Listening to this man’s story was the most moving part of my Camp Mighty experience. Derreck Kayongo is the co-founder of Global Soap Project, an organization he was compelled to start after he learned about the millions of partially used bars of soap that hotels...
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This month on Inward Facing Girl you’re going to get a whole lot of summer! I’m talking books, movies, music, vacations, fashion, childhood memories, personal stories, and guest posts. It’s going to be…wait for it…super fun. I want...
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The Embrace by Mark Doty is the poem that turned me into a poetry fan. I had the opportunity to tell him that myself way back in 2002 when he was in Seattle for a speaking engagement at Cornish College of the Arts and I was doing a review of the event for Seattle...
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I wrote this poem ten years ago, inspired by the photograph above of me and my brother taken in 1978. Photograph 1 Beige snowMy bright red coat stands out from the darknessAlive.Dry bushes and thin treesWeakAs if they can only withstand a slight burden. My younger...
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I remember when I used to have time to read poetry every day. It was a beautiful thing. In honor of National Poetry Month I’d like to share a few of my favorite poems with you throughout the day, including a poem that I wrote years ago and only shared with some...
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