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“Dress up” (opens the original)
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A while back, I submitted a few poems to The Prose Poem’s Spring Short Competition. I was delighted to learn that two of my poems made it on their shortlist! Both of these poems have now been published on their website, and the second was just published this week. I invite you to read it here at The Prose Poem.“Dress up” is a poem I wrote about a moment spent playing, well, dress up with my young daughter, back at our old house, a few years ago. It will also be included in my first chapbook, pub
Why we become mothers...or why we don’t (opens the original)
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I posed a question to my Instagram followers earlier today. The post says, “I’m playing with the idea of writing a poem about why we become mothers, or why we don’t…if you’d like to share your reasons I’d love to hear it…”So I’d like to pose the question here as well. Why did you decide to become a mother? Or why did you decide not to? Or, was the decision made for you?I thought of this question earlier today, while watching a variety of mothers at one of our local playgrounds. I recognized thei
A lesson from the sea (opens the original)
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More than 80% of the ocean remains unexplored. We have been studying the ocean for thousands of years and yet, only 20% is what we as a species have been able to explore. It is very likely we will never be able to explore 100% of this vast and mysterious place. Even so, there is much we have learned over the years, and much we will continue to learn, as long as we continue to ask questions. If I am considering the question, what the sea has to teach us, if I am analyzing this as I would a projec
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