The Foundation for Art and Healing is a great organization. They are asking for submissions of six-word poems for National Poetry Month in April. Click on this link The Foundation for Art and Healing to submit yours!
Here’s 2 of mine and 1 of Freddie’s:
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Hello.
Long time no see.
Adieu.
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The earth gets drunk on rain
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Need to pee?
Find a tree.
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AND read Stephanie’s story on the The Foundation for Art and Healing newsletter. Here’s an opening paragraph to whet your curiosity:
“When I was sixteen years old, I unexpectedly went through severe heart failure. After waking up from a month-long induced coma, my UCLA doctors told me that in order to survive, I would need a heart transplant. I was stuck in a room with four blinding white walls, tethered to machines on full life support. In the process of suffering, with death just around the bend, I made the conscious choice to continue. I asked my parents if there was any way I could write. I knew in order to find strength I needed the tools to soar above my sixteen year old body, and I needed words to set me free.”
WOW. I hope Carolyn sees this. Glad I did. thank you.
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Pretty cool.
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Reblogged this on Phylor's Blog and commented:
Thought I’d pass this along — the paragraph certainly got my attention!
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