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Historical research
I’m invigorated by having gone to the Decatur Book Festival and hearing some excellent poets. Luckily the weather was pleasant, if a little warm, so I was unable to talk myself out of going, which I do too often, because of the long drive there. If it had been raining, I likely would’ve chickened out.…
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Q&A with myself
I’m working on an essay for a change, thanks to an essay prompt by Saeed Jones. It’s in the form of a Q&A with myself, and it’s been a lot more fun, therapeutic and revelatory than I expected.
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Unexpected poetry reading
EDITOR’S NOTE: This event was upended by Hurricane Helene. It’s been rescheduled for Oct. 24. Same bat time, same bat place! I didn’t quite get what I was agreeing to at first when I agreed. Or I knew and forgot. But I will be taking part in a Poetry is Pretentious, Melodically Challenged and Mayor’s…
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Blatant disrespect
A story from the Associated Press yesterday took me down a rabbit hole. It was about a project to reclaim a graveyard of the formerly enslaved that had been covered up, desecrated and destroyed. For a while now, I’ve known there’s a small graveyard behind Floor and Decor in that odd, old strip mall in…
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When it ends
Trying something new. Reading one of my poems from my collection, NOT PICTURED.
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Burned out
Burnout became the theme I was sucked into this past week, but at least it ended on a positive note. Note the burnout was something internal but could be partially due to events only partially related to my day-to-day drudgery. But the feeling festered, and I felt worthless and wounded. I should move slower in…
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Kimberly L. Wright 