(last week i was blessed to offer some thoughts to my spiritual community, sharing in case they can support others) i saw the topic Malkia selected today: the antidote to […]
Tag: syria
there is no comfort
Today’s prompt is an oldie-but-a-goody: the ghazal. The form was originally developed in Arabic and Persian poetry, but has become increasingly used in English, after being popularized by poets including […]
9
Because today is the ninth day of NaPoWriMo, I’d like to challenge you to write a nine-line poem. sometimes i lose my hope when the miracles have gone my kind […]
pep talk for apocalyptic days
history is looping and retrograde today. we can reflect on ourselves, and we can be disappointed and scared of what we are up to as a species. and we can […]
how to grieve for strangers
feel the grief. let the grief change you. that’s enough. when there is great and unimaginable suffering happening – to strangers, individuals or masses – its ok, its necessary, to […]
black band
i am going to begin wearing a black armband on my left arm, closest to my heart, to indicate that i am a warrior in mourning. that #blacklivesmatter to me. […]
Compassion/We are all being
Yesterday there were coordinated terrorist attacks all over Paris. I was shaken by it – Paris is one of the places that has shaped me, I’ve been many times and […]
something rotten
i came home from a summer of writing on the west coast feeling like a late blooming novelist, centered in what i am here to do. i opened a cabinet […]