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Tag Archives: healing

Monologue 1

This one I think is meant to be performed. When I wrote it, it sounded like a monologue. Someone telling whoever would listen how she fucked up her plants.

Posted bySunshineJune 1, 2019November 21, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:growth, healing, plant lifeLeave a comment on Monologue 1

Forgiveness requires peace

For so long I was afraid of your hands and The boom in your voice And in my later years

Posted bySunshineDecember 19, 2018December 19, 2018Posted inPoetryTags:depression, family, healing2 Comments on Forgiveness requires peace

Ancestors

I wrote this poem about healing through our mothers, particularly from the pain of sexism and racialized gender violence.

Posted bySunshineApril 15, 2018December 5, 2018Posted inPoetryTags:ancestors, healingLeave a comment on Ancestors

Broken Body

Go and repair thoseBroken limbsThat torn faceAnd cracked smile

Posted bySunshineApril 11, 2018December 5, 2018Posted inPoetryTags:birds, healingLeave a comment on Broken Body

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