Commonplace Spring 2025, Volume I, Issue I


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It’s About Attention?
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By Meg Davis Roberts
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I’m From
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By Jennifer Howard
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The Lesson Plan
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By Mary Sawyer
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Dear Parkinson's
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By Samantha Mossman
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Saying Goodbye
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By Kim Ellis
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Defying Dysfunction: A Dance Toward Divine Destiny
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By Jess Oakley
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My Linguistic Artifact
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By Harriett Meyer
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The Ones You’ll Never Forget
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By Caitlyn Robillard
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A Layered Story
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Cows and Modern Art at Storm King Arts Center
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A Random Poem That Is Only Part of the Story but at Least Mostly True
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Homesick
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A Work of Art
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By Sarah Wheeler
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Fork in the Road 2013
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By Alicia Hudak
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Lessons from a Willful Five-Year-Old
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By Janet Bisti
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Barbados to New York
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By Laura Lennox Kufner
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To the Gardeners of La Finca de Sur Community Garden, Bronx, Whom I Observed From My Seat on the Metro-North Train
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By Amy Estersohn
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Etta
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By Katelin Grande
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Birthday Party
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By Olana O’Connor
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A plea
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By Tom Meyer
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Contributors
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Call for Submissions​The next edition of Commonplace needs you!
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