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Haiku 6
Oh Jilly, Philly’s
daughter, you sing in the key
of my heart’s very beat.
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(Co)working space
where are you all working at these days?
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I’ve been doing a rotation of Hilltop locations. I just finished my manuscript, so I won’t be back for about two weeks, but the Slauson Hilltop has been the best. Inglewood gets a LOT of traffic and tourists, while Sip and Sonder, my first post Metaphor Club space, closed down…for the same reasons we did. LOL
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Do we seek to express or to succeed?
I find that writing is necessary for me. Though I hold to thoughts of bursting onto the scene with a book suitable for the NYT best sellers list, or a script steeped deeply in a some universal theme that speaks to audiences at large, in the end I just need to write. For my sake, for my sanity, writing is an outlet that I must fit into my…
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We write because we have something to say. Best sellers lists, in essence, are simply marketing tools to let folks know that other folks are buying this book, so give it a try.
As I tell my writing students, we do this because we observe something in the world, and we want to tell a story about it, and we also wanna be immortal. We still…
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For me having a creative outlet has been cheaper than therapy. From the time my kids were young they’ve had to navigate a two household dynamic. I’ve had art supplies sitting around and it has changed the mood in a positive direction many times at my place. They are both adults now and I’ve seen how it is still a healthy outlet. So in our…
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Haiku - You are what you preach
What does your god rep?
sun Ra, storm Thor, Mother earth –
Channel the Divine.
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Haiku 5
I’d much rather see
ICE sparkle on a ring than
trample freedom’s ring
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Haiku - Pace & Frequency
All Flame is Sunlight
But so are all explosives.
How/When do you shine?
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Haiku - Inflated Plane Tickets
Locals dream of trips,
Refugees dream of a home;
find Peace where you are.
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Haiku - Nothing is forever
Don’t wanna hear me:
what makes Love the exception?
Y’all just wanna dance.
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Haiku - She cute
She’s light on her feet,
twirls when she closes a door;
Grace one can amore.
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Sensitivity is the Name of the Game
Octavia E. Butler must have been a sensitive soul. I’ve convinced myself that her writing of Lauren in Parable of the Sower, a character who feels the pain of those around her as well as their joys, was based on Octavia herself. That is why Octavia was a recluse in her life. She felt too strongly the emotions of those around her. That…
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