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I'm losing my words lately
Pondering writing + our wild and soft hearts -- It’s a dangerous season for a writer when they stop writing. Necessary. Normal. Needed. But still…
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The white sparkly fireworks + potato salad slumber
A poem on the 4th of July in the midst of fascism -- i grew up loving the white sparkly fireworks the most - the ones that sizzled and fell from the sky…
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Love will win in the end
But it's not going to be pretty -- this is my prayer beforechecking the news, the desire to ignore and self-protect runs deep
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Let it disintegrate
A couple thoughts on letting it all fall apart. Again. -- I sit by a sparkling creek that runs by the library at my town’s university campus. It’s late…
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The middle school of it all
A poem on the weird middle -- they say middle school is the awkward in between for kids but it’s the same for parents too instead of braces acne and…
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the sweet and spiky
the nuance of changing dreams -- i used to think my dreams were products books and movements / things i could hold and measure
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If you really knew me
you would know...I facilitated a retreat a number of years back and part of the weekend involved an open mic situation with this prompt, “If you really…
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Can fake trees heal?
Wrestling with the tension of it all -- I went to Hawaii and fell in love with the land my now-dead brother adored. On the plane back, my partner and I…
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Every square inch
A short poem about finding the tenuous middle -- my son is ten / trump’s been president more than half his lifewhile we’re giving everything we’ve got …
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It's wild being my daughter's ritual
A glimpse into Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when it runs in the family -- She looks at me with pleading in her eyes.I look back into these beautiful…
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There's a part of me I meet only on vacation
I love her -- There’s a part of me that only surfaces when I’m on vacation. When I have almost zero responsibilities or obligations. I love her.I hate…
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Love is at wild work
Saying yes to possibility -- A few months back, I told you about a faith community that made the bold decision to remove their pews to make room for…
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Untangling the stories that make us who we are so we can show up to our lives with spacious presence, brave honesty, radical love & wild curiosity.
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