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A September Letter to Monarchs
A Poem Dedicated To The Necessary Work of Resilience and Reinvention
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Teresa Zilk
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How to Make Medicine
A poem about the importance of healing the most undesirable parts of ourselves.
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Candy Bowl
A poetic examination of the deeper meaning of a family's candy bowl.
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How to Make Medicine
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Reflections on Grief and Loss
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What Grief Taught Me
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Dead Children Are Worthy of Our Prayers
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Juneteenth
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Women Do Not Turn Into Ghosts
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Unmatchable Radiance
A Poem In Memory of Teree Caldwell-Johnson
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Women Do Not Turn Into Ghosts
When Motherhood Becomes War
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Take My Body
Daughter Take my body Learn its topography and memorize every mark. There is historical data there. Anoint my head You will find the memories of my…
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Ferguson
I first wrote a version of this poem in August of 2014, shortly after learning of the murder of Mike Brown. I, like the rest of the nation, watched as…
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Grandmother
A poem dedicated to the hard and soft legacies that grandmothers leave behind.
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Dead Children Are Worthy of Our Prayers
May the children of the world someday be safe from all forms of harm.
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Cooking to Survive
A Poem of Memory
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Talking Good
In this space, I’ll write about the people, places, and learnings that have helped to shape me and my journey here in Iowa.
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