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  • Story Behind the Poem // day 7

    Day 7 “in the shade” I wrote today’s poem on my lunch break outside of the a client’s new job site. A grocery store has been waiting been waiting many years for this new location and today was opening day. My client regularly works on Fridays and so I was…

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  • Story Behind the Poem // day 6

    Day 6, “raise your voice” Another night at the dining room table, writing poems and blog posts. I love it.

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  • Story Behind the Poem / day 5

    Day 5 “a worry” This is something I’m wondering a lot lately. We’re all navigating the impacts of COVID-19. Being a human in a non-quarantined world is hard enough and now we’re managing emotions and feelings while wearing masks and not seeing all of our people regularly. My hope, my…

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  • Story Behind the Poem // day 4

    Day 4 “a hope” Yesterday’s haiku, “social distancing”, was a bit of a downer. Both versions. But I need to remember that it has taken me months to wrestle with these emotions. (Fellow Californians, Day 138 of the state-wide shelter-in-place is coming to end as I post this. But, who’s…

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  • Story Behind the Poem // day 3

    Day 3 // “social distancing” There are two poems again because Ant is getting a feel for the way I write my haikus and I don’t think he’s a fan.

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  • Story Behind the Poem // day 2

    Day 2 // “moment to myself” My moment to myself this morning was writing this poem. I slept in until 7:40am and started my Sunday morning much like I’d started yesterday’s: next to Ant while he read.

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