Woman’s Voice Singing Songs From the Savage Lands
Apr09

Woman’s Voice Singing Songs From the Savage Lands

Posted on Apr 9, 2021

  …[they] heard a woman’s voice singing, as if to her babies, a song so high and clear, it matched the flutes…She brought her songs back from the savage lands. Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts     It’s always important to tell the truth because if you don’t, there are all kinds of terrible social and psychological consequences. There are implosions...

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The Fireside Secrets by Ailsa Cawley
Apr05

The Fireside Secrets by Ailsa Cawley

Posted on Apr 5, 2021

  “The fireside secrets,” by Ailsa Cawley   You sat with me as a child saying that there were secrets Held in the fire’s flames Look for the answers there you’d urge The secret will reveal itself if you watch I watched and was watchful as I grew almost forgot The urgency of your message And something drew me back to the flames One night long after you passed I smelled perfume I smelled your scent as I...

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