On Breath and Belonging
Andy Smith, Ryan McCarty, adriana, Linda Meg Frith, Laura Catanzano, Ashley, Sue Banerji, PD Hurt, Kristi L. Griffin, Sara Joy Tiberio, Betsy Johnson, M.Ed., Kate Dyer, David Linebarger, Rae McMinnLongtime seeker for home and belonging. Gradually finding it here, here in the Earth and on the inward path that reveals that I never left home to begin with.
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An Afternoon at Kalighat
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They brought him in
on a stretcher—
a crumpled leaf,
his earth-brown skin was
creased and cracke...
Wild Sunflowers in a Vase
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Even after being cut, pulled away
from the mother stalk and subjugated
to the dining room’s weak light,...
Home
photo by Andy Smith- Everett, Washington
This last weekend my partner and I were able to travel back to British Columbia for our friends’ beautiful wedding. There are so many things to say about the sacred intention with which our friends...
Cardinal in the morning
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The final star blinking out
in the tired darkness
wakes her.
Stretching her wings,
she shakes he...
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Longtime seeker for home and belonging. Gradually finding it in the Earth and on the inward path that reveals that I never left home to begin with.
Teacher and parent and writer and other things.
i currently live and write in ausin, texas. i take notes on the everyday. i try to be facing in the direction of the surprise. and here i am
I am a mother, a sister, writer, a friend, a truth-seeker, animal lover, retired social worker/therapist, and amateur philosopher. Notice what comes first. I write to learn what I really think.
Wife. Mother. Poet. Inspired by life's delicate spirals. The light in me, sees the light in you.
I am your next-door-neighbor type of girl who loves Jesus, my hubby, and coffee:-)
Welcome! This is where dreams float and stars sing me lullaby! A healthcare professional believing that readers and writers have a symbiotic relationship! "Be kind. You never know where and how you will end up." Me.
My poetry reads like the teenage me shoulder tapping at the laundry mat, hoping to get a bottle at the liquor store. -PD Hurt
Mother. Writer. Maternal mental health advocate.
Poet + Photographer + Cellist. I find meaning in small details of nature and peace paddling on water. My dogs are my heart floating outside my body. I think we have a lot to learn from trees.
Writer, poet, autism specialist, and educator, working at the intersection of disability justice, advocacy, and creative practice. My poem "The Mathematics of Mercy" read on the floor of the House of Representatives. https://tinyurl.com/mryuj9c3
I am a queer writer from coastal Maine. I strive for my poetry to be a lantern guiding all the ghosts, holy or not, on the pathway home.
Poetry and Prose. My latest book, Tennis Players as Works of Art, was both a Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner (2026) and an IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year (2025). My current project is a series of lyrical love letters to my daughters.
I'm newly a poet, plus a mother and L&D nurse in Portland, Oregon. I'm writing poetry about time and change and standing in the doorway, taking it in.
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