Laurie Kolp's Writings
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Column
May.19.2011
The Dead Mule School Society of Southern Literature
I met Bill after I moved to Southeast Texas. From early fall until hunting season ended, Bill spent his weekends in the Big Thicket. I knew if I ever wanted to spend any time with him, I would have to go hunting. After all, most of the men I knew loved to hunt. I needed to know why.
“I want to go hunting with you tomorrow,” I said one Friday night.
“Are you sure...
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Poem
May.19.2011
Skive Magazine: Americana
In preschool Kate painted the American flag
with red and white-fingered streaks,
a horizon of promised opportunity;
and a squiggled square of blue with white dots,
a domino of tolerance on the upper left;
waving hello in a cottony sky of dreams.
Kate’s words, printed in black Sharpie by her teacher,
“When I see the flag I think of freedom and God,”...
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Poem
May.19.2011
The Christian Communicator
Like a bird pecks at seed,
the writer picks her words apart
ever protective of their nesting place
mindful of all prey who come down aimlessly,
sweeping away all hope the hungry ones devour.
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"A handful of memories will brighten the gloom of the loneliest day. Anon."
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—My great-grandmother Bess Carroll Brendel's book, That's the Way It Was
About Laurie
I earned a BS in education from Texas A&M University and taught school for twelve years until I decided to pursue my lifelong dream of writing professionally. My publications include poems in The Chrisitian Communicator, May 2011, Skive Magazine-...
Causes Laurie Kolp Supports
Humane Society, March of Dimes, Red Cross
Laurie’s Favorite Books
The Secret Garden, Christmas Miracles by Cecil Murphy and Marley Gibson (especially my short story), Harry Potter series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe...