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Continue reading →: March Wrap-UpThanks to my Kindle and lots of newborn snuggles, I read 8 books in March! I had a good mix of historical fiction, fantasy, fiction, and even some poetry written by a close friend! Here’s what I read: The Women by Kristin Hannah Certainly not my favorite by Hannah (The…
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Continue reading →: my friend said thatpostpartum unveiled a secret vaulthidden behind vines and tangles of uncertaintyand when it openeda poet emerged.she was uncertain at firstblinking blindly in the sunlightbut she was filled to the brimand ready to pour out her soulso that other mothersfeeling grieffeeling alonefeeling too muchbut never enoughcould trace their fingersover the familiar…
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Continue reading →: what makes a poet?
what makes a poet, really?i pondered this the other day. do we have to be broken?a little disjointed?unseen?unheard? are we all just chipped,fragmented?using art to hold ourselves together? and if it weren’t for thatsongpaintingphotographshort storysculpturebookpoem would we just crack? written by kass mangione2023
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