[This week’s poem arrives later than usual, my apologies. Tomorrow would have been Amanda’s 35th birthday. It is the third one after she killed herself. I always wonder about that. Did she think of how many more birthdays she would
Ace That Test: The Civics Test for U.S. Naturalization
Okay, so y’all know Ace That Test was a real thing with my late sister Amanda. And though I didn’t receive as much formal schooling, and generally fared worse considering the whole of our academic careers, my sister and I
Poetry Ptuesday: The Journey by Mary Oliver
On day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my
Poetry Ptuesday: Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
[Desiderata: something considered necessary or highly desirable.] ***** Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth
Starting Today: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
I started this yesterday but I heard you can go on the internet and lie 😉 Here are the first lines: “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet. 1977, May 3, six thirty in the morning,