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There are two weeks of August left and I just want to write freely. Things to remember. Things to keep in my pockets like marbles. Run my finger over the hidden swirl. Know it's there. I made so many new friends at Nationals. I will be sending letters and getting letters and this makes my alphabet happy. Casey called my new poem "a beast" - it's ( Read more... )

 Hi gang!

I passed into the TOP 25 on www.famecast.com's contest and now I REALLY need your vote to pass into the TOP 10! To those of you who have already voted - thank you so so much! It's ALL based on votes, and so you can and have already made a difference.

Now that I am in round 3 I need your vote more than ever. So take 2 minutes and vote on www ( Read more... )

Hi everybody!

I uploaded a video onto famecast.com and would really appreciate your support. Famecast is an online competition with 12 categories of performance and arts, all in a video showcase. Spoken Word is one of the categories. Folks register online and check out different artists and then vote for their favorites. There are four rounds, top ( Read more... )

POETS, WRITERS, FRIENDS, FOES, read on!

I am putting together a zine/anthology/chapbook about mental illness. There will be poems, essays, personal narratives, information, etc. on mental illness. The point is to get many voices who have had experiences with mental illness heard, so that a whole spectrum -friends, patients, social workers - are ( Read more... )

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I have saved all the yellow skittles till the end and now im eating them all at the same time and very pleased with this choice. Fascinating, eh?

I am off to CA at six tomorrow morning for a poetry festival - more on that at
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I saw these questions in the book I'm reading, How to Find the Work You Love by Laurence G. Boldt and I am curious what your answers are.  If you have a moment, please share.

~What problems in your world, nation, and community cry out most powerfully to you as needing action?
~What elements of human suffering speak to your heart?
~What human ( Read more... )

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