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My House is the Red Earth
My house is the red earth; it could be the center of the world.From My House is the Red Earth, by Joy Harjo Home is earth down deep. Earth down deep where the table is always big enough. Earth down deep where we can tend the soil of forgiveness, t...
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Scatter in me the seedsOf a thousand saplings.Let grow a grassy heaven.On my brow: a sun.This bliss is yours, LivingWorld, and alone it endures.From "Nature Aria" by Yi Lei Life is a gift. Bliss and joy are ours. Heaven is ours. Our actions create...
read moreWeekly Wide-Awake: Finding Poems
“Maybe if we re-invent whatever our lives give us we find poems.” ― Naomi Shihab Nye I spend my days between re-invention and poetry. Let me explain. I believe in re-invention. I believe in the soft underbelly. I believe in the op...
read moreAbout Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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