On trusting yourself
Recently, I mentioned my journey toward trusting myself. In my 37 years, I've learned a lot about how to overcome my own negative energies but that's still one I'm working…
What do you do that you’re proud of?
This came from a Nancy Woo writing workshop (still going on! click her name and register for free from her site!) This was a very rewarding activity. I highly recommend…
Relationships with Trees
A part of my poetic memoir The Locust Years, this poem has been submitted to several journals and magazines by now. For whatever reason, it hasn't been published yet. I…
Why I Will Not Be Adopting a Pseudonym
Image: Kelly Hanwright "When the sharpest words wanna cut me down, I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out. I am brave, I am bruised, I am who I'm…
A Dark Place; A Seed Growing
Image: Kelly Hanwright Warning - this is long. So if you get bored, skip to the end. It’s the best part. But I couldn’t get there without all the stuff…
What saved my life and keeps saving it every day
Image: Kelly Hanwright “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” ~Ephesians 2:10 “Yeah, you could…
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Who are the important people in our world?
Hello again friends. I hope your day is beautiful today. It is day 20 of National Poetry Month! We are more than halfway through, but with an undeniable opportunity and…
What are you grieving?
Image by Kelly Hanwright As someone who has anxiety, I also have a lot of friends who share that struggle. This past week, the struggle has increased for many of…
What is your currency?
Hello friends! It is Day 13 of NanPoWriMo with our gracious host Nancy Lyneé Woo. One of this morning’s questions was the title of this post. It was actually perfect…
Ghetto Girlz
Hi my friends! I promised in this post, I would share the poem and process that goes with the philosophy I wrote about yesterday in What do you believe in…