For National Poetry Month #FridayPhilosophy “We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.” - William Butler Yeats “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” - Emily Dickinson “Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and … Continue reading For National Poetry Month #FridayPhilosophy
Jean Cocteau
Friday Philosophy…Death
Last night, I dreamed I was dead. Not in a grim, horrible way. More in a Patrick Swayze in Ghost kind of way. My main experience was frustration, because it took me a while to realize that no one could hear or see me, and they kept swooshing through my body. When I woke up … Continue reading Friday Philosophy…Death
The Alter Ego…#MondayBlogs
There was a very specific "line of demarcation" in my life: before cancer, and after cancer. Before cancer, I spent more time at someone else's office than I did at my own. My writing was something I worked to "squeeze in" if I had the time. After, I work for myself, and writing is job … Continue reading The Alter Ego…#MondayBlogs