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Honoring the Female Form
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about images of female beauty that adorn our society and with a new article from Newsweek on Unattainable Beauty, I can’t seem to get away from the subject. For the most part it’s on my mind because I had a serious post-holiday meltdown with my refrigerator. Then I start [...]
Walking Away
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice–
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was [...]
Sorry…Not Really
William Carlos Williams is probably best know for the poem, “The Red Wheelbarrow.” While I do love “The Red Wheelbarrow”, I can’t just go for popularity. I like to slightly veer off the beaten path, so I picked a poem that is about a husband who just can’t keep his hands off of his wife’s [...]
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The Place Only Children Know
Shel Silverstein was a man who could not be pigeon-holed into a genre. From his publication in Playboy Magazine to his children’s books, from his work as a cartoonist to his work as a songwriter, all of these titles belonged to Shel Silverstein. The multi-facted character of Shel Silverstein has always mesmerized me in a [...]
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Saving Self Through Writing