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Wow Jen just wow…

So poignant… I felt every line… and truth.

Thank you

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So glad it resonated for you, Marisa! You are a poet, so I know you know what I mean about sometimes it just has to come out....

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100 %... I really thought it was incredible...

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Thank you Jenny! Your poem is very helpful. You may want to submit it to

The New Yorker, Orion and The Atlantic. You’re very much in tune with what is going on, as painful as it is right now.

May goodness prevail !💗

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Truly, may goodness prevail. Hard times now. Good to hear from you, Sharon!

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thank you. beautiful. yes, the complexities of being with now. and reminds me how essential to stay lovingly tender with ourselves. ❤️‍🔥

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"lovingly tender with ourselves..." beautifully said, Amanda. I think poetry is one way I apply balm to my own troubled soul....

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Thanks for this poem; so much to ponder and live into.

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