The Dash Poem

by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end.
He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke of the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.
For
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At 211 Degrees, Water is Hot

By Sam Parker & Mac Anderson
At 211 Degrees, Water is Hot
At 212 degrees, it boils.
And with boiling water, comes steam.
And steam can power a locomotive.
Raising the temperature of water by one extra degree means the difference between something that is simply very hot and something that generates enough force to power a machine – a
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