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Articles from November 2019

The word: Lineage

November 29, 2019

The hosts of the holiday party had a beautiful idea: everyone would tell a story to others they met, and you would give a small card to the person whose story you liked best. Whoever had the most cards by night’s end would tell their story to the whole party. The first conversation I had…

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The word: Shot

November 15, 2019

Just as the leaves were turning crispy and red, I found myself in a parking lot with a dead gray car. I met Terry because he was the kind person who volunteered to give it a jump start. He gave me a surprising word that was really fun to play with.  The Stranger: Terry The Word:…

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The word: Innovator

November 1, 2019

At YMCA family camp this fall, I woke up early with the girls, who were wild awake from bunkbed sleep and campfire marshmallows. In the morning, you can talk with the chef. Chef Steve spends half his year cooking in one state, half cooking in another—a seasonality I admired. That weekend, we ate Chef Steve’s…

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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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