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I'm so hungry, if I was a lion...
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The Backlight: I honestly think I've had this quote in my head for years...when i came up with it, I was quite pleased with myself. It's kind of gross to imagine eating your community. But I guess if you're that hungry, it might make sense sometimes.
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Touch
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The Backlight: I was living in Australia at the time and sitting on the cliff overlooking Bondi Beach when this came to me. It was my first poem and I was encouraged to submit it for publication in an Anthology where it won an award :-)
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Idou, ho kosmos ēgerthē!
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The Backlight: For me, Easter is a miniature version of a universal narrative--something is good, something is broken, something is restored--not destroyed but redeemed in such a way that the original goodness is not just recovered but paradoxically...
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I Hide Behind My Hair
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The Backlight: There’s a mole on my right cheek. A lot of people call it a “beauty mark” and most days, I guess I do, too. Nonetheless, I grew up thinking it was unattractive, knowing that my left side was better than my right. No one...
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I want to be a cow
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The Backlight: This morning I drove by that same field heading north on the majestic 280 Freeway. This is a route I travel quite often..the field out the right window is hilly and spotted with a bunch of stationary cows, chomping away at the green...
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Romeo and Juliet
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The Backlight: This poem is about the struggle to make something work. Love is between two people, but there is so much from society and context that seems to creep in. Can we ever get past it? Or does it tear us down? Somehow, I keep finding myself...
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Self-Centered Love
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The Backlight: Unfortunately, I think this is what a lot of people mean when they say these 3 words. The inverse is something difficult to strive for...a little less "i", a little more "u".
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Marathon
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The Backlight: Today I ran my first marathon, and I wanted to write about it - not because it was a fast marathon or one that, from a running time perspective, I am proud of. It wasn’t and I’m not. But I think today’s marathon taught...
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Marathons, Running, Pain, Injuries, Rain, Napa Valley, Training, God, Susie Lipps, James Wanjiru, Emilee Shim
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i wish to lie
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Vacancy
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The Backlight: This is about having a broken heart and the struggle to let go of your partner or friend or whatever because they ask you to.
Life doesn't always deliver the unity we strive for or the dreams we dream. Love does not always cover...
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4 AM
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The Backlight: I kiss my sister goodbye and head for the car. It's late. I'm tired and so ready to get in my warm bed and start my REM cycle for the night. Tonight was fun. Heck, I got proposed to in a Krispy Kreme by a half-drunk army guy at 3 in the...
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