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rumi – round 1 (#npm15)
If you play along reading all of my posts this month, you’ll likely come upon a few Rumi poems. Rumi was 13th century Sufi mystic and poet. Even if you don’t know his poems, you might have heard...
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“so?” poem – (#npm15)
I adore Parker Palmer. His book Let Your Life Speak was a game-changer for me. (i recommend it to so many clients searching for meaning in their too-busy-to-breathe lives). If you don’t know who he is,...
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befriending the soul (yes, another poem – #npm15)
I met Ingrid Goff-Maidoff in college. Kenyon is small liberal arts college–a little hamlet in the middle-of-nowhere Ohio–surrounded by farms and fields, and hidden ponds and streams. If you went to...
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mary oliver’s wild geese (#npm15)
If you don’t already know this one…oh, I am SO excited that you’re going to get to read this. I know I say it about a lot of the poems I post, but I really do love this one. Take a deep breath, sink in...
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rumi poem 2 – #npm15
My favorite Rumi poem. My wish and prayer for the world. Out Beyond Ideas Jelaluddin Rumi Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down...
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maya’s poem (#npm15)
I’ve already told the story of when I met Maya Angelou, so if you want to the full scoops, you can read it here. Otherwise, just know that the day this graceful, tenacious, amazing giant of poetry...
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impetus poem (#npm15)
I found this poem again in a box of prompts I keep for my writing workshops. Perfect timing and a wonderful reminder that we can start again at any time. With writing. With relationships. With...
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ann (#npm15)
I met Ann Simon at a writing workshop in Berkeley in late 1997. We were a small band of writing women, and we quickly became a community (which is what usually happens when women write together). Ann...
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checking in from a slow burn
Hello friends. I’m writing this post to all of you, but mostly to those who check in from time to time and have sent some notes wondering where I’ve been. I’m still here. And there has been a pull to...
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yay scotus (now let’s get someone hitched!)
My newsfeed is LOADED with rainbows and sparklies and celebrations today. Finally (FINALLY), marriage is available to all. (yay scotus!) According to the Supreme Court: No union is more profound than...
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writing our way home
You may have noticed that I haven’t been particularly “chatty” here in blog-land the last several months. Below I share where I’ve been, what I’m learning (again and again and again), and what that...
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write your way into a genuinely happy new year
I’ve been seeing lots of “New Year’s Resolution” stuff on social media and the interwebs lately. No big surprise these last weeks of the year. But once again, I find myself grumbling at the wave of...
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showing up is everything
My friend Marybeth died last fall after a 2 year illness (with a wild roller coaster of ups/downs, hope, and resignation). This past weekend, her family and some of her closest friends gathered...
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motherless on mother’s day
me and my mama. (a looong time ago.) Mother’s Day was never really a thing in the Cooperman family – – my mom often said that if you only made a fuss of your mother because of a holiday pumped up with...
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turning down the noise with mindful writing
This post is part of my bud Sarah Martin Hawkins’ Mindful Habits Blog Tour, a virtual visit with 13 women posting about the power of habit for running a business, being healthy, and getting creative...
View Articleone moment
On vacation a while back, we were driving along a stretch of I-26 about an hour outside of Charleston, South Carolina, on our way to see my stepson (from my first marriage). Going 75 MPH (in that...
View Articlelighting up the sky (poetry interlude)
How ’bout a little magic from Hafiz to improve your day? Even after all this time the Sun has never told the Earth You owe me, look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky. The...
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Went into the city for a whirlwind visit with the ex-hubs/friend “Daf” yesterday. It couldn’t have been a more beautiful October day: sunny, mid-70s; Central Park was bustling. While waiting by the...
View Articleimpetus / begin again (poetry interlude)
I found this poem again in a box of prompts I keep for my writing workshops. Perfect timing and a wonderful reminder that we can start again at any time. With journaling. With relationships. With...
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