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The Meaning of Manna ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, We are delighted to welcome poet and author Nikki Grimes for a poetry reading tomorrow from her new
Tag : Poetry
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Rage Against the Anointed
The Story “Then the chief priests and elders of the people gathered together in the courtyard of the high priest Caiaphas, and they planned to
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Where Next for the World’s First Author?
Sophus Helle— Enheduana is the first known author in the history of world literature. She was a royal princess and high priestess who lived in the
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a little taste of Welcome to Monsterville by Laura Shovan and Michael Rothenberg
Feeling a little scared? How about sad or shy? Have you ever been surprised by a kind gesture or felt empowered by your dreams? In Welcome to
Review: Thin Air at The Beams ★★★★ | Blindmouth at The Albany Deptford ★★★★★ – New Art Now
The world of art is changing from high brow to dazzling spectacle (and lasers!) at Thin Air and Blindmouth a night of spoken word poetry, which feels
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#SOLSC: Alliteration
Source: Oxford Languages LiteraryTerms.net goes a bit farther with its definition: ‘Alliteration is a useful poetic device in which certain
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Thank God For Spiritual Spring!
Neal Pollard Bound in each blossom and the green of the lawnIs a message for the whole world to seeWitnessed by each person who beholds the dawnOr
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#SOLSC23: Choices
Drive time Sunday gave me time to think, organize, and ready my brain for blogging this week on the downhill side of the Slice of Life
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Origins of Ooze-Part Three
Here's another long one, but just remember: we're going back billions of years here.* * *Primordial ooze, primordial slime, and primordial soup have
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Week 4: Know Thyself: John Davies and Tennyson
As we continue our pilgrimage together through Lent, using my book The Word in the Wilderness I am once again posting recordings of me reading all
Corcomroe Abbey ~ A Love Note from Your Online Abbess
Dearest monks, artists, and pilgrims, I am delighted to share I have a third poetry collection being published on May 9th from Paraclete Press
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#SOLSC23: Respectful
It was a typical Friday afternoon at almost 5 pm CT and we were closing out a Slicer Zoom when one of the hosts checked in with, ” Is it ok if I
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What I liked about John Hegley’s show Biscuit of Destiny at Waterside, Sale
I like John Hegley’s poems, watching him talk and sing and show his drawings because he isn’t boring and makes words wonderful. I like how John
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A Philly coffee shop is serving up orders with a side of poetry
Customers who walk into one of Philadelphia’s Elixr Coffee shops and order a beverage will receive a sweet surprise: a poem wrapped around the
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The local literature festival where there is something for everyone
Author panel hosted by Salma El-Wardany with Caleb Azumah Nelson and Sara Jafari Pic: Haylen Madden Organisers Tom MacAndrew and Ruth Harrison talk