Tag Archive | personal freedom
Score (a poem)
carved into flesh embossing hereditary spider vessels line up underscore the years of standing up for myself in spite a lone ranging from few to fewer support people or groups to stand up to say I love you, I need you in spite a teary heart cracked open nth fissures in her soul steaming lava […]
Ode to a Control Freak…a poem
Harsh crust seeping bile into a place along the rind of her soul, a lonely girl seeks support her bean pole mama distantly busy in the world Carefully hopeful, sticking pride in all interactions said girl chooses arrogance to plastic wrap her wounded desires. Does she ever know she always had a choice? Ownership of the […]
Help for Dreamers
Hello readers, Yesterday, I attended a book club that is part of a women’s artist support group. A point was brought up by one of the artists, commenting on the book “The Twelve Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor” by Gail McMeekin. The woman in question noted that the author encourages women to […]
Language, Intimacy, and Family: How Family Is a Hub of Linguistic Creativity
Hello readers and fellow lovers of writing and language, I was just musing today about how family just might be the place where creative invention in language is most bountiful, secret, and loving. Living in a special unit, a community separate from the world in some senses, a family group must often modify the common […]