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I snapped this photo on my morning walk, and then it led me down a rabbit hole. We often look at the seasons as fitting a very specific set of rules. Trees lose their leaves in fall.They’re bare for the winter. Growth and regeneration happen during spring. Then I look at this tree holding on…
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I’m late with posting these poetry prompts for National Poetry Month, and I can own that. These prompts were supposed to be posted April 11th, but life had other plans. I got home from a SickKids trip and crashed— hard. So here I am, minutes before running out the door to facilitate the Writers Table…
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I want to love January, but for the bulk of my years, I fell in love with the idea of it – not its truths. If you’re like me, you’ve spent much of your life viewing January as the magical month of possibilities and clinging to the mantra of “New Year, New You”. In the…
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My name is Jess and I publish poetry as J.L. Fizzell – a pen name I picked out when I was nine or so to honour female writers like L.M. Montgomery during eras where women were barred or discouraged from writing or forced to conceal their gender by using their initials. My poetry is inspired…
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