Ask me how I’m doingand I’ll say “fine”, notbecause I’m actually fine,but because “fine” is the onlysocially acceptable response. If I said that I have been lyinghere, for three hours now,willing my body to move,that would elicit unsolicitedadvice and tarnish my “fine”. I’d berate myself for breakingmy promise not to moan,knowing that complainingprovokes a compulsive […]
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How did undocumented –a civil infraction –reduce people to ‘bodies’? And how did empathy –observation and support –merit death by gunshot? When we stretch for explanations –to fit the violent rhetoric –are we too not complicit in crime? Red, blue, it’s all intolerable –the global stage is watching –a nation in rapid decline. “He’ll burn […]
One Woman's Quest II 
I suppose fighters have seasons too.
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Here you go, VJ – https://amanpan.blog/2021/03/23/drowning-within/
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A beautiful write.
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Here’s mine: https://purplepeninportland.com/2021/03/23/spring-acrostic/
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Love it!
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Thanks, VJ!
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My pleasure!
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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done an acrostic. Fun! Here you go, VJ! https://iwriteher.com/2021/03/22/resurgence/
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As refreshing as Spring.
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https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/youth/
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https://onewomansquest.org/2021/03/22/vjs-weekly-challenge-spring-acrostic/
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Wonderful!
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Windows open!
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Our favourite harbinger!
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