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It’s Poetry Month! Writing, Reading, Teaching and Sharing Poetry

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It’s Poetry Month! Writing, Reading, Teaching and Sharing Poetry

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True confession: I haven’t always been a poetry lover. When I was younger I collected poems, intrigued by the connection I felt with a complete stranger’s expression of my emotions. I copied poem after poem into spiral notebooks, savoring every word. And in college, I fell in love with Blake and Dickinson and Maya Angelou […]

Aren’t You Tired Of Seeing People Die?

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Aren’t You Tired Of Seeing People Die?

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White America, aren’t you tired of seeing people die? I made a mistake of watching the news today. I tuned in to see the first videos released of Alton Sterling being put to the ground and shot to death I made a mistake of watching the news to see his widow behind a podium speaking […]

2015: A Year of Courage

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2015: A Year of Courage

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My word for 2015 was courage – courage because I knew that coming off the significant changes in my life from 2014, I would need fearlessness to remember that when one door closes, another door opens. I would need courage to really look at myself in the year before I turned 50, hoping to find […]

No New Year’s Resolutions – Just Courage

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No New Year’s Resolutions – Just Courage

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I don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions – one only has to visit a health club in February to see my point. Resolutions don’t work – but intentions do. In 2015, I intend to practice courage – turning hopes and dreams into action, changing possibilities into probabilities. Choosing love over fear, presence over absence, to […]

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My Year In Books: Top Ten Titles of 2014

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What a fabulous year in books! I’ve compiled my top ten choices from last year’s “books I’ve read” titles- not all were published in 2014, some I wrote reviews on, and others I just simply savored. I definitely notice a leaning towards women writers telling the stories of strong willed, independent women – and lots […]