I toggle back and forth between the idea that we should talk about race vs not. Inevitably when I settle, it is somewhere in this gray area where I understand that our tone is more important than our words chosen. Motive matters and I am always working on weaving more unity into the experience ofContinue reading “Poetry Series – When a Conversationalist gets labeled a Colonizer”
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Poetry Series – All I Could Give
Look… I saw this adorable video of Meg Falley & Andrea Gibson and they’re talking about how writing a love poem can be as simple as offering someone all of the things they never got in their childhood. Pair that with learning to love beyond my hurt and a strong sense of pattern recognition andContinue reading “Poetry Series – All I Could Give”
Poetry Series – Cancer
Do you believe in the human ability to heal? What do you know about energy? Belief? A treatments success is determined internally by these. Are you ever scared of yourself? Your story, maybe? Cancer There’s an ache in my bones, calling me back to my roots. This human need for structure and stability are killingContinue reading “Poetry Series – Cancer”
Poetry Series – Suppressed
In the odd hours of the morning, amongst the silence – even the weirdest of truths must surface. So you stay awake. Buy time like it will be the next currency to sweep the market. Listen. Wait. It will inevitably hit… probably right around the time you’ve given up and are trying to find sleepContinue reading “Poetry Series – Suppressed”
Poetry Series – Privacy
As I write this, I’m mentally preparing myself to bare it all – performing poetry naked in front of a whole-lotta also naked people. This will be my second nudist event, and second scheduled poetry performance (like outside of my fun lil group of slams/open mics) and I’m here anxiously asking myself – “why?”. But…Continue reading “Poetry Series – Privacy”
Poetry Series – Unanswered Calls
It was brought to my attention that many “neurodivergent” people and people with “hyper-senisitivity” disorders also* commonly experience hyper-mobile joints. They are the highly sensitive. Those that take nothing but little nudges for great change to follow. And for the magnitude of the feelings, negative or positive, equal in the opposite exists as contrast toContinue reading “Poetry Series – Unanswered Calls”
Poetry Series – Almost
The people willing to try, knowing they may fail, even when they fail – give me hope. To believe so strongly in something that you would give your life for it, is a gift. I feel grief for those lost, and to for those missed. Do you believe, for every loss, you’re closer to aContinue reading “Poetry Series – Almost”
Poetry Series – Noses
I find that in the moments of my greatest instability, I am brought back almost always by my ability to find the simple experiences in life I can hold on to. When I remember that it’s important to breathe deeply as I let my body heal, I fixate and a rush of all of theContinue reading “Poetry Series – Noses”
Poetry Series – Kevin
Rewind to 15-year-old me, I would give you an entire speech about the replaceable nature of people. Present-day, I hold a lot of the same beliefs as that version just in a more mature form. I’d tell you now, give you a whole speech, about how important it is to let go of people. ApproachContinue reading “Poetry Series – Kevin”
Poetry Series – Excitement
I am definitely a little things kind of a person and while I don’t always mention it, or draw attention to it, I appreciate the details of life more than anything. I don’t think there is anything too small to become passionate about, appreciate the fuck out of, build excitement over. Sometimes when talking aboutContinue reading “Poetry Series – Excitement”
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