Fun National Pencil Day Pencils are magical. And so are erasers, for that matter. A long time ago, in a youthhood far, far away, I wrote a love poem Jessi-James Grey Posted on March 30, 2023
Life I Want You to Be Happy “I hope you’re happy.” Right now, right here, that’s not a sarcastic statement, though it often is – Good for you. I hope Emmie Arnold Posted on April 21, 2022
Essays The Intersection of Poetry and Healing “I believe inconvenient survivors. I believe survivors I am told not to believe. I believe disabled survivors. I believe Emmie Arnold Posted on April 14, 2021
Books Book Rx: Your Monthly Reading Prescription | “Keep Moving” by Maggie Smith Rx: “Keep Moving” Prescribed by: Maggie Smith Prescribed for: Anyone who needs to feel seen, heard, and understood; Julie Bond Posted on November 7, 2020
Essays We Will Dance Again When it’s all moving fast, we slow the fuck down. We breathe in and fill our diaphragms. We breathe out the sound pshhh, like Jen Violi Posted on April 28, 2020
Culture, Inspiration In Celebration of Black Poets I was 7-years-old when I encountered Phillis Wheatley’s poetry. Our assignment was to write a report about a famous historic Kerra Bolton Posted on October 22, 2019
Books, Life Sweatpants & Books | 4 Things You May Not Know About Oscar Wilde Born in Dublin, Ireland on October 16, 1854, Oscar Wilde is a literary and cultural giant whose works continue to inspire Jessi-James Grey Posted on October 15, 2019
Culture An American Original: e.e.cummings Edward Estlin Cummings, who would later be known as e.e.cummings, was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Sweatpants & Coffee Posted on October 14, 2019
Mental When Your Trauma Doesn’t Fit the Image of PTSD I’ve run a blog for the last five years about the intersection of my chronic physical and mental illnesses and my hopes of Emmie Arnold Posted on June 27, 2019
Life “When Death Comes” | A Tribute to Mary Oliver I found out this morning that one of my all-time favorite poets died. Mary Oliver, the badass pen toting poet died. I’m still Jerusha Gray Posted on January 17, 2019