Susan Elbe

Author of The Map of What Happened (Backwaters Press), Eden in the Rearview Mirror, Where Good Swimmers Drown, and Light Made from Nothing.

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“This isn't champagne anymore.... This is serious stuff. The days of champagne are long gone.” ~ Sam Shepard RIP

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"Have Big Red waiting for him, a true champion. He won’t need a saddle, he won’t need anything.” https://t.co/dzezIOa85p

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"This very moment is the perfect teacher, and it’s always with us." ~ Pema Chödrön

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"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us." ~ Pema Chödrön

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“You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.” ~ Nikita Gill

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"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up." ~ James Baldwin

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"...whatever speed you're going at is the right speed." ~ Nick Flynn Great interview with Nick Flynn.
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"It’s human to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice, really, it‘s an imperative." ~ Michael Collins, Astronaut

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Farthest Out from Shore Moon tonight. Flashlight Moon.

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Just had to post again because it's singing to me: “You’re back with the mystery of having been moved by words.” ~ Dylan Thomas

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New poem up at https://t.co/UdXvk75VCK Thanks much to the editors. Beautiful art work too. Check out the whole site.

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@kcherrywrites Likewise, Kelly!

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To remember her birthday:
"I am the maker, the lover, and the keeper.... " ~ Jane Kenyon.

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New poem up at https://t.co/B8XFHle1eE Check out their beautiful art as well. Thanks to the editors.

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Poetry Month #30: "Between roars the lion purrs." ~ William Stafford. And so the month ends.

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PM #29: "In the midst of a long, quiet stretch, having a positive response makes me feel that there are people listening." ~ Killarney Clary

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Poetry Month #28: ...who could not want to fall to their knees in gratitude? Who could not want to write a poem to give back? ~Dorianne Laux

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Poetry Month #27: "When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do." ~ Anne Sexton

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Poetry Month #26: "Blood Dazzler did not start out as a book. It was a personal connection that I built upon." ~ Patricia Smith

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Poetry Month #25: "Those of us who make up poems have agreed not to say what the pain is.” ~ Robert Bly