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Kathy Shimpock
May 27, 2024
"The Truly Great" - a poem by Stephen Spender
I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul’s history Through corridors of light, where...
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Kathy Shimpock
Mar 5, 2024
"Thinking Like a Butterfly" A poem by Mark Nipo.
"Monday I was told I was good. I felt relieved…” Monday I was told I was good. I felt relieved. Tuesday I was ignored. I felt invisible....
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Kathy Shimpock
Mar 5, 2024
"Hope is the Thing with Feathers" (a poem) - by Emily Dickinson
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And...
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Kathy Shimpock
Mar 5, 2024
"When a Woman Feels Alone" by May Sarton. An encounter with the wise old woman archetype.
Jesse Wilson, a Nootka woman with baskets for sale (c. 1930s). When a woman feels alone, when the room is full of daemons,” the Nootka...
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Kathy Shimpock
Mar 5, 2024
"The Pond" - a poem by Mary Oliver
August of another summer, and once again I am drinking the sun and the lilies again are spread across the water. I know now what they...
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Kathy Shimpock
Feb 6, 2024
"The Thread of Fate"The Wise Crone Archetype in Greek Mythology
As dawn meets the new day, the chamber is finally still. For after a long and labored night, a child is born. Not just any child, of...
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Kathy Shimpock
Feb 6, 2024
The Power of Your Own Imagination -Positive Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live
Athletes know the power of visualization. They imagine themselves playing the perfect game or performing the perfect routine. The...
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Kathy Shimpock
Feb 6, 2024
"Assurance"a poem by William Stafford
You will never be alone, you hear so deep a sound when autumn comes. Yellow pulls across the hills and thrums, or the silence after...
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Kathy Shimpock
Jan 30, 2024
"Broken with the Soil" - a poem by Pierre Van Passen
Half of our misery and weakness derives from the fact that we have broken with the soil and that we have allowed the roots that bound us...
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Kathy Shimpock
Jan 12, 2024
"When I am Among the Trees" - A poem by Mary Oliver
When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such...
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Kathy Shimpock
Jan 11, 2024
"Now is the Time" - a poem by Hafiz
Now is the time to know That all that you do is sacred. Now, why not consider A lasting truce with yourself and God. Now is the time to...
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