RECOGNITIONS
How contact with a little being—a hummingbird connects you to the world. In times of grief and rage connections like this can bring solace and space for action.
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I FELT HIM ON MY BODY
On connection, death, and loss.
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A poem from EVERYDAY MERMAID. A collaborative poetry art book I created with artist, Deidre Scherer
A FAIRYTAIL
This poem begins the book. It came after months of feeling hollowed out, burnt out. I was producing, directing, and choreographing the first play I had written. Tragedy struck. One of the leads had a stroke weeks before showtime. We pulled it off, but I was left dead inside. Then one night in the bath I felt the water. I moved in a new way. A poem and a new me began emerging from the water. I listened. Poem after poem came and by the end of that year Everyday Mermaid was fleshed out in poetry and I emerged as a poet. Poetry became my teacher.
HOLIDAY (ENFORCED)
Describes the emotional and physical difficulties of being sick. It also shows a gift that can be tucked away in it. Hopefully, the humorous light touch can lessen the worry a bit with Covid.
Breaking a relationship is a breaking. It can bring a shattering. It is an individual journey with no prescribed path or time. This poem is both a metaphor for the journey and a description of physical sensations the body, heart, mind could feel.
MAGIC IS WHERE YOU FIND IT
A magic moment from the past.
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From our book, EVERYDAY MERMAID. A collaborative poetry art book with artist, Diedre Scherer.
UNDERCOVER
When fear runs your path.
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From EVERYDAY MERMAID, a collaborative poetry art book with artist Deidre Scherer.
