by lori | Jan 8, 2015 | Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Here and now, Love, Poetry, Women, Work
This just-messing-around, poetic-calisthenics poem is a tribute to the work of poet Jericho Brown: specifically, his poem Heart Condition, the first poem of his that I happened upon. Go find it. Read it. You won’t be sorry. Better yet, buy one of his books. Here... by lori | May 19, 2014 | Here and now, Nature, Pirates, Poetry
Salt thick drips beneath the pier dark wet hangs in air humid with seaweed exhausted and driftwood damp parts, body, of crabs eaten recently left by birds pirate who gorge themselves crabbing out of season without license barnacles shake themselves from nose to tail... 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 | Jan 28, 2014 | Love, Poetry, Silly
this time love came softly in sitting with my broken heart last time she showed up with tea when I was reading she arrives beside fear to demand safe space to fully feel it and I’ve noticed you and I, friend, summon her while playing sharing a game, a... by lori | Sep 24, 2013 | Creating
This post is dedicated to my new friend Joey Gray, who told me upon our very first meeting this week that, at age 43, it’s high time I move past my stubborn insistence on always being the learner in the room and never, ever, the teacher. Here’s what I’ve learned about...