“You don’t enter an open door but you enter an open face.” This Somalian proverb was shared with me by Mo, who does building maintenance in Boise and whose grandfather was a poet. I met Mo while standing at the base of a staircase downtown, writing down an idea; he walked by and smiled. …
Articles from June 2019
The word: Cooperative
Today marks Poetry for Strangers’ 300th poem! Thank you, dear readers, both for reading and for your notes of appreciation over the years. This poem is part two from last week’s poem. Jacob was the producer of the youtube interview with Sohail. He has moved from LA, where he owns a production company, to Boise,…
The word: Peace
Elizabeth does make-up for television, is about to graduate from Boise State, and looks forward to traveling the world. I met her when I was filming a cool youtube interview with my friend Sohail, one of my earliest strangers for this project (his word: blessed). I was given words by two people on the film…
The word: Happiness
Quick fun news first: my TEDx talk, linking poetry to tiny house family life, went live! I hope you enjoy. Now onto this week’s stranger: I was at a café writing last week’s poem when a stranger stopped next to my table, phone in hand, to show me a photo. She said, “I had to show someone:…