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Bethel Swift
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December 2016
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Marketing my first book and getting ready to open up my press to Submissions for a body positive poetry anthology!
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A Woman's Work: Poems and Ponderings of the Heart
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| Wiggles McGee the Magic Within is a sweet and smart debut tale written by Sojol Johnson and delightfully illustrated by Diana Maksymenko. Without over-moralizing, the book addresses the topic of coaching a child through a crash out and modeling recov ...more | |
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| Written from a place of both anger and hurt, Abeer's spoken word style debut poetry collection tells it exactly how it is with no feelings spared which is exactly the level of rage, resistance, and righteous rebuke that we need when lives are being l ...more | |
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| I will never understand the love for this overhyped book. The author speaks confidently and authoritatively from experiences he's never had, nor will have, (giving birth, for example) and I found it repetitive, not relatable, and not actionable for t ...more | |
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| Written from a place of both anger and hurt, Abeer's spoken word style debut poetry collection tells it exactly how it is with no feelings spared which is exactly the level of rage, resistance, and righteous rebuke that we need when lives are being l ...more | |
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| Mr Anger (aptly named) makes it very clear why the "Me Too" movement was needed. The way this author mocks SA victims, he could have just reprinted the original gossip columns about their grapes. I get that he was going for sensationalism but labelin ...more | |
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| I felt Love Poems for the Very Married by Lois Wyse deep in my soul and I am eager to read more of her work. These poems were not full of similes or metaphors but they are incredibly meaningful in their simple imagery. Lots of reviews state that this ...more | |
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| Whatever is, Is Best by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is full of affirmations (that border on toxic positivity at points) but I was intrigued by the fact that she was a poet who was actually recognized during her lifetime (in the 1800s) and many authors compla ...more | |
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| With the 2025 inauguration looming, I am loving Always a Reckoning by the humanist former (and forever, in my heart) president Jimmy Carter. These poems express love and respect for, and a willingness to learn from, others that is rare and precious. | |
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| Whatever is, Is Best by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is full of affirmations (that border on toxic positivity at points) but I was intrigued by the fact that she was a poet who was actually recognized during her lifetime (in the 1800s) and many authors compla ...more | |
“Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
― An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
― An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
“So much longing.
So many lives
filled
with longing.
It's what stories―
all our stories―
are made of.
And what is longing
made of
except hope?”
― Little Dog, Lost
So many lives
filled
with longing.
It's what stories―
all our stories―
are made of.
And what is longing
made of
except hope?”
― Little Dog, Lost
“You should know better than to run from a storm, too. We wolves are careful. Always we are careful. But we are not afraid. Not of our own good world.(pp. 48)”
― Runt
― Runt
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
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“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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