A dreamBy Daniel TorresTranslated by Freda Barron You have been an old path I’ve enjoyed walking. I do not regret having seen your trails,your mountains. Of waking up one day in your cold forestsand some nights in your hot deserts. I do not regret having tasted the fruits of your tropical forest,or the waters of […]
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Work in Progress is The Sopris Sun’s platform to highlight the local community’s creativity. Fictional short stories, poems and illustrations can be submitted to fiction@soprissun.com to be published.
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Speak UpBy Samuel Adams Jr., a.k.a. Clay Boland Jr.Carbondale Speak up nowBefore it’s too late.Defend the nation you loveFrom the forces of hate. It’s 1776 againAnd time to mendThe rights that our ancestorsFought valiantly to defend. We ChooseBy Nancy Bo Flood My friend chose this day todieThis week of spring equinoxat noon. In the groceryI […]
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The cryptozoologist By Tom MercerCarbondalian at heart James Perkins had always been fascinated by the incredible diversity of life forms on Earth. He had studied birds, insects, mammals and the countless forms of sea life for years. Although he lacked a formal education in biology, he pursued his interest with total commitment. He was always […]
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C’mon, Ernie By Fred Malo Jr.Carbondale My Chicago Cubs are already down two zip and the bulk of the season hasn’t even started yet. Last week, they got swept in a two-game series in Tokyo against the defending world champion Los Angeles Dodgers — a team, unencumbered by a salary cap, that can get any […]
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Empty TheologiesBy Daniel Torres Carbondale Beloved be poetry, blessed be the poet Oh my dear beloved! Hail poetry! Solomon wrote. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Wrote the one who loved Him most. In the end was Babel, and the Word was not with […]
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Tell Them I’m Gone By Dan SpillerGlenwood Springs O down river, O down riverWash this old fool awayWhere lost is and hopeless remains Tell my son, tell my sonNot to do what I have done, I could not walk and tried to runTell him, love from a broken man will come undone Tell my love, tell […]
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The Statue of Liberty has fallenBy Rick DavisGlenwood Springs The Statue of Liberty has fallenand lies broken and shattered,partially submerged by the rising seaof hatred and fear. The well known words, enshrined on a plaquehave crumbled. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, […]
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Please join The Sopris Sun community in celebration of the paper’s 16th birthday at the Old Thompson Barn on Thursday, Feb. 20 from 5 to 8pm. Tickets can be purchased at www.soprissun.com Oh, the places The Sun will goBy Just Jim The buzz of the ValleyMeets far off placesThe Sun stashed in the luggageOf any […]
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EarthboundBy Katie Brimm For Casey, and all farmers lost to suicide. Rootless he leaves The earth bound Now to another Dimension. Gone Where we cannot follow, cannot Feast upon the earthly delights He has always grown For us, he bred Tomatoes that survive frostThat grow Above six thousand feet His feet will never touch The ground where His hands Plunged into the rich loam Whose […]
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A high-stakes scavenger huntBy Tom MercerCarbondale-ish Long ago, it was not uncommon for children to participate in a scavenger hunt. For our purposes, a scavenger hunt is a competitive activity wherein two or more teams are given identical lists of items which they have to locate and acquire by going door-to-door in their community. At […]