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July 17, 2022

A Voice for the Voiceless

Voiceless I’m very smallI have no voiceI long to liveI have no choice They say my lifeIs worth lessThan my mom’sHappiness What they don’t seemTo understandIs even thoughI was not planned I’ll bring her joyAnd love galoreA smile, a laughShe can’t ignore Life’s too hardIs...

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June 3, 2016

I’m a Finalist!

I’m so excited! One of my poems is one of three finalists in the Published Poetry category of the Cascade Writing Contest put on by Oregon Christian Writers. I entered three poems as individual entries. I look forward to receiving the feedback on all three,...

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July 17, 2015

The Philosophy of Choice

The prompt at dVerse Poets Pub yesterday was offered by Brian Miller, back from a 5-month break from the pub. During his absence, he took a philosophy class and so is calling us to write about philosophy, with the requirement that our poem be titled...

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June 23, 2015

Monsoon of Mercy

At dVerse Poets Pub today, Abhra tells a tale of the monsoon season in India. The “prompt” for the day is fairly vague, so I drew from Abhra’s story about how the hot, dry summer is followed by the monsoon. And I tapped into the...

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July 7, 2013

Choosing to Trust

I’ve been thinking about trust lately. It has been said that trust must be earned, and that once lost it is hard to regain. But it occurs to me that trust is a choice, and that sometimes we must choose to trust even when it...

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February 22, 2011

When Faith Is About Me

The other day I was perusing my prayer journal and came across an entry that I had previously marked with a post-it note as something that would make a good blog entry some day. I reread the entry, but decided it wasn’t quite ready for...

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