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April 2025

Happy Anniversary, Exquisite Collaboration Project!
Five years ago today I posted the first collaborative poem, an experiment to bring strangers together to create poetry during Covid lockdown.
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Joanne Brokaw
Exquisite Collaboration Poem: Letting Go Takes Time
Two dozen strangers contributed to this poem, organically creating an ebb and flow of pausing, releasing, and embracing.
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Joanne Brokaw
Exquisite Collaboration Poem: For Kay, who is remembered
The prompt for this poem, which was written in the summer of 2023 and never posted, was "I remember". There's a reason this one sat in a folder for…
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Thoughts from (not) inside the MRI machine
"I'm going to be fine," I assured myself, and for a moment I thought I might be, until I completely and utterly unraveled.
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January 2025

Five Things: Love Lost
Each Friday, I'll share five seemingly random things inspired by a category. We'll kick it off with "Love Lost".
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Embracing The Practice of Inner Hospitality
The journey to wholeness, to holiness, takes a lifetime, and maybe the first step is welcoming the stranger within.
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Trash Day, a Runaway Dog, and One Step Forward
As I pushed my past to the curb, the Universe ran to greet me, and show me the way home.
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A Black Out Poem for A Blacked Out Mood
Enjoy now. All manner of thing shall be well.
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In Memoriam (Ring out, wild bells)
On this newest of days, let this poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, resonate and inspire you for the coming new year
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Joanne Brokaw
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