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The history of Sacajawea, who traveled with Lewis & Clark on their expedition, has been documented by the writings in their journals, and her story has been told and retold through the years, even to our school children. But how often do we get a chance to travel along with Sacajawea on her inner journey as well?
Sacajawea’s Song is the beautifully-imagined journey — both across the land and the landscape of the heart — of one of this country’s best-known native daughters, Sacajawea.
The Essence of Less invites you, from the time you discover you have too much stuff—or too much media-, information-, social-, work- and device-driven overload – to enter its pages and allow focus to be your guide through Clark’s exploration and celebration of “lessness” — including the times to
“Let it go—bow your head, drop your eyes with a sigh;/ Give the pearl to the sea, the balloon to the sky.”
We are witnessing a global crisis of domestic, cultural, political, and systemic violence against women. According to a 2013 global review of available data, 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual violence. It is estimated that of
Open & Spoken | Poetry, Prose & Spoken Word Call for Submissions The State of Open Mic 2015 Writers go to open mic to try out new work on an audience, make a political statement, to entertain, to explore
This is a deeply felt book about a family in crisis that lives inside you and lends itself to multiple readings. Sad, but not without its small, yet sustaining, redemptions: “In the evening, overflowing with secret love,/ I dangle my feet above the receding/ spillway and listen: ripples. The moon’s/ reflection rides them like a blessing.
Experiences that sear but do not wither the soul. Steve Roberts has established himself a voice that does not falsify the cruel circumstances that have commanded these powerful poems to be written.
Unabated honesty and fastidious craftsmanship make these lines almost unnerving in their intensities. Strong stuff — and strongly recommended.
A beautifully illustrated memoir in poetry form, by Hillsborough’s poet laureate, Barbara Kenyon.