The Power We Pretend Not To See - 2
(Read Part 1 here.)
When I was an undergraduate, a man I looked up to as a teacher and a
Poet • Essayist • Educator • Consultant
Take refuge on this path
the page gives you to roam.
Hunker down against
the shadow cast by prayer
and build yourself a line
that won’t efface itself.
Language is not wine.
You cannot pour it freely.
It All Connects
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Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! I hope your holiday season was filled with joy and meaning, and I hope that
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The Power We Pretend Not To See - 1
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...because it represents the vantage point from which I make the connections that matter most to me.
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The difference between poetry and rhetoric
is being ready to kill
yourself
instead of your children.
—Audre Lorde, “Power”
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