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  • On this post I'm going to print it...and here goes my 3 wishes to which I will commit. 1) Contact at least 10 SheWrtiers from the list I print (at this point) at th...
  • Great post, Brooke! I appreciate your honesty. For me, writing relieves pain and confusion. It's like opening a valve on a pressure cooker. I also write to make sense...
  • Elizabeth--just found and read. Really beautiful and powerful lyric imagery. I, too, resonated with the "I exhaust my grief in your noise." It almost feels like the mo...
  • "Grace, I now believe, is the exhaust of ferocity. A clean-burning life will attract the words that have the potential to save us."  --Sage Cohen I can see this line being published in a book of quotations! It is so wise, so beautiful!
  • Great thoughts! As a midlife mentor and creativity coach, I have urged my clients to learn to love themselves first and loving their life will automatically follow. I...
  • Beautifully written. I, too, am struck by "I exhaust my grief in your noise!", and also by "Isolated islands of shame" and "Blood flows down my hand from a rose". Strong imagery, a big theme successfully contained throughout the poem. It flows so well.
  • "Grace, I now believe, is the exhaust of ferocity. A clean-burning life will attract the words that have the potential to save us." Wow! I love gratitude and illumination, and I don't think you've lost any of it. I think you're processing it through a new lens or filter--or both. =)
  • Thanks for sharing these valuable tips, Libby. I often find authors reluctant to cut the chaff from their writing even if it will help their writing. Some see it as ru...