HeyJaredMegan McDonald
I am a poet on a voyage of discovery. I am an ekphrastic writer inspired by the arts around me. Come share my journey.
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When the Lights Go Out (opens the original)
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Good Morning,I'm still going through my older poems for the ones on caregiving and dealing with the aftermath of Alzheimer's. I went through about 30 folders - approximately 100 poems. I pulled over about 10 for general open mics and 3 more for the Alzheimer's manuscript.Hoping going forward to going through at least 50 folders per week.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iGds!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-p
When the Lights Go Out (opens the original)
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Thursday, September 17th Good morning, <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="4080" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rtwZ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazona
When the Lights Go out (opens the original)
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when the lights go out (opens the original)
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When the Lights Co Out (opens the original)
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Good morning, This has been a slow week. I'm still collecting the group of poems I wrote after mom passed from Alzheimer's. After some consideration, I'm realizing these poems are my coping with mom's passing but also with the aftermath of being if not a primary- a secondary caregiver. So the second part of when the lights go out will be a collection of poems in support of and for caregivers. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!piT-!,f_auto,
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