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A Month of Poems – NPM 2024
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024 A Month of Poemsinspired by the work of Camille T. DungyWriting a daily poem is an exercise in trust. Will I find the right words? Will I do the words justice? Thank you, Camille Dungy. I set out on April 1st to read and write to three of...
2024 PROGRESSIVE POEM!
It's poetic potluck! 30 poets were invited to contribute a line - or in this case, a couplet. And here we are! No one knows where each line will take us. What began as a quiet hope-filled night under the stars became a journey. Two children. On the run? Carrying a...
Inspiration – SMITH BLUE
This is the final week of National Poetry Month. I have immersed myself in the work of Camille T. Dungy, first reading SOIL: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden. I then turned to her 2017 poetry collection, TROPHIC CASCADE. This last week, I am reading SMITH BLUE, an...
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