Mimi Wheatwind

Inveterate imagist, bibliotherapist, typography & metaphor nerd, occasional writer. Easily soothed by harmonizing voices, spicy scents & lucid dreams...

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In our copy of Roethke’s
Words for the Wind
a feather marks 2 poems:
“The Voice” begins
“One feather is a bird”
&
“She” answers
“I think the dead are tender.
Shall we kiss?”

#NPRPoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #poets #PoemADay #POEMS

Remembering JMG
(1949-2019)

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@WorkElizab Roar, river, ranger,rapper

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@Murk441 It’s Beautiful! It fits like a dream❣️instead of spending on a more expensive dress, buy some jewelry that will remind you of your wedding day.

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@LibnOfCongress @adalimon To Kill a Mockingbird. 1st read in Gram’s Readers Digest Condensed Books as a child. (Scout was a smart female! Yes!) Then, assigned in 8th grade, I tried to weasel out of it with an eyeroll & “Read it already.” 2nd read was a lesson in censorship (Thank You, Mr. Damien!)

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@krassenstein So if we are looking back over the “last million years, what exactly are we talking about?

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@n_g_laskowski I am retired now from mostly adjunct community college teaching, and some public high school teaching (A.P. English, preparing kids for fancier colleges than I attended.) I wouldn’t trade any of it for $$$. I studied with prize winning writers, & met the love of my life.

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@elizmccracken Oooops, I didn’t see “connected.”

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@elizmccracken “Here’s Your Hat, What’s Your Hurry” (Honestly! I have favorite stories I reread.) Also “The Country I Come From” by Maura Stanton (?? I may have misspelled her name)…Love Medicine, YES…

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@SharonGF_NBCT What’s worse is the multitudes who can’t think for themselves, or are born into a religion or cult that dictates all their choices. I just finished binge-watching a documentary series on Scientology, & could see many parallels to cults & many churches.

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@theresalkrupp From more than one published writer/poet/teacher, “If you drink wine (or smoke ‘herb’), during the first draft, stay “sober” for the second draft.”

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@0ttersmom @JasonIsbell Me too: Does seeing a horse mean we are using both sides of the brain?

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Wordle 266 2/6

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Started with "Aloud" and am not sure why today I got lucky on the second try. Maybe the good news that I've been asked to write an "Afterword" for a manuscript I have been editing? So happy the book will be published; the rest is icing. 🥰

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@0ttersmom Yay for Henry! 4 tries is usually the "norm" for me, but I've only been playing for 11 days, so I hope to get better at it. Miss you 🥰

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Wordle 254 2/6

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First time I got it on 2nd try! I still miss playing Scrabble with friends, but this is still a fun "brain quiz" way to start my day...

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@khalisaandco Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Ntozake Shange

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@emma_claire16 Treasure it as the first of many...hee hee...

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@SenClayDavisx4 Wow! If you have a life, you probably won't read all the responses. I loved playing Scrabble and Balderdash with family and friends, but now they are either too busy, not around, or on screens. I play Wordle alone & get on with my "human" life. 🥰

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Still getting the hang of Wordle (tried "adieu" for the first time, and that was a total loss today.) Oh well...I'm still hooked!
Wordle 248 4/6

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@risaden @gavinthomas2015 1528...2 in the center, most prominent