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Keep Easter!
The enormity of rain, with all its drops, that thrust from the skies above to the earth below, is that it empties itself out, Iike words written as if from the core of an empty tomb. Only the tomb is not empty and we have memorized how to rise from the dead and these words…
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Keep this vigil
Nothing stops the agony, ends the worry, understands the hurry, that, surpasses the glory, and sustains the story, of the time the son of God, rose from the dead. Nothing
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Keep astonishing with your light!
Perhaps we do not want to be remembered. Perhaps we do not want to be praised either. Perhaps we desire no fame. Perhaps we choose instead to live quietly. Perhaps we prefer no one knew we existed. Perhaps we choose instead to serve the highest forces in the universe. Perhaps we choose to be unseen.…
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Keep transforming!
Toni Morrison once shared that certain kinds of trauma visited on people are so deep, so cruel… that only writers can translate such trauma and turn sorrow into meaning that sharpens imagination. Tonight, I began a transformational journey that only time will tell the story of its outcome. Till then, keep this.
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Keep your gifts from God or Happy Birthday Chiwetel!
Some children can be smooth, full of ease, while others can be rough, with little peace. Some can give gifts others withhold, rising and setting like the sun on any day. Others teach you nothing but silence and prayers plus rest for the night. You give us all this and more, with our hearts understanding…
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Keep the universe and Steven Weitzman in mind!
There we were, standing in front of Fredrick Douglass. He stood majestic in bronze. We were stunned by his hair, his facial structure, his arm grip, his legs, his whole being. I wondered out loud who could have made these and for how long and with what materials. The universe heard me and said, look,…
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Keep why you write!
These days I’m learning that even leaves on the ground have invisible wounds that are always shared with strangers. So too the words within us. They reveal us. To write increases the revelation shapes our actions. I am learning that words carry the joy, the sorrow, yet still the optimism of every writer. However tall…
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Keep smiling!
These days we are encountering the beauty of life, smiling as we sit and dream, uncovering the wonder within, letting our souls wander too, as we let our sons of color, like sun and its color, light up the dark. If there is ever a moment to love humans, as tricky and mean as we…
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Keep still knowing the source of your scars!
My left pinky finger hides a scar the size of a grain of rice. I barely remember it exists. Sometimes it’s better to never remember pain, to always accept being invisible even when your mark is clearly visible. Between all the lines and groves in my hand, this scars stays hidden on the sides of…
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Keep knowing that even this too shall pass!
I spent the day saying this too shall pass, because this too shall pass and when this too passes, all that would be left is this. And it’s so worth it to keep this thing we know matters, for us, for our healing and for everyone. So even if we sound like a broken record,…
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Keep this ease!
The silence you feel, if in a quiet lovely space, if surrounded but love, if with a steady ease that makes leaves wild is a poem. Taste and see how it begins, how it feels.
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Keep being still!
Happen your eyes open with delight, happen they shine with recognition for the dreams unfolding, happen they remind you how to see, what he had done, not just look but see, happen your eyes does all this but keeps you standing still without error, then at least you will learn to be still. If he…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 