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• “Hijab Scenes” by Mohja Kahf

  

  From Emails From Scheherazad“Hijab Scene # 7″No, I’m not bald under the scarf No, I’m not from that country where women can’t drive cars No, I would not... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Horrible, Terrible Memories

  Whenever I have memories like this, I hope I’m making it up, although I don’t know why I would make it up. It’s possible something surreptitiously slipped into... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• “Sacred Immortality by Mohja Kahf

  This poem is also from E-mails from Scheherazad.“I always cry when I read this poem because it helps me remember that I am not what my abusers told me. Don’t... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• “I Love A Man Who Washes My Dishes” by Mohja Kahf

  Mohja Kahf BioE-mails from Scheherazad by Kahf I love love love this book.“A Man Who Washes Dishes”I love a man who clears my table I love a man who knows how t... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• “Questions” You Might Ask by Mary Oliver

  Mary Oliver’s poems are soothing and thoughtful.I found these poems at the library in a book titled Staying Alive.Bio and bibliography on “Wild Geese Post“Some... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Journey by Mary Oliver

  Mary Oliver Bio“The Journey”One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice— though the whol... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

  Mary Oliver Bio“Wild Geese”You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Haven’t Been Posting

  I haven’t been posting because my older sister is in late stage cancer and I am trying to process, grieve, think about, and feel, mostly feel my feelings. I... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• “You Will Know” By Stevie Wonder

  Written by Stevie Wonder. Lyrics after videoLonely one of young so brokenheartedTraveling down the rigged road of life Using pharmaceutical extractions To find... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry: Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”

  I’m going to end the month with one of my favorite poems. “Mending Wall”By Robert Frost BioSomething there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry For Children

  “My Nose” By Dorothy Keeley AldisIt doesn’t breathe; It doesn’t smell; It doesn’t feel So very well.I am discouraged With my nose: The only thing it Does is... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry: Christina Rosetti

  “Flint” by Christina Rossetti Rosetti BioAn emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A flint lies in the mud. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry: James Mercer Langston Hughes

  If Langston Hughes still had a body on this earth, I’d try to get him to adopt me. I really, really miss him.My grandfather came north from Arkansas in 1916.... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry: Kay Ryan

  My sister has breast cancer and it has metastasized to her hip. I’m becoming aware of what is real, valuable, important. For me it’s using my God-given talent t... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Helene Johnson: Invocation

  

  Helene Johnson BioHelene Johnson ObitInvocationLet me be buried in the rain In a deep, dripping wood, Under the warm wet breast of Earth Where once a gnarled... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Music Albert Castiglia

  The Blues always make me feel better. LyricsLittle Milton — Walking The Backstreets And Crying lyricsSend “Walking The Backstreets And Crying” Ringtone to Cell... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Loss

  I’ve lost relationships. Everything has changed and I think it’s for the best. Sometimes I ask why did it have to be this way? It’s the choices made by my... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• “Cleaning By Camille T. Dungy

  

  Camille T. Dungy Bio“Cleaning”I learned regret at mother’s sink, jarred tomatoes, river-mud brown, a generation old, lumping down the drain. Hating wasted space... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• “The Secret” By Denise Levertov 1923–1997

  It’s National Poetry Month. and for the rest of the month I’ll post poetry every day.For the parts of me that have merged and the ones who haven’t. We see... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Friday Finds

  

  Should Be Reading Blog ‘s question for Friday is : What books have been added to your TBR pile lately.I’ve been trying to control myself. Sometimes I can.  Othe... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 SELF EXPRESSION