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Hispanic Heritage Month in Poems: Sarita (opens the original)
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My Spanish nickname,Sarita, is an endearment.It means “little Sara.”Before I started preaching, I had a little voice.Little Sara with the small, childlike voiceThen I became dangerously imbued with a gritty hopeand my voice grew, and I began tounderstand Sarita.Not as only endearment,but as invitation:to stay soft, but also to be fierceto take up space, and to never be little againto raise my voice and to keep it loudSarita is a call to action.<a
Hispanic Heritage Month in Poems: Illegal (opens the original)
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“Illegal” is notan ok way to describea human being<img alt="Protestors hold signs in front of capitol building" class="sizing-normal" height="5843" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1761001316319-069
Hispanic Heritage Month in Poems (opens the original)
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The prompt for this first one came from Kaitlin Curtice.AncestorBetty Jean Lifton theorized that adoptees create made-up worlds in which they can “meet” their birth families, imagine their way into connection with their blood lines. She called these worlds “ghost kingdoms.”I never had a ghost kingdom growing up.I had a stuffed monkey named Smirnish - a child’s attempt at “Spanish,” perhaps.I had a forever family and a birth family, and lots of books about love and families.I had a baking set - a
Sustaining a Writing Life Through Care and Self-Compassion (opens the original)
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Today’s prompt at The Writing Table, a morning writing group hosted by Three Minute Ministry Mentor, was about habits of care and self-compassion that are sustaining our writing life, and where might be pay better attention to how we care for ourselves as writers. I have the care part pretty well set. Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes’ book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/sacred-self-care-daily-practices-for-nurturing-our-whole-selves-chanequa-walker-barnes/75b58ac7e2566090?ean=9780063287136&utm
Hispanic Heritage Month in Poems: Alchemizing Grief (opens the original)
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At a retreat center off the beaten pathsomewhere in North Carolina,I pass pureed chiles guajillothrough a sieve and into a saucepanscreaming with hot oil and sweating onions.I add the cactus paddles I spent 20 minutesalone with my thoughts and the sounds of unpolluted nature, dicing carefully with anuncharacteristic patience.I add brothAnd I marvel.I marvel at the little olive-greencolored cubes floating in the crimson broth,an invitation to slow my mind,and connect with my heart. A heart that s
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