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I went home for lunch,
I never go home for lunch.
When I got to our apartment
I don't know why but I didn't reach for my key.
Francine was at work and I always leave last in the morning.
I was sure I had locked the door but I didn't reach for my key.
I reached for the door knob and turned.
The door was open.
I don't know how I knew.
The moment I entered I knew.
I froze.
I could feel it,
smell it,
hell I could taste it.
I started walking but my muscles wouldn't move,
my lungs were grasping for air
for some oxygen
some sweet, sweet oxygen
but I could barely breathe.
"Leave!" I told myself but I kept walking.
Not really walking,
it was like moving through mud,
like a slow motion scene in a movie.
But this wasn't a movie.
This was my life and I could feel it slipping away
from my grasp.
I heard noises!
I had heard those noises a hundred times before,
they were the sounds of an Angel
but this was no heaven
this was my own private nightmare.
The moans traveled through the muck in the air
amplified like the hiss from a distorted speaker.
It mocked me over and over again.
Climbing a mountain might have been easier
but I finally reached the bedroom,
and there they were,
and there she was.
I knew,
I knew the moment I entered the apartment.
Why hadn't I just turned back?
I could barely see, my eyes were blurry,
covered in layers of my own tears.
I could see her
I knew I had never seen him before.
They were naked and in our bed.
Naked in OUR BED!
How do you that?
How do you cross the line to that extreme?
You'd think the green eyed monster
would control my actions from here on in.
I did see green!
I was insanely jealous but I didn't want to
end up the morning headline in the newspaper.
That monster jealousy was by my side but I took
I'd have to keep him at bay, at least for now.
You'd think I would be mad,
I wasn't.
You'd think I'd curse and call her whore.
I didn't!
Being cut open alive must be lest painful than this.
This hacked away at my spirit,
tore away at my self worth.
I felt like a pile of worthless shreds.
I spoke
I mean my lips moved and words came out...
I think.
I think I said,
I'm not sure it all happened so fast,
she never spoke.
I could see the shame on her face
she didn't need to speak,
but I think I said 'Sorry...
I said Sorry and I left.
I wandered for what seemed hours,
it was minutes.
It wasn't like I was meandering to a different drummer;
there just wasn't any music anymore.
I was moving to the rhythm of the beating of my own heart.
Like a broken record it was skipping,
like a broken record it played
in a loop of repetitive monotony.
I suffered in my circled steps
until I couldn't stand it any more.
I found just enough strength
to return to the apartment.
I knew she was gone
I already felt the emptiness in my whole.
We'd never see each other again.
We had been so much.
She was a big part of my life.
She was the love of my life.
I would never love anyone like that again.
So much of her was me.
I thought she was my soul mate.
We let go of all of it.
There is a feeling of betrayal.
A feeling of disgust.
A jealousy that takes over.
I'd never look at her the same again.
Everything she ever did from that day on
would always make me suspicious.
Jealousy would rule me.
Jealousy should never rule anyone.
If you can't trust the people in your life,
friend or lover, you need to remove that
person from your life.
You have to remove that person out of your life.
Trust, is the only gift we can offer.
Friend, lover or stranger!
People can trust me.
My word is my bond.
I let her go,
I really didn't have a choice
I would never be the same again.
She was gone.
She had left a note.
It said Sorry!
We both were.
Maurice Yvonne
Sponsor: Verlena S. Walker
Contest Name: The Green-Eyed Monster
Copyright © Maurice Yvonne | Year Posted 2014
How long will it take for you to see
Life is just an illusion, it's gonna pass eventually
The flesh is just a lie
Eventually you're gonna die
But your soul will live on
Rejoice in this don't mourn
God made you to die
It's why you were born
Last night GOD spoke to me
Your pain will end soon, so brother don't worry
This world will soon pass
None of this is gonna last
But the word of GOD will live on
From the dusk till the dawn, on, on and on
He said pity the living, not the dead
I replied back to him
I meant no disrespect and this is what I said
Imma hold my head high and do my part until the end
So make this life easy
This life is just a lie
Soon you're gonna die
So why you killin him for
He's just another brother, another lost soul
Just make this life easy
Just make this life easy
Just make this life easy
Just make this life easy
Sister and brothers on streets
Instead of helping them get on their feats
We're worrying about ourselves
It's an endless cycle
man's just looking out for himself
It seems clear to me
That nobody is free
Rich, white, black or poor you're all the same to me
Trapped in a prison ruled by money
Don't you think it's funny
Endless numbers and papers rules us
We'll never be happy
It's not a mystery
The world is falling apart
I want it to end already, when will it start
Until then I guess I'm going to do my part
So while you're here just make this life easy
So make this life easy
This life is just a lie
Soon you're gonna die
So why you killin him for
He's just another brother, another lost soul
Just make this life easy
Just make this life easy
Just make this life easy
Just make this life easy
This poem is inspired by Tupac's Life Goes On.
Copyright © Tilahun Taye | Year Posted 2014
You have grown to be such a man
yet, I cannot help but see the boy in you
you are my Son, who wears many uniforms
as your father, I cannot help but be Proud,
I see you march in the Orange and Black
your new horn, the one you have polished to a glow
every step you take, Orchestrated to perfection
with every note played, My pride, Crescendo
Then, you have worked hard, and Matured
a letter arrives, Office of the Governor, the Man himself
an invitation, Ambassadorship, a Musical one
Travel Europe, Summer next, Seven Countries
A Father, busting with pride, Why? I'll tell you!
Because, " Your Easy to be Proud of"
Yet as proud as I am, there is this other Uniform
the one you wear with Honor, Duty, Love of Country
the one with Medals, Braids and Epaulets
the one with a special pin, a hometown pin
Five Stars Golden, enveloped by Black and Orange
Tenne' a Chevron, a Chief, a Ring of Life
of the First Argent, A Scroll in Black
an inscription, " Classis Adhaereo Adstringo"
A Motto, In Latin, ascribed by the Navy
for Five hometown boys Lost in War
of how they lived and died " We Stick Together"
Albert,Francis,George,Joseph and Madison Sullivan
In that Uniform, I see the Man, not the boy
I cannot help but be caught, in solemn thought
This Man, with Anapolis in sight and mind
on this, the Eve of the 9/11 tragedy and War
That solemn thought reverts to Sacrifice
the Sullivan's sacrificed,9/11 over 3000 sacrificed
all did so,willingly or not, for Country, for God
I think you have foreseen Your Destiny, Your own
Josh, whatever Uniform you decide to wear,
whatever path, you may choose to walk
I'll always Love you, Be there for and with you
and be So Very Proud of You, Why? Because!
You're Easy to be Proud of!
With all my Love.....Dad
Copyright 2011 Richard Pickett
Copyright © Richard Pickett | Year Posted 2011
When loves becomes e-z the world will B a better place
holdin you will B more often N kissin U will have a better taste
spendin time will not be spent but it will B remembered
When loves becomes e-z the doubts U have U wont remember
N When loves becomes e-z we will walk hand and hand with our enemies
when greed becomes powerless we will sail back from overseas
When loves becomes e-z it will B e-z 2 love,
sympathy will have a name N it's name will B love
When loves becomes e-z we will finally let our graud down
when i find love U'll B safe when i'm around
i could love 4ever and hate just once,
and that hate will back fire on me like a broken gun
hate is so e-z and love is so hard,
we love to hate the devil and fear to love God....
if we could love jus 2 love, my love will be everlasting
it will be bullet proof instead of plastic
When loves becomes e-z i will love like the 1st
mayB my mind will unfold, mayB this bubble will brust
it's better not to love at all then to love and lost
because trying to gain that love back is a debtly cost
and when loves becomes e-z a smile will become a gift
5 fingerz will become a hand N that hand will become a lift
When loves becomes e-z the most meaningful word will B firend
and When loves becomes e-z i will love you again
Copyright © Jay PorknBean | Year Posted 2010
Once life slipped from my young days,
taking away all happiness;
it rained, but flowers didn't grow,
hope was as far as a rainbow...
deprivation and longing
made me shout at my ill fate
to stop its wrongdoing
before it turned to hate.
Yes, taking back life wasn't easy,
but what's left is mine to pursue...
to enjoy before my hour of death;
and I hope that it will continue
without disrupting the harmony
between love and happy living:
'though lost time can't return,
the present is enough!
Years have passed and generosity
has flourished in a loveless heart,
now, every friend notices how
it loves them without resentment;
and they reflect over my words,
" Taking back life wasn't easy...
I fought hard and won
by making the right choices!"
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2010
If loving you were easy
I'd love you like I should.
I've opened up my heart to you
and tried as best I could.
I don't expect reassurance.
I know some think I'm cold.
I needed your love when I was young.
But now I'm just too old.
I've lived without your guidance.
I've lived without your hugs.
I'm sure you don't remember
a time without your drugs.
You chose the life you're living.
I wished you all the best.
Now it's time to say goodbye
and lay this thing to rest.
If loving you were easy,
I'd love you like I should.
I've opened up my heart to you
and tried as best I could.
Copyright © Mary Nagy | Year Posted 2005
How do we fight this war on mirth,
When love and life now have no worth?
How do we alter such twisted souls,
With death and horror their only goals?
To save a spirit such perverted spin,
It has to transform from deep within ...
Seems hope is done before it starts,
Yet, LOVE can change the coldest hearts.
Copyright © Greg Barden | Year Posted 2017
Young love is easy
Wild and hot,
Getting and giving
From bottom to top.
All of your attention,
Best manners and smiles,
Flowers and perfume
Sweet smelling for miles.
Shirts and dresses starched,
Cleaned and pressed,
Hair-do's and manicures
Take care of the rest.
Young love is easy
As apple pie
But love gets tougher
As the years roll by.
Once we've taken
Those wedding vows
Life quickly changes
Everything somehow.
No more hopping
Into back seat games,
Spending all your cash
On your hottest flame.
And no more running
With the good 'ol guys
As responsibilities hit us
Between the eyes.
As the years grow longer
Love grows too
But not as easy
As when love was new.
Separation and sickness
Knock us down –
Disappointments and heart aches
Round after round.
The loss of loved ones
Near and dear
Make us weary and worn
Year after year.
Money gets tight
And the house needs repairs,
And children need attention
When you're not there.
Then our bodies start to bend
And slowly break
So we cling to one another
No matter what it takes.
Because young love is easy
And old love is not,
But at the end of our hours
It's all we've got.
Copyright © Terrell Martin | Year Posted 2013
Infatuation is what it's sometimes called
You can give it any name you'd like
I call it love, pure love sweet love
It's as easy as falling off a bike
No need for any special instructions
But your heart must be willing to share
All or even just a part of your heart
Almost everyone has love to spare
Nothing's really more important in life
It's the engine that turns our wheel
Can't think of anything that even comes close
For passion, for intensity, for zeal
Take it from me, an extremely sensitive male
Who loves life and the joys it brings
Once you discover the true meaning of life
You find all year round is spring
<3 <3 <3
© Jack Ellison 2013
Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2013
Not trying to be too brash
Or sound like poor white trash
But there is one thing I love
About my man- only thing I adore more
are the brains above-
There is only one for this lass-
I shor' do love his ass!
Copyright © Amy Green | Year Posted 2014
However you understand Love
it is not easy, it takes guts
it takes courage
Love does
It eats you, if you're not careful
you can be love, be loved
love and loved, you can be
You can take it, bring it,
like baggage, but can't wing it
it will test you to your limit
Love will
If you break before the dawn
of wisdom in your head
you lose some but love remains
always in all ways
Love is not easy.
Copyright © Uwe Stroh | Year Posted 2013
always ready to jump the next train
catch the next flight
looking for a life to blame
and I'm sorry every time
Especially this time...
treating you as easy come, easy go
but you're not just easy go
for me
no you're not an easy go
please let there be
a tomorrow?
Like you said
always a tomorrow
very new for me
a colt that knows nothing
but feels everything
not sure how this is supposed to feel
but....it feels safe
I know I said you don't understand
but you do...
didn't give you my hand
for no reason
you do understand
better and quicker than anyone
was scared of making do with something that just doesn't
but this is different
won't treat you as easy come, easy go
you easily came
but you won't easily go
for me,
no you're not an easy go
please won't there be
always a tomorrow
like you said?
Always a tomorrow
Don't ever want to change your face again
like I did
when I said
what I said
I'm really going through it now
nothing to do with you...
won't there always be a tomorrow?
Please and always say a tomorrow
Copyright © joy bohland | Year Posted 2013
three easy pieces
the kind of tunes children like
are so out of place
in this electronic world
grandma moses comes to mind
the colors simple
country places brought to life
you identify
alive again as a child
love comfort security
in this complex world
simple things are still the best
three easy pieces
love comfort security
old grandma knew how to live
Copyright © daver austin | Year Posted 2011
There is so much I want to share with you,
But my words are lost deep within me
I have oh so many emotions
How do I make you see
Life is not always that simple
Hear this from my heart
Our faith will concur all
As we stand here at the start.
Not speaking to you is going to kill me
You there and me here
But one day soon that will change
And I will finally have you near.
The Angels they did send you
The day that we met
Our love will last forever
As in stone it was set
Come fly, fly with me baby
Oh come fly with me
We can explore our love together
And set all our deepest emotions free
For the skies are without limits
And the tree tops we sour too
Perched upon a branch
Our love is forever true
I never meant for this to happen
But I am sure glad it did
Hearing your love and laughter
Makes me feel like a kid
Please never doubt my love
What is shared between you and me
Cause I am here to forever hold you
You just wait and see
But for now, I have to be patient
And except our destiny
But I promise you this my darling
You are forever within me.
Copyright © mandy cabral | Year Posted 2012
What are you thinking about?
I've never had this much trouble
You never let me in
And it makes me think
You're sick of me--
That you don't want me around--
The sound
Of another person--
A different guy
Telling me he loves me--
That he wants to be mine
It's so different and new
It almost has no meaning
I say "I love you too"
But do I really?
I never gave myself time to heal--
Time to recover
I like to think of myself
As a fighter--
As someone who is strong
But the truth is
I take the easy way out
If given the opportunity
I don't know what I want in life--
Or what my calling is
All I know is that you take away
My loneliness
And keep my mind occupied
I'm so afraid you'll leave me
Like I left him
So unexpected
So sudden
I just want this to pass
I want this year to be finished
So I can start over again
With someone--
And something new
I want to feel loved
I want to feel needed
I want to feel closer to you
I miss you
Copyright © Carly Bradshaw | Year Posted 2011
Friendship's Are Easy to End…
Hard To Rebuild!
When it comes to friendships,
many are quick to "end it."
I seldom see very few that try to "rebuild it."
A harsh word said. An angry thought spoken.
Can often cause many friendships
to be broken!
Scripture says; "be quick to listen." "Slow to speak."
May we speak God's grace each day of the week.
A broken friendship can cause feelings of anger.
And soon, our "ex-friend." becomes a "stranger."
God will not give you a trophy
for those you've "un-friended."
May you ask for his love to have your
hearts "amended."
Broken friendship can have
many repercussions.
Often leading to gossip and
back-biting discussions.
May we seek God's forgiveness
to come back together.
May his love be the glue that
binds you forever!
Life is too short to end a friendship.
The person you left, could be going through a hardship!
May the peace and love of Christ bind us as one!
And bring a healing to every parent,
daughter and son!
By Jim Pemberton
Copyright © Jim Pemberton | Year Posted 2012
I mix the Grey
of ash and soot
into shade, ground
from between the leaves
of midnight and dawn
as the texture of you
begins the pale
to nothing
as each lift of the brush,
and every dab erased you
from the canvas of my life,
I realize,
I am overpainting each
and every particle
of you
I meditate on the good
but with regret I forget,
for in the remembering
burns a nothingness
I remix the colour
with a rainbows spray,
and I fill the void
where you once stood
too long
I stood in the background
of your Shadow painting
I am a now
mistress of my own easel
and my brush is reaching
out of the shadow
of you
Copyright © Jayne Eggins | Year Posted 2010
Hug A Taxi Cloud Furnace Inflatable Train
Chug A Deer Sweet Throne Ping Pong Pirate
Examiner Of Creams Unhingeology Tailored Loving Censorship
Fluorescent Tar Indirect Assessment Polite Tick Aeon
Blight Whack Tubular Wells Sense A Ship
EndSource Woven Drips Cheetah Blood
Falcon Dribble Frank Stopp Mastodon't
Rusty Shilling Hardwood Grapetin Walrus Warble
Marble March Flag Drone
Clarifog Crossed Kegs Frog Lawyer
Off Your Dead Sled Polish
Sled Jammer Spray On Fan
FraySpan Bus Flop
Crustaceous Clicks 1 and 2 and Free and More
Hoots With The Fur
Segway To Heaven
Clarified Mutter Puddle Politics
Window Lickin' Spindle Flicker
Copyright © Rob Browne | Year Posted 2013
Was it easy, was it tough
Can't you see, can't you see
I have tried to make it clear, but I guess you are too blind to see.
Why is it so hard for me, but so easy for you to let go
Was I so easy to just be forgotten or was I just a face in the crowd.
I imagine me in your shoes and try to see things your way.
I try to find out what went wrong which made it so easy for you to walk away.
I wonder how much time you took and what things you must have asked yourself.
Did you compare me or did you even give me enough thought.
Did you think of all the time I have been there for you and the concern when sickness struck you or was it just one silly mistake which made it easy for you to decide everything.
I wonder and wonder or was it just me.
After hearing my story people say to just move on, as it was just something written on a paper which could easily be torn down.
I just wanted to ask them is it so easy or is it just me.
I start to think and try to make sense. I try to be my own hero and fight my fears and wipe away my tears.
In the end I just ask myself WAS IT SO EASY OR WAS IT JUST ME
Copyright © nayantara george | Year Posted 2015
Loving you is easy
I'll be there for you, whether skies are grey or blue.
I'll be there for you, because you are there for me too.
If you are hurting and can't carry on;
Just give me a call and I'll pick up the phone.
Because you have my love, it goes on and on;
It's never ending, because you are the one.
This is my life, but without you in it,
My life would be empty and I would be lost.
As I lay here with you asleep in my arms,
I can't help but think I love you and I hope I am enough.
You shattered my soul in two,
The day I fell in love with you.
One half was mine, the other yours;
I knew right then we'd make it through.
I see you smiling in the sunshine
And I'm thinking of our future together.
I see us marrying each other sometime soon
And I hope we will last forever.
(C)2015 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © Aa Harvey | Year Posted 2016
where does love come from?
where does love stop?
i've met too many that speak of its nonexistence
i know far too many sadists,
masochists, pessimists, nihilists
and i had to shake them all off
on my long-winded ride to the top (of what?)
i'm not known in distant lands
i'm not praised in foreign valleys
i've got a few close friends
and not much else beside the point
i'm not going into new discoveries
i'm not emerging from them
what life is left to live
if you're simply too much for yourself to handle?
hello, goodbye
so sorry, i'm not anything really special
i'm just another joe
with neurotic dreams of grandeur
oh wait, but now the dreams have become nightmares
ones i can no longer write home about
they might throw me in the looney bin
and study the kind of state i'm in
wouldn't i love that
but hey, i'm not crazy
and maybe that's the problem
i'm way too sane for my own damn good
i'm way too f---in' grounded in what values and ideas
were always set
chaos is the way of the world
and i'm trying to make sense of it
just like all the others
who study open-ended mysteries
to finally arrive at nothing
that surely beautiful something
that everything leads back to nothing
i can't think straight
no, i think so straight
i just can't think anymore
Copyright © Val Murah | Year Posted 2007
Porphyria got off easy
If she truly loved
To remain would be
Self inflicted agony
Because he will leave you
Walk away and leave you
And spin you around so
In the night so
That in the end
Half of you will want
Though the other half
Will die
Better to be whole dead
In his hands
Then half so without
Porphyria got off easy
Copyright © misty hunter | Year Posted 2009
What Amazes Me How People Are Easily Offended
What amazes me…Is at just the "drop of a hat."
How easy people get offended and "turn their back."
I go to church and some say "we welcome you as you are."
But forget all about you when you go out to your car.
As long as your "in the groove" and say "pleasant things."
You feel some "love" no matter what life may bring.
You get involved with activities of various kinds.
And have discussions with "many different minds."
But if you say something to
someone that may "offend."
They "have nothing to do with you."
And don't call you "friend."
How many believe what scripture teaches
concerning "God's eternal love."
But rather try to give the other person a "shove."
What good does it do to tell others you're Christ' example?
When an "offensive" brother is
"kicked around and trampled?"
Isn't it time to put all of your feelings of "anger" aside?
And ask God to take away all bitter feelings and pride?
To those who've received mercy. We must give it in return.
Jesus knows our every thought. And is concerned!
Why not find somebody that you have "brushed away?"
And speak love to him in what you do and say!
Learn what it truly means to live and the power to forgive!
Your life for Christ… Is what our savior gives!
Seek to restore relationships in those that surround you!
Seeing how God can work through
you just may astound you!
By allowing the goodness of Christ in you to be completed…
Any hard feelings or unforgiveness will be defeated!
By Jim Pemberton
Pure innocence was writ all over her
though every boy knows how she really was
her love was something just a touch could stir;
her reason was no more than -- "just because."
If easy was her way, she loved her game.
the only rule was not to ever tell,
though no one ever called her by her name,
and everybody called her, Might-as-well.
There never was a princess ever known
through-out all time--as innocent and pure
as she, when everytime she was alone
with any boy, of this you can be sure.
Most men think back on her, and wonder why,
while she thinks back and only wants to die.
© 2007 RON WILSON aka vee bdosa the doylestown poet
Copyright © Vee Bdosa | Year Posted 2013
Its so dang complicated,
to express how much I love you.
Im speechless, at a loss of words.
Yet when words arent spoken,
we committ the biggest sin.
Will you be my compass rose,
and be by my side till the end?
Yet, with you,
at a loss of words again.
Is so dang easy,
that we fell in love this way.
Thinking about our future,
just makes me get this crazy crave.
Your everything to me.
A million reasons,
that i want you to see.
you make life so dang easy,
just by when your holding me.
I love you Dustin Shane
Copyright © Elizabeth Lindsey | Year Posted 2010
All the fluids in the atmosphere, that were in here were revealed.
Now there's a place not to far from here, where everything is whole & pure
& life its self is peace filled.
I live in a magic show, where things come & go
& people fail you but love still grows.
My story doesn't tell me lies but the things that I'd abide, my darkness
doesn't shine like the white light in the sky, her face is precious &
sad to say goodbye, this love we can surely rely.
This mess we must clean, it is not our job to say who's mean, we all
have an addiction of this life phene, but it doesn't mean that we can't dream.
I must not limit my own standards for I am not king, I lift my hands up high
as if I'm flying over the world with my wings, & I can feel the texture of her
Heart beating now she's queen, so nervously she looks away & than looks at me,
O' what shout full, joyful sing, she can sing to me.
Copyright © Charlie Sanjuan | Year Posted 2014
As the chocolate sauce melted,
Her fingers she started to lick,
oh god this is magic,
I'm going to, heavenly bliss?
The moon on the water,
shone brightly that night,
it was then that I knew,
that all her moments - was mine.
As smoke billowed out,
and the air became filled,
it was easy to see,
that she just loves me.
Copyright © Jack Reed | Year Posted 2010
You don't want to see me
But I'm still watching you
Behind painted faces
I know you must look too
A weary heart
Withered without your love
Won't let me leave
This place I'm so tired of
You won't hold me back
Yet I can't move on
Your train is on track
And my engine is gone
You can't see me
You don't need me
But I just can't be
Given up so easy
Copyright © Daniel Mitchell | Year Posted 2011
Were all victims
(and mutual in that way.)
You have to feel for everyone.
We're all hiding something.
A secret
-That no one else has to know-
So don't ask.
Wonder, Don't ponder
Feel my eyes on your soul
And I'll fell yours.
That's really all it takes.
What am I but a niche in your life?
And you in mine?
Copyright © Shane McNeil | Year Posted 2011
listen stop and think take a deep breath
think now dont imagine dont pretend
pay attention here this might be the end
you say you want one
your stuck with three
one runs away
but you cant let her be
we sit and we talk
reminisce about the good times
wow how does time fly by
I remember all the times we spent laughing for hours
but was it all worth it in the end when it devours
Im trying to make this easy
Im trying to let you understand
I cant make it any simpler
for you were like my second hand
you held me up
you put me down
but did that ever stop me from coming back around
I need to feel the touch
the touch of someone I love so much
but only for I know this is true
I know this wont get through to you
after years and years of drying my tears
I cant just let you go
ive tried so hard
ive changed my ways
you compliment me all of the time
but what about the other person
I'm still inside
she's got me locked in
she put me away for showing you my sin
I am not troubled
I have my ways
but this changed girl has had way better days
she wants to tell you all these things
for if she were out she would
she wants you to know that she cant let you go
and that the feelings she has she just keeps below
she has a mission
and the mission is you
but she cant seem to get that through
she knows what to do
she knows where to go
she just has to dig deep below
she needs your help
reach in and take
dont be shy to make a mistake
she wont spill out her thoughts
she wont tell you all her rough spots
but shes trying to tell you
shes working hard on what shes got
and shes thought she got through
but she must have hit everyone else in the heart
except you
now shes trying to make this easy
shes trying not to make this hurt
but she cant just get up and give you all her dirt
Im going to leave now and let her come out
dont be worried and defiantly dont shout
she needs you
she needs your help
the support isnt always there
the other me was better
the emotions ran high
but the other me grabbed you
and she never said good bye
Im not going to tell you
your going to have to guess
but I just wanted you to know
that Im going to take a rest
now dont get hostile dont freak out
Im pretty sure you know what this one is about
now I tried making this easy
I tried not to make it hard
but Ive done all I can do right now
and someday I will explain how
Copyright © Brittney Rose | Year Posted 2007


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March 8, 2014
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- University of Michigan men's basketball sophomore guard Nik Stauskas (Mississauga, Ontario/St. Marks) has been named to the final ballot for the John R. Wooden Award as the announcement was made today (Saturday, March 8) by The Los Angeles Athletic Club on ESPN's College GameDay.
Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the ballot is made up of 15 student-athletes who are the eligible for college basketball's most prestigious honor. All balloted players have proven to their universities that they are making progress toward graduation and are maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
Stauskas, who is under consideration for the Big Ten's Player of the Year award, continues to lead the Wolverines with 17.3 points a game, while averaging 3.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He has set new career bests in 11 stat categories this season and has been named the Big Ten's Player of the Week on three occasions.
Stauskas is the only Big Ten player to be ranked among the top 12 in field goal percentage (49.0, 11th), three-point percentage (46.4, 2nd) and free throw percentage (80.6, 7th) in the Big Ten.
Ranking fifth in the conference for scoring, he has scored in double figures in 24 of 28 games with 12 of those 20-or-more points. He had a career-best 26 points twice this season -- vs. Florida State (Nov. 22) and against Iowa (Jan. 22).
Stauskas needs just 85 more points to reach 1,000 in his career. He has 915 career points -- a 13.7 average. Only seven sophomores have ever reached 1,000 points in U-M history. He also cracked into U-M's all-time top 10 for career three-point field goals and ranks ninth all-time with 150. His 45.05 career three-point percentage ranks as the fourth best all-time.
The Wooden Award All-America Team, consisting of the nation's top-10 players, will be announced the week of the Elite Eight during the NCAA Tournament, while the Player of the Year award will be announced on ESPN during the Final Four weekend in Dallas, Texas.
The 38th annual Wooden Award Gala presented by Wendy's will honor the male and female Wooden Award winners, and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All-America Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, this year given to Stanford head women's basketball coach Tara VanDerveer. The Gala will take place the weekend of April 11-12 at The Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Former Wolverine Trey Burke (2012-13), who was a first-round selection in the 2013 NBA Draft and current Utah Jazz starter, won U-M's first-ever Wooden Award last season.
John R. Wooden Award 2013-14 Ballot
Kyle Anderson, UCLA
Cleanthony Early, Wichita State
Tyler Ennis, Syracuse
C.J. Fair, Syracuse
Gary Harris, Michigan State
Nick Johnson, Arizona
Sean Kilpatrick, Cincinnati
Doug McDermott*#, Creighton
Shabazz Napier, Connecticut
Jabari Parker, Duke
Casey Prather, Florida
Julius Randle, Kentucky
Russ Smith, Louisville
Nik Stauskas, Michigan
Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
* indicates player chosen to the 2013 Wooden All-America Team
# indicates player chosen to the 2012 Wooden All-America Team
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Replaying games is typically a part of what every gamer does. How can you not go back and play your favorites? I mean sure, there are those of us who have enough resistance and realize that they need to focus on their backlogs, but there are a bunch of us that really don't have the willpower to do that.
I do like to think I'm pretty good at focusing on new games and my backlog and trying to avoid the temptation to replay, but you just can't always do that. Every day when I write these blogs I'm always listening to a different VGM, typically not from the same game, and every day I want to go back to the game that I'm listening to the music of.
And while I do go back to some games every so often, I don't have annual replays of anything. Heck, I haven't even played my favorite game of all time in two years (down to this month actually). That means I haven't played it since not even a year after its release (I'm pretty sure on that, at least). Some of you may know what game I'm talking about, others, wait a few months, then you'll see. ; )
But yet, I did replay the Oracle games this past year. I just couldn't resist once they came out on the eShop. And I've gotten a huge Chrono Cross itch ever since I finished a replay of Trigger earlier this year. That itch, sometimes it comes, sometimes it goes. You never can really control it, can you?
And I do like replaying games. I mean, nine times out of ten I just want to play games that I haven't before, but sometimes you've just got to do it. I enjoy it, whether or not I'm learning something new about the game when I play it. It's just fun to dig out a favorite every once in a while.
Anyway, those are my thoughts on replaying games, how about you guys.
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Doctors removed fork from man's urethra
A 70-year-old Australian man underwent emergency surgery after he used a fork to pleasure himself by inserting it into his urethra.
The four-inch metal utensil became stuck, and the man started bleeding profusely.
Surgeons were able to remove the fork using "copious lubrication."
The man is recovering, but doctors warned that it is very dangerous, and sometimes lethal, to insert objects into your urethra.


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NCC: Escobar, Allar watch standings leads shrink
Jake Keough (Sandwich, Mass./UnitedHealthcare) won each of the four races in Wisconsin, but did not crack the top five of the NCC men's standings. Keough's teammate Carlos Alzate Escobar (COL/UnitedHealthcare) remains in the top spot with 1,221 points, but Hilton Clarke (AUS/UnitedHealthcare) continues to charge, placing second in the omnium after recording four top-three finishes in Wisconsin to boost his season-long total to 1,127 points, only 94 points behind Escobar. Jake's brother and teammate, Luke Keough (Sandwich, Mass./UnitedHealthcare), finished third in the omnium after placing in the top three three times at the Tour of America's Dairyland and now has 852 points to hold third place. Karl Menzies (AUS/UnitedHealthcare) finished tenth in the omnium to bring his season-long total to 617 points, passing Shane Kline (Bally, Pa./Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis), who sits in fifth place with 562 points.
Laura van Gilder (Cresco, Pa./Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers) won two races and placed in the top three of the other two contests in Wisconsin to win the omnium and bring her season-long total to 717 points. Van Gilder's performance however was not enough to overtake the leader of the NCC women's standings, Erica Allar (Tucson, Ariz./CARE4CYCLING powered by Solomon Corp), who remains the leader with 877 points, 160 points ahead of van Gilder. Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Cedar Springs, Mich./Fearless Femme p/b Pure Energy) slipped down one spot in the standings into third place with 709 points after placing sixth in the omnium in Wisconsin. Jennifer Purcell (Austin, Texas/Colavita-Fine Cooking) moved back into the top five with 500 points, only 58 points ahead of Kimberley Wells (AUS/Fearless Femme p/b Pure Energy), who finished second in the omnium after winning three of the four races in Wisconsin.UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling is inching closer to clinching the top spot in the NCC men's team standings. After the Tour of America's Dairyland, UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling now has 3,715 points, 2,348 points ahead of Team SmartStop p/b Mountain Khakis, which sits in second place with 1,367 points. Jamis Hagens Berman is in third place with 646 points, almost double the fourth-place team, Jelly Belly Cycling, which has 332 points. Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies rounds out the top five with 282 points.
The top four teams in the NCC women's team standings are the same. CARE4CYCLING powered by Solomon remains the leader with 1,239 points, 331 points ahead of Colavita-Fine Cooking, which is in second place with 908 points. Team TIBCO-To the Top holds third place with 790 points, 201 points ahead of Exergy TWENTY16. Fearless Femme p/b Pure Energy Cycling Vie13 is the new fifth-place team with 572 points, only 17 points out of fourth place.
Check out a photo gallery from the Tour of America's Dairyland.
Full results of the Tour of America's Dairyland.
USA Cycling NCC Standings:
Men's Standings
Women's Standings
Men's Team Standings
Women's Team Standings
For complete standings, visit the NCC's official webpage at usacycling.org/ncc.
The NCC remains in the midwest with a trip to West Michigan to contest the Herman Miller Brickyard Classic in Grand Rapids, Mich., on June 29.
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Here, in short, is the record of an oblong 'insula' in the Roman town of Orange.
Another title for Michael, or insula; see ante, p. 147, note 13.
Phrygians, their reference to the insula Hyperboreorum, 436;traces of their costume in the sculptures at Knockmoy, 437.
Ogygia, name of Ireland, or of the insula Hyperboreorum, 437.
Despite all her Western courage and energy, insula Magnet tottered by the way.
It occupies the southernmost portion of an insula extending backwards to the city walls.
The private houses in Borne were of two kinds: the insula and the domus.
It was formerly called an island, but for a century it has been decreed that it shall bear the name of insula.
By an insula is 34 meant—in accordance with ancient usage—a block of houses surrounded on all sides by streets.
On the Ebstorf map "Scandinavia insula" and "Norwegia" are also shown as islands.
insula in·su·la (ĭn'sə-lə, ĭns'yə-)
n. pl. -lae (-lē')
A circumscribed body or patch on the skin.
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When the Source of Poetry is Not Poetry (2 of 4)
Non-poetry sources round up:
Since May 2009, I have experimented with using the stock market as a "source" for my poems. At the time, I was trying to write in response to the financial crisis, the perpetual crisis. Journalists and politicians routinely refer to the stock market as one of the main indicators of our economic health. And yet it was blatantly obvious that what was good for the market was not necessarily good for many Americans. I started recording the closing number of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Then I plugged that closing numbers into a search engine such as Google, Bartlett's quotations, Project Gutenberg–even at one point–an on-line version of Paradise Lost. Those daily numbers led me to a variety of texts, which I allowed to exert their influence over a series of poems much in the same way the closing number of the Dow exerts an influence over our lives. The resulting poems are titled with the date and the Dow's closing number making the market a frame for everything these poems contain.
Film: so many, but here are three that are either used as imagery, frames, riffs in my poems: M, the great pre-war German film featuring Peter Lorre as a pedophile who upsets societal order, particularly the criminal class; both versions of Imitation of Life (the first w/ Freddi Washington (who was Black) as the mulatto who passes; the second with Susan Kohner (who was Jewish) in the role) and Bette Davis' Now Voyager and All About Eve. M is truly chilling-every time you see Lorre's character with some balloons, you start to cringe. Music: Miles Davis' In a Silent Way and On the Corner; Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies; David Murray, who composed a piece dedicated to me and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the World Saxophone Quartet, and one of my favorite albums by the late great Julius Hemphilll: Dogon A.D. Theater: Early Mabou Miines theater works: The Red Horse Animation and the B-Beaver Animation & the gorgeously srange Dressed Like an Egg, which explored Collette's life and work–I can still see the Ree Morton sculptured gown. And for many years the only magazine I subscribed to was Architectural Digest–beautiful homes, apartments, lofts. But it is was also where I learned about Gabriele Munter, Kandinsky's lover whose paintings are intense, colorful and who was collected here in the U.S. (major works are in the Milwaukee art Museum, one of the most extraordinary buildings in the world). AD was a great way to see beautiful objects from around the globe-it helped train my eye for art and design. Now if only I were rich.
So many of my poems have come from wandering around museums. All of my many house poems like PLYMOUTH WOMEN, THE OLD HOUSE ON THE CROTON, AUDDELY END, LEANING SOUTH, SHAKER HOUSE POEMS grew from wandering through those rooms, imagining what went on, the voices in the rooms. I am amazed thinking about this. Hadn't realized so many books and chapbooks, let alone individual poems, have come out of this kind of wandering and day dreaming, seeing how a chair is worn where a head would be and then making a whole story out of that. Other books triggered by museum visits or trips to ruins include THRU BLUE DUST, NEW MEXICO, REMEMBER THE LADIES, THE OLD HOUSE POEMS, MUSEUM… My book MARILYN MONROE came from imagining Marilyn wandering through DC sites and the Corcoran. I've done workshops based on the changing exhibits at the New York State Museum in Albany New York. From each workshop, always involving time spent looking at the exhibits, poems grew and often became books, at least parts of books: An exhibit on Mirrors: Real and Symbolic, triggered my book IN MIRRORS. An exhibit about the Holocaust, The Story of Daniel, triggered, along with other artifacts, much of my THE BLUE TATTOO as did many other exhibits such as MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, FEELINGS ABOUT WAR, THE AMERICAN URBAN CITY (for this, I wrote over two notebooks of poems not yet typed up)– many more examples!
I also find photographs and paintings wildly intriguing: I just copied some photographs for a new book I am working on. I'll free flow from the photographs and though the subject is not fictional, I will be free to add and imagine and come at the subject at a new angle. Most of my books have poems based on photographs– family photographs, especially. And poems based on paintings: Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Romare Bearden. George Segal are just a few. I keep thinking of more: prints from the Canadian Embassy's Eskimo paintings, sculptures and artifacts. (NORTH came from that) My first day in Washington DC I went to an exhibit of photographs called JEWS OF WYOMING. That was fascinating and many poems came from that as well as an exhibit of photographs by Harry Calhoun. The first year in DC I visited museums six days a week and kept a diary: Between The National Gallery, the Portrait Gallery, the American Art Museum, Natural History Museum, the Phillips, National Archives, Hirshhorn, The American History Museum, Air and Space– with their films and exhibits and talks was magical.
I am also very influenced by films– their titles , their stories, their images. And of course by nature: NUTLEY POND comes from watching the pond behind my house, how each season transformed the leaves and water and the reeds, birds, lilies, deer and beaver. On any trip I note the names of what grows, the vistas… and then there is eavesdropping, gazing at people on the metro, using typos to start a whole new poem….dreams, letters, diaries, myths (recently, for a project I probably would not have chosen myself) news articles, postcards and baskets of randomly chosen words– mix them with photographs and surprises are often wonderful! And I love assignments– requests for things I have never written about and probably would not have otherwise )Barbie. Jesus Christ, The Daughter I Don't Have )another chapbook) Marilyn Monroe, The Condom Anthology, Alfred Hitchcock, Rest Rooms, Joni Mitchel, poems for Obama, Dick For a Day. Lately it seems I write more on the metro– the lull, the overheard conversations.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett has withstood hundreds of readings as my go to savoury comfort mashed potato work since I first discovered it at the age of ten. I have the stunning Josephine Miles audio book of it (downloadable from Audible.com) on my iphone, ever at the ready for in-the-middle of the night wake-ups, or airport cancellations, or any time I need transporting out of the 21st century. The lucid imagery and the snappy nasty voice of Mary Lennox return me to an unabashed original self, unworried about what anyone will think of me, and all in the safety of wildness within walls. That's what I want for my poems, wildness within walls.
Read part 3 here.
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Editorial: Violence in Syria defies quick answers
In the week since the massacre of 108 people, including 49 children, in the Syrian villages of Houla last week shocked the world, pressure has dramatically increased on President Obama and other Western leaders to oust Syrian leader Bashar Assad.
OPPOSING VIEW: 'The time for action has come'
The outrage is depressingly familiar. It's the same sort of anger that followed months of previous atrocities by Syrian military forces and Assad loyalists. Each time, Syrian rebels thought the world would be spurred to action.
The world has acted, but with sanctions, diplomatic pressure and mostly non-lethal aid to rebels that have not come close to stopping the bloodshed. China and Russia have repeatedly blunted stronger responses in the U.N. Security Council. The Arab League and the U.N. have proved powerless.
Unarmed U.N. monitors — a pathetically inadequate force of 300 in a nation of 23 million — have been unable to stop the violence, and a cease-fire that began in early April appears to be crumbling. Following the standard rogue-state script, Assad buys time and parries pressure by promising to restrain his forces, but never does.
Given Assad's barbarity, and the growing regional instability caused by Syria's violence, many in and out of Congress have demanded air strikes, militarily protected safe zones for Syrian refugees or, at the very least, arming the Syrian rebels.
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But just as many, including President Obama, have been cautious, and for good reason. Just because a situation is awful doesn't mean there's a good way to fix it.
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Many of Syria's robust, Russian-supplied air defenses are in heavily populated areas, which would make an air war far more complicated and bloody than the one that helped topple Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in eight months. Safe zones would require military defenses, and almost certainly ground troops. The Syrian rebels lack cohesion and include some al-Qaeda elements. Arming them could trigger an even bloodier civil war and more civilian casualties.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has attacked Obama for a "policy of paralysis," but tellingly, Obama's policies and Romney's proposals aren't far apart. Both want Russia to do more, neither wants direct U.S. military action, and both now advocate (or at least accept) efforts by other countries to arm the rebels.
These similarities underscore the fact that there are no quick or cost-free ways to end the violence in Syria. Is there some acceptable middle ground between what analyst Fouad Ajami calls "boots on the ground or head in the sand"? The best hope is that a combination of international sanctions, diplomatic pressure and limited help for the non-terrorist opposition will eventually topple Assad.
In the meantime, the bar for direct U.S. military intervention should remain very high. After a decade of costly and inconclusive combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, and misguided missions such as the one in Somalia in the early 1990s, the U.S. should be deeply wary of committing itself to yet another conflict. Getting in, without a plan to win and get out, doesn't work.
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Latest Newscast: Ukraine Crisis Deepens, Veterans' Bill Stopped, Christie Aides Joked About Creating Traffic Problems for Rabbi
Here are the latest headlines from the WNYC newsroom.
The conflict in Ukraine has escalated, with masked gunmen storming parliament in Ukraine's strategic Crimea region today, as Russian fighter jets scrambled to patrol borders and the newly-formed government in Kiev pledged to prevent a national breakup. State media reported that Moscow has granted shelter to Ukraine's fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine's finances plummeted further, prompting Western leaders to prepare an emergency financial package.
Disputes over federal spending and over fresh penalties against Iran have derailed legislation in the Senate that would have provided $21 billion for the nation's veterans, for medical, education and job-training benefits. Republicans used a procedural move today to block the measure. Each party is blaming the other for turning the effort into a chess match aimed at forcing politically-embarrassing votes.
Newly-released e-mails show key players in the Bridgegate plot to cause traffic jams in Fort Lee, N.J., also joked about creating traffic headaches for a rabbi. The e-mails, between Gov. Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, and former Port Authority executive David Wildstein came about a month before the George Washington Bridge lane closures. The rabbi, a Christie supporter, told the New York Times he didn't know what he did to draw the aides' ire.
Governor Christie took his state budget on the road. He held a town hall in Morris County, a GOP stronghold, to tell a crowd that Democratic legislators better work with him to fix the bankrupt pension system -- or he will have to take "more extreme measures."
The federal Food and Drug Administration proposed major changes to the nutrition labels on food packages, the biggest overhaul of the information in twenty years. The changes include putting calorie counts in larger, bolder type and changing portion sizes so that they more realistically reflect how much Americans eat. Consumers also would for the first time be told whether foods have added sugars.
Tonight, clear skies, windy and cold, low 9 degrees, but gusting winds of up to 30 miles per hour will make it feel as low as 8 below. Friday, another frigid day. Sunny and windy, high 19.


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Kitsap County, Washington
|Kitsap County, Washington
Location in the U.S. state of Washington
Washington's location in the U.S.
|January 16, 1857
|Named for
|Chief Kitsap
|Port Orchard
|Largest city
|• Total
|566 sq mi (1,466 km2)
|• Land
|395 sq mi (1,023 km2)
|• Water
|171 sq mi (443 km2), 30%
|Population (est.)
|• (2016)
|• Density
|644/sq mi (249/km²)
|Congressional district
|Time zone
|Pacific: UTC-8/-7
Kitsap County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, its population was 251,133.[1] Its county seat is Port Orchard,[2] and its largest city is Bremerton. The county was formed out of King County, Washington, and Jefferson County, Washington, on January 16, 1857 and is named for Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish Tribe. Originally named Slaughter County, it was soon renamed.[3]
Kitsap County comprises the Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area.
The United States Navy is the largest employer in the county, with installations at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport, and Naval Base Kitsap (which comprises former NSB Bangor, and NS Bremerton).
Kitsap County is connected to the eastern shore of Puget Sound by Washington State Ferries routes, including the Seattle-Bremerton Ferry, Southworth to West Seattle via Vashon Island, Bainbridge Island to Downtown Seattle, and from Kingston to Edmonds, Washington.
- 1 History
- 2 Geography
- 3 Demographics
- 4 Politics
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- 6 Education
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- 8 Transportation
- 9 Notable people
- 10 In popular culture
- 11 See also
- 12 References
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When the Washington Territory was organized in 1853, the Kitsap Peninsula was divided between King County to the east and Jefferson County to the west. Official public papers were required to be filed at the county seat, which meant Peninsula business people had to travel to either Seattle or Port Townsend to transact business. On the understanding that they would "bring home a new county," area mill operators George Meigs and William Renton supported the candidacies to the Territorial Legislature of two employees from their respective mills: Timothy Duane Hinckley from Meigs' and S.B. Wilson from Renton's.
Upon arrival in Olympia, the two men introduced bills to create a new county, to be named "Madison". Representative Abernathy from Wahkiakum County proposed an amendment to name it "Slaughter", in recognition of Lt. William Alloway Slaughter, who had been killed in 1855 in the Yakima War. The bill passed as amended. It was signed by Governor Isaac Stevens on January 16, 1857. The county seat would be located in Meigs's mill town at Port Madison.[4]
In Slaughter County's first election on July 13, 1857, voters were given the opportunity to rename the county. The options were "Mill", "Madison" or "Kitsap". Slaughter was not one of the options. Kitsap won by an overwhelming majority.[5]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 566 square miles (1,470 km2), of which 395 square miles (1,020 km2) is land and 171 square miles (440 km2) (30%) is water.[6] It is the fourth-smallest county in Washington by land area and third-smallest by total area.
In addition to occupying most of the Kitsap Peninsula, Kitsap County includes both Bainbridge Island and Blake Island. According to Puget Sound Partnership, Kitsap county has over 250 miles (400 km) of saltwater shoreline.
The portion of the county north of Silverdale is often referred to as North Kitsap, and the portion south of Bremerton as South Kitsap.
Geographic features[edit]
Adjacent counties[edit]
- Island County - northeast
- Snohomish County - east
- King County - east/southeast
- Pierce County - south/southeast
- Mason County - southwest
- Jefferson County - northwest
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|Est. 2016
|U.S. Decennial Census[8]
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1990–2000[11] 2010–2016[1]
2010 census[edit]
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 251,133 people, 97,220 households, and 65,820 families residing in the county.[12] The population density was 635.9 inhabitants per square mile (245.5/km2). There were 107,367 housing units at an average density of 271.9 per square mile (105.0/km2).[13] The racial makeup of the county was 82.6% white, 4.9% Asian, 2.6% black or African American, 1.6% American Indian, 0.9% Pacific islander, 1.6% from other races, and 5.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 6.2% of the population.[12] In terms of ancestry, 21.3% were German, 14.4% were Irish, 13.8% were English, 7.1% were Norwegian, and 4.2% were American.[14]
Of the 97,220 households, 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.3% were non-families, and 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.97. The median age was 39.4 years.[12]
The median income for a household in the county was $59,549 and the median income for a family was $71,065. Males had a median income of $52,282 versus $38,499 for females. The per capita income for the county was $29,755. About 6.1% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.[15]
Kitsap County is generally been considered to be a relatively Democratic area. In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 49.05% of the vote to Republican Donald Trump's 38.07%.[16]
On mainland Kitsap County, politics are dominated by working-class Bremerton, which casts moderate margins for Democratic candidates. However, population shifts have resulted in Bremerton playing less of a role in politics, and unincorporated Kitsap County is a mix of battleground areas and staunchly Republican areas. Non-Bremerton parts of incorporated mainland Kitsap County vary, with Silverdale having become a Republican stronghold, Poulsbo marginally Democratic, and Port Orchard consistently election Republican candidates over democrats.
Democrats normally carry the Indian reservations of the area by wide margins; the area around Little Boston (part of the S'Klallam Indian Reservation) regularly gives Democratic candidates landslides of 10-to-1. The multicultural Port Madison Indian Reservation (across from Bainbridge Island) also gives Democrats victories of upwards of 3-to-1.
Democratic electoral control of Kitsap County is partly due to Bainbridge Island, which casts a significant number of votes and is almost 4-to-1 Democratic. Bainbridge Island's growth and Democratic trend offsets population losses of Bremerton, generally resulting in the county as a whole being stable but very close.
The Kitsap County Auditor Website has detailed election results from 1998 to the present. County area political trends can be tracked by analyzing the election precinct data.
Board of County Commissioners[edit]
Robert Gelder (D) - District #1, North Kitsap Gelder was appointed to replace Steve Bauer, who resigned in March 2011.
Charlotte Garrido (D) - District #2, South Kitsap Garrido was re-elected in Nov. 2012, when she defeated Linda Simpson. Commissioner Garrido previously served on the county commission from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2009 to 2012[17]
Ed Wolfe (R) - District #3, Central Kitsap
Wolfe became the first elected Republican county commissioner since Jan Angel was elected South Kitsap Commissioner in 2004. Wolfe replaced Linda Streissguth (D), who had been appointed in January 2014 to replace Josh Brown (D).[18] Prior to his election, he was a well-known local attorney with years of successful litigation and business law experience. Commissioner Wolfe served with the U.S. State Department during the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries Affairs with the rank of ambassador.
State legislators[edit]
23rd Legislative District[edit]
Bainbridge Island, East Bremerton, Poulsbo and Silverdale
- Sen. Christine Rolfes (D) - Elected Nov 2012.
- Rep. Sherry Appletion (D) - First elected Nov. 2004
- Rep. Drew Hansen (D) - Appointed Sept. 2011 to replace Christine Rolfes who had been appointed to the Senate. First elected in Nov. 2012
26th Legislative District[edit]
Bremerton, Gig Harbor and Port Orchard
- Sen. Jan Angel (R)
- Rep. Jesse Young (R)
- Rep. Michelle Caldier (R)
35th Legislative District[edit]
Bremerton, Shelton and Mason County
- Sen. Tim Sheldon (D)* (Member of the Bi-Partisan Majority Coalition Caucus)
- Rep. Dan Griffey (R)
- Rep. Drew C. MacEwen (R)
Post-secondary education[edit]
Public schools[edit]
- Bainbridge Island School District
- Bremerton School District
- Central Kitsap School District
- North Kitsap School District
- South Kitsap School District
- Bainbridge Island
- Bremerton
- Port Orchard (county seat)
- Poulsbo
Census-designated places[edit]
Other unincorporated communities[edit]
Kitsap County is connected to the eastern shore of Puget Sound by Washington State Ferries routes, including the Seattle-Bremerton Ferry, Southworth to West Seattle via Vashon Island, Bainbridge Island to Downtown Seattle, and from Kingston to Edmonds, Washington.
The county is connected to Jefferson County and the Olympic Peninsula to the west by the Hood Canal Bridge.
A 48-mile-long (77 km) government-owned rail line, the Bangor-Shelton-Bremerton Navy Railroad, runs through the county. It is a branch off the Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad, with its junction at Shelton. At the Bremerton Junction near Gorst a spur follows Highway 3 along the shore of the Sinclair Inlet terminating at the Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard, the other follows Highway 3 along the western shore of Dyes Inlet, servicing Bangor Naval Submarine Base. The Navy had originally intended to use armored trains to transport nuclear missiles to Bangor for the Trident submarines but protesters and a series of court decisions derailed the plan. Today the railroad is primarily used to transport scrap from PSNS.[19]
Notable people[edit]
- Tarn Adams, programmer and game designer, creator of Dwarf Fortress and other games
- Nathan Adrian, swimmer and Olympic gold medalist
- James Kelsey, sculptor
- Debbie Macomber, best-selling romance novelist
- Gregg Olsen, best-selling mystery/crime novelist
- Benji Olson, NFL player for Tennessee
- Delilah Rene, radio personality, author and songwriter
- Bree Schaaf, bobsledder and 2010 Winter Olympics competitor
- Ben Shepherd, bass player of Seattle rock band Soundgarden
- Marvin Williams, NBA player for the Atlanta Hawks
- Andrew Wood, lead singer of Seattle rock band Mother Love Bone
In popular culture[edit]
Walking Tall with The Rock and Johnny Knoxville was based in Kitsap County, and the City of Port Orchard is the basis for the fictional community of Cedar Cove in the books by Debbie Macomber.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Milestones for Washington State History — Part 2: 1851 to 1900". HistoryLink.org. March 6, 2003.
- ^ Bowen et al. (1981), p. 11.
- ^ Bowen et al. (1981), p. 12.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
- ^ a b c "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
- ^ "General Election Official Final". Kitsap County Auditor.
- ^ Kitsap's 'New' Electeds Sworn In Amid Familiar Surroundings - Story
- ^ Streissguth picked for vacant Kitsap County commissioner post - Story
- ^ Friedrich, Ed (24 September 2012). "Much Has Changed Since Bangor's Ammo Depot Days". Kitsap Sun. Bremerton, Wash.
- Bowen, Evelyn T.; Kvelstad, Rangvald; Parfitt, Elnora; Perry, Fredi; Stott, Virginia (1977). Kitsap County: A History: A Story of Kitsap County and its Pioneers (Second Edition, 1981 ed.). Seattle: Dinner & Klein.
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- Kitsap County official website
- Kitsap Peninsula Visitor and Convention Bureau
- Kitsap Economic Development Alliance
- Kitsap Historical Society and Museum
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Adrenaline also will utilize these centers as a jumping off point for multiple charity based initiatives under their Adrenaline Awareness project. The top lacrosse players and trendsetters from around the country will be on hand this weekend to christen the new flagship store. The Snowflake launch, hosted by Happy Madison films regular, Peter Dante, will feature the 2012 Adrenaline Winter Line, an interactive art exhibit, live DJ, and a host of LXM Pro athletes. The launch will be streaming live via The Lacrosse Network on YouTube.
In addition to the introduction of the first Adrenaline cultural center, the launch coincides with larger goals this month for the organization. Throughout October, Adrenaline Lacrosse will host events that benefit breast cancer, testicular cancer and Parkinson's disease. This month, custom breast cancer awareness socks are available at Adrenaline retailers. All proceeds will be donated to the Kelly Rooney Foundation. To drive visibility of these Adrenaline Awareness events, every store purchase this month will come with a free Adrenaline item.
Through the Adrenaline Awareness initiatives, Adrenaline Lacrosse hopes to educate youth on global issues and grow complete players who have a passion for giving back. "The launch of our cultural centers is about something much larger than the opening of a store. It's the introduction of a cultural movement, a step in the right direction for the sport, and a means to spread the message of Adrenaline Awareness," explains Alex Cade, President of Adrenaline Lacrosse.
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England are engaged in a desperate and increasingly hopeless struggle to save the Third Test and a series that was meant to be slightly easier than falling off a log. In a complete reversal of form, fortune and approach, New Zealand today set a formidable target of 481 for the tourists to win.
It is purely academic. By the close of the fourth day, England were 90 for four in their second innings, still 390 adrift. The notional runs they require to win would be 63 more than has ever been scored in the fourth innings to win a Test.
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England seemed to have staged a slow but determined recovery after the loss of two wickets before the shine was fully off the new ball. But Alastair Cook, their captain, for whom this sort of situation could have been custom built, was smartly caught at slip five overs from the end to a reckless drive against the part-time off spin bowler, Kane Williamson. To the first ball of the day's final over, the nightwatchman, Steve Finn was also caught at slip off Williamson.
Should England lose this match and series, against the predictions of all rational judgement a fortnight ago, they would fall from second to third place in the ICC rankings in which New Zealand are eighth. The morning and early afternoon of the fourth day were an unmitigated embarrassment for England and a triumph of resolve and intent for their opponents.
In the 26 overs bowled before lunch, New Zealand scored 141 runs for the loss of one wicket, in 8.2 overs after it they added another 65. The man who combined the roles of chief aggressor and tormentor was Peter Fulton, as undistinguished as he was underachieving before this series started.
He added to his maiden first innings hundred with another cut from different cloth. After a period of essential consolidation on the third evening when New Zealand's second innings was reduced to 8 for three, Fulton cut loose. The first fifty took 120 balls, the second 52.
He reached his century by hitting Stuart Broad back over his head for his fifth six. Fulton had played ten Tests before this series for a batting average barely above 20 but had been steadfastly ignored by the selectors for more than three years.
This was the batting of a liberated man, of someone who realised that there was not much to this international cricket business after all. England were stunned into submission. They took one wicket in the morning session when Ian Bell executed a splendid running catch to dismiss Dean Brownlie.
What a mistake that proved to be because it brought in the explosive Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand captain, to partner Fulton and they did pretty much as they wished.
If the batting was as purposeful as it comes, it was matched by bowling which lacked zest and discipline. England had sensed matters wrongly at the start of the session, assuming that their opponents were ready to fold and went chasing wickets.
The fields were zanily designed, as if by malfunctioning software rather than instinctive captaincy. This might work if the bowling is up to it and in this case it was not.
Before long, England were in retreat, the array on the perimeter signalling a band of men no longer in any control of their own destiny. The plight was embodied by Monty Panesar, though he was not alone. There were no runs from his first 27 balls which also included the wicket of Dean Brownlie, 52 from his next 27.
McCullum had had reached his default position, fifth gear and not budging from it, when Fulton departed for 110, miscuing a pull. It was a splendid innings, which merely encouraged McCullum to sustain the momentum.
When BJ Watling was out, gifting a second wicket to Panesar as if he was a charity in need of donations, with a pull to the outfield where he was not short of options, McCullum decided to call it a day. It left England 53 overs in the day, 143 in all to make something of it for the first time in the match.
A solid start was essential. Nick Compton allowed his first ball from Tim Southee to go by, clipped the second to square leg for two and, only half forward to the third which straightened on him, feathered it through to the wicketkeeper.
Cook and Jonathan Trott looked in no trouble on this drop-in pitch that was still refusing to wear. But for no apparent reason as the left arm swing bowler came round the wicket, Trott drove away from his body and was caught behind. A period of dogged retrenchment followed from Cook and Ian Bell but it was to become a whole lot worse.
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Question: Did Aboriginal people in Australia have any contact with other countries before European contact?
Answer: Yes!
The first European contact with the land we now know as Australia is generally held to have been by Dutch explorers in 1606. We know how important internal trading relationships and routes were to Indigenous peoples, but people are often not aware that a relationship developed between Aboriginal people in eastern Arnhem Land and visitors from overseas. Macassan people from what is now known as Sulawesi (Indonesia) annually visited the northern shores of Australia, the place they called Marege'. Whilst some people believe regular trade started in the early 1700s, others claim that these relationships go back several centuries before European contact, to the 1400s or before.
The Macassans came on the north-west winds that brought the monsoonal rains. They went in search of trepang or sea cucumber, an item valued for both food and medicinal purposes; in exchange for fishing rights, Yolngu were given goods such as cloth, tobacco, rice and knives. The trepang was processed on the shores of Australia; the Macassans then shipped the trepang home, with some of the product being traded as far as mainland China. Rock art found in the Wellington Ranges and on Groote Eylandt in Arnhem Land depicts the prau, the distinctive wooden vessels used for these voyages.
A great deal of cultural exchange occurred between Yolngu and Macassans, and Yolngu worked for the Macassans and even travelled between Macassar and Australia. This had a lasting impact on the local culture and language, with place names and words like rupiah (money) and balanda (white person) being from the Macassan language. Oral histories, ceremonial practices and the song cycles from that area reflect the exchange of knowledge and objects between Yolngu and Macassans. Evidence of the influences survive in Yolngu technologies such as making dugout canoes and metal-working.
In areas where the Macassan traders visited the physical evidence of their seasonal visits can be seen in the stands of tamarind trees (not indigenous to Australia) and remnants of camps found in the form of stones where trepang was boiled and cured on the beaches. Visits by Macassans were banned in 1906 when the Commonwealth took over the administration of the Northern Territory.
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