Sand in the Kitchen

In Sand in the Kitchen, Donna Faulkner née Miller contrasts domestic disarray with a vibrant memory of hula dancing on Lau's shores. The poem captures a moment of joyful escape amid everyday chaos and disapproval.

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In Kathy Whipple's "Chantou," we are introduced to a ten-year-old girl in a Cambodian village who weaves intricate silk patterns on a wooden loom. The ...
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