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May Wrapped: poetry edition
a curated playlist of some of my favorite poetry I read this month
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Wednesday Words: I Don't Know How to Write a Happy Poem
bottle, shoelace, wanton
Wednesday Words: As The Crow Flies
err, gravity, hollow, inner chamber, legacy, liberty, pewter, poodle, revolution, tyranny, unicursal, whispers
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Wednesday Words: Forever to Haunt Me
reawakening, synchronous, quirky
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April Wrapped (Poetry Edition)
a curated playlist of some of my favorite poetry I've read this month
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Wednesday Words: Intransigent (An Ode to Anger)
amicable, demonology, intransigent, strict, synapse, waste
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Wednesday Words: In the Company of Dreams
alert, breeding, sanguine, swirling, wistful
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Wednesday Words: Sanctimonious Squabbling
idiots, posture, raw, unintended
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March Wrapped
a curated playlist of some of my favorite poetry I've read this month
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Monday Musings: Under Azure Skies
The poetry of Quaker meetings, orchids, and Turkish coffee
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Wednesday Words: Under Azure Skies
cheery, complicity, cooked, onomastics, panacea, squelch, sway, translucent
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Wednesday Words: Death of a Star
alchemy, contempt, lambent {tw: miscarriage}
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Wednesday Words: From the River to the Sea
daybreak, canister, interrupt, transmutation
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Wednesday's Child is Full of Words
a special book launch & bonus poetry (exclusive for Substack subscribers)
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The How, Why, and So What Substack
The How, Why, and So What Substack
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