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My Drawing Told Me To Tell You

Hello out there! My recovery from foot surgery is going well. I’ve spent some of the “couch time” making little colored pencil drawings. Shortly after I finished them (and like so many things in my…

MelindaJanuary 25, 2025

Healing Hope Mindfulness Nature Writing

When releasing perfectionism, rivers pour forth.

This morning, on the couch. Cast-bound leg duly elevated, I was contemplating the merits of ice pack vs. heat for the unhappy shoulder/neck. I’ve been working on surrender as fighting the pain has been futile.…

MelindaDecember 25, 2024

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April is also…..

April has quite a load to carry! Not only is is Autism Awareness Month and National Poetry Month, it’s also been deemed National Card and Letter Writing Month. Texts and emails are fine, but isn’t…

MelindaApril 28, 2024

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The Shift

art: Moon Goddess by Melinda Coppola, done in watercolor. On my best days I do dwell in gratitude and I experience most everything as a blessing. My poem, "The Shift", attempts to give voice…

MelindaNovember 18, 2022

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Slack Satori

The Hand of God by Melinda satori \ sə-ˈtȯr-ē n (Buddhism) Zen Buddhism the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment • Hmmm. Tell a creative (poet, artist, musician, sculptor) that something is indescribable, and chances…

MelindaAugust 14, 2022

Love Mindfulness Nature Poem Spirituality Writing

The Color of Swans

Hello out there! The blog has been quiet this summer, but I've been editing and submitting work to a wide range of literary journals. My submissions practice has been haphazard and sporadic over the past…

MelindaAugust 13, 2022

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She Runs On

She Runs On and On, and On A whole lot of nothing happening here in the Department of Creation of New Poems, and so I sat down with DETERMINATION and began to write, the…

MelindaJune 20, 2022

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Hello Out There

Hello, As a very part-time Yoga teacher (and former studio owner), I maintain a separate email communication list for my students. There is a little bit of cross-over; a handful of my students (or former…

MelindaMay 30, 2022

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April is….on Autism, Art, and Friendly Commerce

APRIL IS… As you may know, April is Autism Awareness Month. It’s also National Card and Letter Writing Month. Please allow me to make things more interesting by combining the two! Bink paints once a…

MelindaApril 19, 2022

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Little Altars Everywhere

My home is host to little altars everywhere honoring lives lived, seasons arriving and leaving, the hundred sparks of grace and wonder, sorrow and understanding that pock and foliate hours and years squeezed into the…

MelindaDecember 29, 2020