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Articles from October 2019

The word: Coconut

October 18, 2019

Dear readers: Before this week’s poem, two new projects with events this coming week: Fear of the Beast: Artist Troy Passey and I have created a new book together called Fear of the Beast, about the human relationship with animals—whether we are eating animals, keeping animals as pets, or telling stories about animals that we are too afraid…

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The word: Calibrated

October 4, 2019

Dear readers: greetings on this early October day. Poetry for Strangers and I are back from vacation. The summer of beautiful chaos and travel ended with a trip to Vancouver to visit my dear college roommate who was attending a sleep conference. I got predictably confused with the train ticket machines at the airport. There were…

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Founded in 2013, Poetry for Strangers is a project dedicated to finding inspiration in the chance encounters of everyday life. PFS suggests that every person can be the muse of a poem. Each week I ask a stranger for a word and write a poem inspired by the word. I invite you to do the same.

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