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Why Poetry Matters

I’m so pleased to share that my poem “Nobody” was published in Thimble Literary Journal today. You can read it by clicking on this link: https://www.thimblelitmag.com/2022/08/09/nobody/ My writing process is anything but logical. Sometimes it…

MelindaSeptember 24, 2022

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BE EVER SO KIND

In my nearly 30 year journey parenting my child with special needs, I've had much time to reflect on the juxtaposition between How I Thought Things Would Go and How Things Have Gone. How Things…

MelindaSeptember 17, 2022

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The Visitor

In the dark, a baby fox hoists her short legs one by trembling one up the steep stairs, tripping the sensor light as she reaches the back deck in a sharp-eyed heap of gray…

MelindaSeptember 8, 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

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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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Sixty Unplugged Minutes with my Love

I used a text to carve an island from a Thursday in two overloaded lives. I typed 10 to 11 Walk with me. Moose Hill. I meant Come. To the refuge down the road, the…

MelindaMay 5, 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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What’s in a name? More pub cred, musings

Mid-April already? Time is such a liquid concept. Today, my already may be your finally. It is already April? Finally, it is spring. In February, my finally was louder than my already. Finally, Winter has…

MelindaApril 12, 2022

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