On Breath and Belonging
Andy Smith, adriana, Linda Meg Frith, Laura Catanzano, Sue Banerji, PD Hurt, Alegria de Rose, Sara Joy Tiberio, Betsy Johnson, M.Ed., 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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Monarch
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I thought he was just resting on his journey,
weary from fifteen hundred miles of wind and plains
with another...
Shadows
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Is it too much
to hope that one day
only birds
will darken
the sky,
dropping songs
instead...
boys will be boys
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What if boys will be boys was
grabbing patriarchy by the balls—
“what the fuck?”
“what are you doing...
My spell check doesn’t know the word Trillionaires
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My spell check doesn’t know the word Trillionaires
and why should it?
Why should it know the word...
Cloudburst
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You thought
you could hold
onto it— dark
and tight in
the afternoon light.
“maybe I can keep...
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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.
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.
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
Soulful reflections, lyric essays and prose poetry for those who want to live with joy, notice nature’s magic, & create with courage in the second half of life. Subscribe for free online gatherings where we journal together to write our hearts out.\ud83d\udc95
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
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 standing in the doorway watching the days get short. I’m working on walking slower. I’m just getting started.
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