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Grape Hyacinth

Small blue bottle on a shelf in the kitchen holds one grape hyacinth I plucked from a neighbor’s lawn. Each day I watch the tiny thing die. This is what I do when I come to the sink. This is … Continue reading

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Our Visions, Our Voices in Arizona Review

by EmilyCC, Jessawhy, and Kay Gaisford    There has been such great writing this week generated from the “Our Visions, Our Voices” tour (see Reese’s lovely review of the California’s leg of the tour and Joanna’s moving depiction of the … Continue reading

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The Trimurti: A Birthing Poem

My new little one. by Alisa Twelve days ago, I gave birth to my first baby. As I labored in the hospital, I was aware that I would be missing my dear oldest friend’s great big birthday bash that night. … Continue reading

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My first winter in a long time

by Brooke Moving from Southern CA to New England is like moving from a virtually weatherless bubble to the real world. So I think about weather constantly. And maybe everyone else here does too, but I’m not used to thinking … Continue reading

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Woman's Exponent Classic: A Christmas Carol for 1880

Angels Announcing the Birth of Christ to the Shepherds by Govert Teunisz Flinck, 1639 Celebrating Christmas with our Exponent sisters from Christmases past… Emily Hill Woodmansee Woman’s Exponent 15 December 1880 See the shepherds while they keep      Watch, at … Continue reading

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Trees (as in all of them)

by Brooke Tree fixation I am doing research. It involves fidgeting with a camera and sometimes a pencil. Also, it requires strict observance of any and all surroundings. But I must be willing to do some mind wandering embroidery, some … Continue reading

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Invocations

For Dad and Mother Wearing at evening, After the alarm clock, Oatmeal, Lunch pails, Car pool, Grocery bags Up ten steps Two by two, Tuna fish And noodle soup, School bus, Socks and blue jeans, Swimming lesson, “Papa Haydn” At … Continue reading

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Invocations

Mormon women have a rich, if under-appreciated history as poets.  The art of poetry has been a way for Mormon women to express their deepest feelings; the joys and struggles of the everyday, the complexities of womanhood and their spirituality and quest … Continue reading

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Reflections on Dickinson 598

by Amelia i’m in the process of moving at the moment.  a couple of weeks ago, some friends helped me box up some books but we didn’t have time to actually move them.  as we left my old house, i … Continue reading

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For the love of you…

By Jana I really needed this poem today.  So for the love of you, I share it here, along with a few recent garden pictures.  For the love of a tree, she went out on a limb. For the love … Continue reading

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