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Articles from February 2020

The word: Truth

February 21, 2020

My son has been fascinated with the idea that humans are all made up of atoms. At the Foothills Learning Center on a day with heavy snow, Aimee taught us the difference between an atom, a molecule, and a compound. The Stranger: Aimee The Word: Truth The poem I wrote: I tell the boy the spider…

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The word: Odd

February 7, 2020

There is a speakeasy in town on a high floor in an office building. “I wish we had a living room like this,” my husband said as we walked in. Inside the speakeasy there is a kind bartender named Mark (my husband whispered: “I wish I had a haircut like that.”) Mark good-naturedly allowed my…

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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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