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A Wander Through Kew Gardens

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Christine Irving
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Flush

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Christine Irving

Quadrille #102 – Don’t Forget To… by Mish Okay, time to flush out forty-four words exactly, not counting the title for today’s challenge at the d’verse Poets Pub.  My poem a couple of days ago, detailing a small pleasure, conformed so … Continue reading →

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Triolet Day 12

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Christine Irving

Playing catch-up with yesterday, this is my quick triolet.  I have no idea what it means – its based on a collage card I also fail to understand. Keeping the faith with NaPoWriMo has its ups and downs…   Exploring … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus: The Villain Is Not Mother Nature: It Is Ourselves by  Carol P. Christ

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Christine Irving

Over the past few weeks of lockdown in Greece, I have asked myself numerous times: if we can shut down the world economy because of a virus, why don’t we shut everything down until we end war or find real…

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Finding Your Voice(s): Writing Outside Yourself

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Christine Irving

~ A Poetry MasterClass ~ with poet/singer-songwriter Nathan Brown Wednesday – July 10 9:30 a.m. > 5:00 p.m. Cost $60 Registration limited to the first 24 Embassy Suites Denton, TX Pioneer II Room We often hear the phrase “finding your voice” … Continue reading →

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Quadrille Night at the dVerse

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Christine Irving

Hey the challenge on the bar at last night’s poets pub was to write a quadrille. (The Quadrille combines two essential elements – a single word that has to be included in the body of your text. The second is to limit  … Continue reading →

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When Coyote Shows Up To Play

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Christine Irving

Several months ago I signed up on Owl & Crow for an on-line course in creating a Major Arcana tarot deck of SoulCollage® cards.  It started January 8th, but by then I had forgotten exactly what I had enrolled in.  … Continue reading →

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The Need for Intersectionality: Repainting Sojourner Truth by AngelaYarber

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Christine Irving

I’ve long held that feminism, in order to be true and engaged and practical, must be intersectional. Such is also the case, I believe, for LGBTQ rights. The work of justice for women and LGBTQs people must also include justice…

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Hidden Figures – A Different Approach to Promoting Mutuality

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Christine Irving

The other day, I re-blogged Sara Frykenberg’s  post about the impossibility of debating “mutuality,” which I define as the mutual respect required to approach each and any “other” as a peer.     The movie, Hidden Figures, starring Taraji Hensen, Octavia … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Debate Mutuality by Sara Frykenberg

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Christine Irving

Participating in the Women’s March on Jan. 21st in Los Angeles fed my soul deeply. I didn’t realize how much I needed to protest in this way, how stuck I had been in grief and despair after the election, and…

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