, Prose, Thomas B.

Thomas B. — It was a cool fall night. The tension was high, and there was anger in the air. She thought I was cheating on her. You could see it on her face, a look of disgust. I put my bags that she had packed in the van, they felt so light, and off [...]

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Release Sept. 7 at Flyleaf Books

by Talking Sidewalks on 20. Aug, 2010 in Event

RELEASE EVENT at Flyleaf Books: Issue II-2 Tuesday, September 7 5:30pm — 7:00pm at Flyleaf Books. 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Talking Sidewalks is a community literary magazine that features the writing and artwork of individuals who have experienced poverty and homelessness in Chapel Hill. In celebration of the release [...]

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