I’ve written poems for as long as I can remember but it wasn’t until college that I began to examine my process and learn strategies for writing when the words and images didn’t come easily. I thought it would be fun to adapt one of the exercises I learned to include prayer and focus on […]
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My Sisters the Saints and Garden Poem
My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir by Colleen Carrol Campbell deals with the author’s struggle with infertility and her father’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease. I snagged the book at a thrift store and read it in a day or so. From the book jacket: Dissatisfied with pat answers offered by both secular feminists and […]
Footprints
When I was growing up, we went for a lot of hikes as a family, even in the snow. I used to love trying to make my strides wide enough to match my father’s so that my footprints would fit neatly inside the ones he already left. When I was little, this was nearly impossible […]
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