loving not fixing

ByKymberlee

I have discovered that loving people and fixing them are two very different things.

I am so happy to have had this realization.

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to the east

ByKymberlee

To the East I travel to you In my heart White birch against steel sky An errant eyebrow Afire with sunlight And a sparrow flying from my throat Feathers surrendering To a meandering stream Or caught- in thorns Pungent sage and Marlboros As the hills stretch out Engulfing and –becoming abysmally wide And deep

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the last whispers of winter

ByKymberlee

her broken wings find reparation cage door ajar the songbird finds her song in the last whispers of winter

Oil Pastel of Woman's Mouth with Vines and the words "above suffering" showing the value of poetry as protest from Kymberlee della Luce
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The Value of Poetry as Protest and Ending Cultural Gaslighting (#5)

ByKymberlee

In this episode, I reveal some inspirations and talk about the value of poetry as protest, the worth of women and mothers, and how the myths of Henry David Thoreau and Adam Smith support cultural gaslighting.

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the journey

ByKymberlee

In my travels yesterday, I happened upon this labyrinth and decided to walk it. I was stunned by the simplicity of this meditative act and felt grateful as my awareness deepened with every step. My mind began to unwind and my Spirit began to breathe more deeply. With each step, I felt more free and…

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the banquet of me

ByKymberlee

I wonder how many women have written or thought, “I am not a side dish, an appetizer, or dessert. I am an entree.” I am not a glass of wine to savor after a night out with your boys. I am not a piece of cake to eat while your wife is sleeping in your…

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she is us

ByKymberlee

I realize in viewing it that she’s less the woman in the film specifically and more a composite of many women I’ve met in homeless and domestic violence shelters…