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Rhyming to Death

I started writing poetry when I was 8 or 9. My first notebooks were full of rhyme, crude as it may have been. Over the years my writing morphed into rambling narrative free verse. From…

MelindaSeptember 20, 2023

Death and Dying Healing Hope Meditation Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

Part 9 You can read part 8 here: https://www.melindacoppola.com/a-2022-story-part-8 The skies grew dark earlier and Moon stayed longer. Sun still warmed the skies, but the air was crisp and cool. Trees on the banks of…

MelindaSeptember 17, 2023

Healing Hope Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 8

A 2022 Story You can read part 7 here: https://www.melindacoppola.com/a-2022-story-part-7/ Part 8 Many suns and moons came and went as Little Stream and Wee Lily Pond tumbled along in the powerful pull of Big…

MelindaJuly 23, 2023

Mindfulness Nature Poem Poetry Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

Hush

I'm pleased that my poem, " Hush", was published in Amethyst Review today. Hush Is it by aging alone that I landed in this sparse, harsh forest, where most branches are sharp, all bark…

MelindaJune 8, 2023

Death and Dying Love Mindfulness Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

It Goes Like This

You smile down on me from a slightly precarious perch on the shelf above my messy desk. It’s my favorite photo of you—young and exuberantly happy, arms flung wide, dressed in colorful layers that reflect…

MelindaMarch 29, 2023

Death and Dying Healing Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 6

And why, you might be asking, is she still working on a 2022 story? We are, after all, a few sturdy strides into 2023 spring. The answer is in the story itself. If you’ve been…

MelindaMarch 25, 2023

Death and Dying Healing Love Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Women's Issues

A 2022 Story, Part 5

A 2022 Story You can read part four here: htts://www.melindacoppola.com/a-2022-story-part-4/ Part 5 Little Stream wasn’t sure Lily Pond had heard her question, so she asked again. “Wee Lily Pond, do you think there…

MelindaFebruary 24, 2023

Death and Dying Love Mindfulness Nature Spirituality Writing

A 2022 Story, Part 3

A 2022 Story Part 3* Nudge, nudge. Tap, tap. There it was again! A pattern, far from random. Little Stream was weary from the effort of holding herself together for an unknown number of suns…

MelindaJanuary 16, 2023

Art Love Meditation Mindfulness Nature Poem Poetry Singing Spirituality Women's Issues Writing

The Shift

art: Moon Goddess by Melinda Coppola, done in watercolor. On my best days I do dwell in gratitude and I experience most everything as a blessing. My poem, "The Shift", attempts to give voice…

MelindaNovember 18, 2022

Family Love Nature Parenting Spirituality

The Visitor

In the dark, a baby fox hoists her short legs one by trembling one up the steep stairs, tripping the sensor light as she reaches the back deck in a sharp-eyed heap of gray…

MelindaSeptember 8, 2022

Rhyming to Death

It Goes Like This

The Shift

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