black substance commonly associated with santa claus…this is the guy that lives in the north pole that makes toys in his place in the north pole with help from elves.
james
Dark, smoky, and black, it has fueled our modern civilization. Without it man would be nothing more than cheap humans, living in primitive huts. With coal came power and with power came a technological revolution. Neverthless it is destroying our world today.
Leech
the train whirled on as the crew member threw the coal in the engine. I kept thinking how much I would actually remember of this place. Dreading the excitement of meeting new people. Dreading even more forgetting all my old friends.
Gordiz
That’s not mine. Would you believe it — I have acoal!
Joseph Leff
Coal…as dark as is eyes. He is like coal. His heart hard and black and unforgiving. He is a cinder. He should burn. He is the chunk that fuels my fire.
Raelene Newcomer
i got coal again?!! that’s nto fair. i already read some really interesting things that other people said about that so i’ve hardly any original thoughts of my own
when i was seven or 8 there was a tony hart, or art beat or similar programme on tv where htey showed you how to paint coal, using wax barriers and orange paint amongst all the balck, grey and watercolour. it made it really 3d.
we also had a coal skuttle at my house which me my sister and my mum used to argue over who would fill it but mainly it was my mum, i knew always that it was a good thign to fill it befor eshe came home and often i didn;t anyway. she would complain that my dad would always leave all the big bits in there that were shit for trying to get to light, we kept it outside in the garden
gem
i knew about miners from what my parents said but i never knew the ins and outs, why was it not good for miners to lose their jobs but ok for the rich to be stripped. of course that IS the case i just didn’t know why. i saw the pictures of the boot boys banging the workers on tv.
joe
coal is used to make fire but is very expensive and they bought slaves to mine for it because it was deep in the ground many died because it is a very hazardous job full of disease and so only rich people had it it is a christmas item too for if you have a lump of coal in your stocking you were bad or you have an amused relative merrry christmas in august
Kestrel
black energy.
enjoy the insight.
christopher
it was black and powdery like chalkdust between my fingertips, and what was cruel was that there was never enough of it. never enough to turn that little spark into something bigger and warmer, that would help me to fall asleep without shivering under the blanket. something that would help me to stop seeing my own breath, and to wonder whether my brother was too cold in his own bed.
i scraped together handfuls, precious and too few.
clara
burning, blistering death darkness fear pain despair desperation s5tubborn won’t call for help
H4nn4hD
is black ike the ass fault
black as the faults in our friend
that we wait on….counting change looking at the black sky……
coal burns like our fuse
coal last forever
longer than wood
but our patience will only last till the end of this cigarette
till the end of this song
then we will continue down the hot coal streets
hannah
My stocking was never filled with this. Don’t know that even one piece made it inside. I’m not sure why. I wasn’t always a good little boy. Oh well. Somethings don’t come through as promised. Even negative things. I guess that’s how things even out. Some men get stuck in coal mines. Some kids are lied to about coal being in their stockings. Everything is in balance.
patrick
i know a girl whose dad works in a coal mine. I think that’s crazy that there are still people who work in coal mines. you normally think of that as being something that’s only in old movies.
at any rate, i’m not a big fan of the girl. but, i still think it’s interesting what her father does for a living.
Shila
coal is big and black and you make fire and burgers with it. well you dont make burgers with it but sometimes you use coal in a grill to make burgers. ok so im a little hungry apparently. coal is also what santa leaves the bad kids, when theyre bad. thats redundant but oh well. hmm coal is also black. did i mention that? i wish it came in different colors although it does turn gray when its used up.
sarah
Very black, very dirty. I can’t imagine spending an entire life instead a mine, digging this shit out to just then have to pollute the atmosphere. Also, what’s up with the birds at the bottom of a mine. It just doesn’t make sense. I always feel sorry for the birds. I also feel sorry for the folks in the bottom of the mine, wasting their life away, stuck in darkness.
Doug
blackface eyes peeking out
slave to energy
enslaved by luxury
daddy disappeared in the hole
in the ground
amy
It can be turned into diamonds when put under large amounts of pressure. It is considered a fossil fuel and is said to be bad for the envoirnment when burned. It used to be used to power trains, steam boats, cars, and steam engines. It can also be used in furnaces.
Kevin
what a marvelously dangerous gift the earth has given us. the power it gives and the air it dirties, teaching us balance and stewardship. we learn not to gorge or we’ll never breathe.
john wessling
you make me long and wither
in pain
in darkness underneath the ground
black damp lonely planet
hidden under my bones and skin
i wish to go out in the sun
out of this hole
Mariellllllaaa
The coal in the middle of the cave was dark, and spectacularly important to me. I couldn’t quite pick what it was, and why it was. It was dark, simple, and small, yet very distinct. Not like nay other piece of coal I’d seen in the mills in my many years.
bridget
is a darkened, burning piece of earth that resembles humanity in many aspects. Put enough pressure on such a rough element and it turns into an object of desire, a representation of wealth and a jewel that has caused millions of deaths and millions to propser….what is used to heat up the grill on a Sunday afternoon doubles as a wedding ring given enough time.
mikaila hernandez
Dark, black, deep in the heart of middle America. Fuel, fueled by blue-collar work ethic. Old technology that is being retooled for modern energy needs.
Isaac
dark, black, blurry moments.
dirt on your hands, scribbles on paper.
it’s a fuel. if you’ve got fuel, just go.
burning coal can get you a great bbq. friends, beer and fun.
coal has the same elements as diamonds.
howcome?
mc
Dark, choking, filling the air- it burns my lungs and I can barely breathe or see the blue sky above me.
Lina
coal is black, it’s used as a fossil fuel. uhhh. it’s sort of like seal. black black black. grinds up, powers steam engines or some shit
conor
it’s a kind of wood buried under the soil,people use it to be a sort of fuel ,it can use to cook .
sherry
it is black and hard and heats us and warms us and used to be dinosaurs but is now in the ground it catches fire and burns it leaves coal dust everywhere people mine it it is energy
Terrie Hornbuckle
Coal warms up in fire. It creates a lot of pollution. Diamonds come from coal. Coal starts with c. Coal is black so are turtles. I am holding piece of coal.
Hannah
It is the death of the world, well the source of it at least. It pollutes the world much more than any other fuel. It is heavily used in countries like China. For heat and factories.
Benjamin Nobel
a source of energy, when i think of it i think of the mines and how it supplied jobs for our country for many years, another thing diamonds are made of compressed coal, something beautiful out of something seen as black, a bad gift for someone for christmas
Matthew J Cornett
coal is black. it comesfrom the ground and isn’t a very good source of energy, because it’s not renewable and messes up geography and people’s houses and the beauty of the land. Coal mines are dangerous and nasty and give people lung cancer, but coal still powers most of what we do.
C
Just when you think it’s all suppose to be there. In your hands. It isn’t. You’ve got to dig. Digging the earth, under and over itself till you find what you need. The resource. The life. Search. Dig. Keep digging.
Stephanie
The coals of you are starting to burn out. what was once a raging fire is now just ash. Why did I stick around, just to watch it burn. I knew that this was going to be ash one day.
randall
i never got coal inb my stocking but there were times when i probably should have lal laa i miss josh but i like phillip too… why does the word coal make me think of this christmas is fun la la i like it… spending time with my family sometimes i wonder what life is about anbd how will we ever make it our alive still though its interesting but i havee faith in it…. i believe in me so thats all that mattere
Britt
coal? coal. coal. coal. its empty and filling and is really good for bbqs. oh yes.
michelle
Dug out of the mountain and scars and dirties the land around that mountains for eternity. The mountain reclaims is land gradually but the scars and pits are there for ever. The y are thinking of digging it again and the mountain will be expolited again.
Martha
coal. I remember one of my favorite thrice song has a line that says – your eyes, they forge diamonds from the coal. for some reason i’ll never forget that. The truth is, i know nothing about coal, except for its use in steam engines, a great song by mmj by the way.
aj
Maybe there will be time when coals will be used only to paint pictures on walls, saying ‘I killed the mammoth’.
Limor
Coal is an alternative source of energy that one crazy environmentalist asserts can lead to “the end of civilization as we know it,” or something like that. Environmentalists are, by and large, crazy, and I think that the hysterical opposition to the use of coal proves that.
black substance commonly associated with santa claus…this is the guy that lives in the north pole that makes toys in his place in the north pole with help from elves.
Dark, smoky, and black, it has fueled our modern civilization. Without it man would be nothing more than cheap humans, living in primitive huts. With coal came power and with power came a technological revolution. Neverthless it is destroying our world today.
the train whirled on as the crew member threw the coal in the engine. I kept thinking how much I would actually remember of this place. Dreading the excitement of meeting new people. Dreading even more forgetting all my old friends.
That’s not mine. Would you believe it — I have acoal!
Coal…as dark as is eyes. He is like coal. His heart hard and black and unforgiving. He is a cinder. He should burn. He is the chunk that fuels my fire.
i got coal again?!! that’s nto fair. i already read some really interesting things that other people said about that so i’ve hardly any original thoughts of my own
when i was seven or 8 there was a tony hart, or art beat or similar programme on tv where htey showed you how to paint coal, using wax barriers and orange paint amongst all the balck, grey and watercolour. it made it really 3d.
we also had a coal skuttle at my house which me my sister and my mum used to argue over who would fill it but mainly it was my mum, i knew always that it was a good thign to fill it befor eshe came home and often i didn;t anyway. she would complain that my dad would always leave all the big bits in there that were shit for trying to get to light, we kept it outside in the garden
i knew about miners from what my parents said but i never knew the ins and outs, why was it not good for miners to lose their jobs but ok for the rich to be stripped. of course that IS the case i just didn’t know why. i saw the pictures of the boot boys banging the workers on tv.
coal is used to make fire but is very expensive and they bought slaves to mine for it because it was deep in the ground many died because it is a very hazardous job full of disease and so only rich people had it it is a christmas item too for if you have a lump of coal in your stocking you were bad or you have an amused relative merrry christmas in august
black energy.
enjoy the insight.
it was black and powdery like chalkdust between my fingertips, and what was cruel was that there was never enough of it. never enough to turn that little spark into something bigger and warmer, that would help me to fall asleep without shivering under the blanket. something that would help me to stop seeing my own breath, and to wonder whether my brother was too cold in his own bed.
i scraped together handfuls, precious and too few.
burning, blistering death darkness fear pain despair desperation s5tubborn won’t call for help
is black ike the ass fault
black as the faults in our friend
that we wait on….counting change looking at the black sky……
coal burns like our fuse
coal last forever
longer than wood
but our patience will only last till the end of this cigarette
till the end of this song
then we will continue down the hot coal streets
My stocking was never filled with this. Don’t know that even one piece made it inside. I’m not sure why. I wasn’t always a good little boy. Oh well. Somethings don’t come through as promised. Even negative things. I guess that’s how things even out. Some men get stuck in coal mines. Some kids are lied to about coal being in their stockings. Everything is in balance.
i know a girl whose dad works in a coal mine. I think that’s crazy that there are still people who work in coal mines. you normally think of that as being something that’s only in old movies.
at any rate, i’m not a big fan of the girl. but, i still think it’s interesting what her father does for a living.
coal is big and black and you make fire and burgers with it. well you dont make burgers with it but sometimes you use coal in a grill to make burgers. ok so im a little hungry apparently. coal is also what santa leaves the bad kids, when theyre bad. thats redundant but oh well. hmm coal is also black. did i mention that? i wish it came in different colors although it does turn gray when its used up.
Very black, very dirty. I can’t imagine spending an entire life instead a mine, digging this shit out to just then have to pollute the atmosphere. Also, what’s up with the birds at the bottom of a mine. It just doesn’t make sense. I always feel sorry for the birds. I also feel sorry for the folks in the bottom of the mine, wasting their life away, stuck in darkness.
blackface eyes peeking out
slave to energy
enslaved by luxury
daddy disappeared in the hole
in the ground
It can be turned into diamonds when put under large amounts of pressure. It is considered a fossil fuel and is said to be bad for the envoirnment when burned. It used to be used to power trains, steam boats, cars, and steam engines. It can also be used in furnaces.
what a marvelously dangerous gift the earth has given us. the power it gives and the air it dirties, teaching us balance and stewardship. we learn not to gorge or we’ll never breathe.
you make me long and wither
in pain
in darkness underneath the ground
black damp lonely planet
hidden under my bones and skin
i wish to go out in the sun
out of this hole
The coal in the middle of the cave was dark, and spectacularly important to me. I couldn’t quite pick what it was, and why it was. It was dark, simple, and small, yet very distinct. Not like nay other piece of coal I’d seen in the mills in my many years.
is a darkened, burning piece of earth that resembles humanity in many aspects. Put enough pressure on such a rough element and it turns into an object of desire, a representation of wealth and a jewel that has caused millions of deaths and millions to propser….what is used to heat up the grill on a Sunday afternoon doubles as a wedding ring given enough time.
Dark, black, deep in the heart of middle America. Fuel, fueled by blue-collar work ethic. Old technology that is being retooled for modern energy needs.
dark, black, blurry moments.
dirt on your hands, scribbles on paper.
it’s a fuel. if you’ve got fuel, just go.
burning coal can get you a great bbq. friends, beer and fun.
coal has the same elements as diamonds.
howcome?
Dark, choking, filling the air- it burns my lungs and I can barely breathe or see the blue sky above me.
coal is black, it’s used as a fossil fuel. uhhh. it’s sort of like seal. black black black. grinds up, powers steam engines or some shit
it’s a kind of wood buried under the soil,people use it to be a sort of fuel ,it can use to cook .
it is black and hard and heats us and warms us and used to be dinosaurs but is now in the ground it catches fire and burns it leaves coal dust everywhere people mine it it is energy
Coal warms up in fire. It creates a lot of pollution. Diamonds come from coal. Coal starts with c. Coal is black so are turtles. I am holding piece of coal.
It is the death of the world, well the source of it at least. It pollutes the world much more than any other fuel. It is heavily used in countries like China. For heat and factories.
a source of energy, when i think of it i think of the mines and how it supplied jobs for our country for many years, another thing diamonds are made of compressed coal, something beautiful out of something seen as black, a bad gift for someone for christmas
coal is black. it comesfrom the ground and isn’t a very good source of energy, because it’s not renewable and messes up geography and people’s houses and the beauty of the land. Coal mines are dangerous and nasty and give people lung cancer, but coal still powers most of what we do.
Just when you think it’s all suppose to be there. In your hands. It isn’t. You’ve got to dig. Digging the earth, under and over itself till you find what you need. The resource. The life. Search. Dig. Keep digging.
The coals of you are starting to burn out. what was once a raging fire is now just ash. Why did I stick around, just to watch it burn. I knew that this was going to be ash one day.
i never got coal inb my stocking but there were times when i probably should have lal laa i miss josh but i like phillip too… why does the word coal make me think of this christmas is fun la la i like it… spending time with my family sometimes i wonder what life is about anbd how will we ever make it our alive still though its interesting but i havee faith in it…. i believe in me so thats all that mattere
coal? coal. coal. coal. its empty and filling and is really good for bbqs. oh yes.
Dug out of the mountain and scars and dirties the land around that mountains for eternity. The mountain reclaims is land gradually but the scars and pits are there for ever. The y are thinking of digging it again and the mountain will be expolited again.
coal. I remember one of my favorite thrice song has a line that says – your eyes, they forge diamonds from the coal. for some reason i’ll never forget that. The truth is, i know nothing about coal, except for its use in steam engines, a great song by mmj by the way.
Maybe there will be time when coals will be used only to paint pictures on walls, saying ‘I killed the mammoth’.
Coal is an alternative source of energy that one crazy environmentalist asserts can lead to “the end of civilization as we know it,” or something like that. Environmentalists are, by and large, crazy, and I think that the hysterical opposition to the use of coal proves that.