Inspiration: This is one of the poems chosen for publication in the anthology The Journey of Healing (Safer Society Press 2010). I am honored to have four of my works selected. Please enjoy listening to Healing Walks.
Inspiration: Poets often see~and see through~a situation. We look at the levels behind, the levels below, seeking the essence of the event. Sometimes we can do the same with people. I frequently meet very talented people who are living only a shadow of their potential. One person seemed to carry that energy so deeply, I could see it everywhere. So I wrote: Living Shadow.
Living Shadow
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Inspiration: I would like to announce the publication of an anthology titled, The Journey of Healing (Safer Society Press 2010). I am honored to have four of my works chosen for the anthology.
I am also a proud supporter of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). I participated in the DC Rape Crisis Center SAAM 2010 Poetry Slam last night, Monday April 19, 2010, at Busboys and Poets on 14th Street in Washington DC. It was an inspiring event to raise awareness and help educate the community on the issue of sexual violence against girls, boys, women and men. Courageous poets, a supportive community and excellent planning and execution made this an exciting and informational evening.
Please support this important social issue in any way that is appropriate for your life.
Inspiration: I’ve met some interesting people who have chosen to work through the challenges in their lives by consciously reviewing, evaluating, and making decisions based on where they want their lives to go. Along the way I heard someone say, “You need to call back your spirit.”
That phrase stuck with me and bounced around inside my soul for a long time. I wondered what it would sound like to call back your spirit. So, based on what I had heard many friends say, I tried to create a collective voice poem that expressed what I had heard. So I wrote: Calling Back My Spirit
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Inspiration: I was talking to friends recently about their hopes and dreams. It sparked a memory that I had written a couple of poems about the challenge of living our dreams.
I searched and found these:
In Your Dreams
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Dreams
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Inspiration: I was reflecting on choices, those that are conscious and those that are hidden until we act on them. It reminded me of something that was said in one of the Matrix movies. Choices stalk us nearly every moment of ever day. It would often help us to know which ones we are making.
So I wrote Choices
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Inspiration: Current trends and old patterns mix when times get hard. I am a witness to how the patterns of long ago stifle, challenge, advance, destroy, sidetrack, and otherwise affect the choices people around me make. Having searched my past for patterns and talked with others who have too, I wanted to simply capture the dynamic that we often live.
So I wrote: Long Ago
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Inspiration: When we have to deal with the loss of a relationship we can develop a heart~hunger. We long for what we have lost. Someone I care about is living through a tough transition. In trying to understand it, give voice to the energy around it.
So I wrote: Hearthunger
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Inspiration: A friend of mine has been working on deep understanding of her motivations and desires so she can live the life she was born to live. She constantly searches for insight. Each time we talk she teaches me a new way of looking at things. She has developed her unique vision.
So I wrote: Sight
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Inspiration: Listening to how people deal with cultural dark times~~layoffs, foreclosure, financial loss, spiritual emptiness, social shame, identity quakes, death of a loved one~~caused a reflection on darkness. What urges do we face? How do we deal with them? How do we remember them? So, I wrote: Dark Urges
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I also reflected on what has happened in my life and in the lives of people I know when we have denied the darkness. So, I wrote: Darkness Denied
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