by lori | Aug 17, 2014 | Love, Poetry, Writing
for Alice Walker Do you know that poets in our hardest moments in quiet attic battlefields sit with you to weep with joy? Do you know that humans at our most afraid carrying hearts so tender act because your actions give us faith in ourselves? Do you know as yet... by lori | Jul 10, 2014 | Feelings, Poetry, Writing
Now is the time to dance with your demons let your fear run amuck self-rattle your cages. Now is the time to howl at the moon, mourn your dead, your departed, your drifting away. Now is the time to flail, wail, scream hope that you’re dreaming wish you were... by lori | Jun 23, 2014 | Feelings, Poetry, Work, Writing
Fear asks: why create poetry when there’s no apparent market for it? In response I craft an ocean of poems dive deeper into our quality and quantity our silliness and seriousness our purposeful purposelessness our playful connection and disconnection... by lori | Jun 4, 2014 | Writing
The moment you notice beauty in something commonplace. Just after reading the work of another poet or writer you really love. Any moment you’re feeling playful, sassy, sexy, raunchy, free, wild, or horny. Or, um, just after. When your expectations are disappointed or... by lori | May 17, 2014 | Wayfinding, Writing
Whenever possible… 1. Write. 2. Count everything you write as writing. 3. Write everything that you write as well as you can. 4. Carry writing tools with you. 5. Journal your way through difficult times. 6. Keep your favorite bits of writing in a findable,... by lori | Apr 30, 2014 | Care Partnering, Caregiving, Creating, Writing
The point. For me, sustained creation appears to be the result of having self-chosen routine. I allow my life to revolve around two routines: an individual, somewhat orderly routine and a collective, chaotic routine, both of which I myself choose each day: An...