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memento mori

memento moriremember that you shall dieas if I ever forgetas if my mind doesn't wander offacross gray fieldsto stand next to myundecorated...

Where you gonna go,little ol' miss white-hairedBlack woman?That cane and thosetired, short li'l legs ain'tgonna carry you acrossthe...

April is National Poetry Month. It has been so since 1996. It is not lost on me that 1996 was when I was in college and writing the bulk...

Joe Steffy working in his popcorn business. Photo by Lynsey Weatherspoon. Just discovered this story from the 2018 GCDD Storytelling...

Feb 14, 2019 | Blog

Find your strength in love. When I was a kid, there was this one Christmas when I really needed a win. It was the first Christmas of...

Jan 18, 2019 | Blog

The first time I heard a Mary Oliver poem, I cried. I was about to start grad school and was involved in a women's group in Blacksburg...