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When Your Hula Hoop Falls Down
Interpretation by Michelle Meyer (that’s me) Today, the 18th of August, is a significant day for me in two very divergent ways....
Michelle Meyer
Aug 18, 20202 min read
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8000 Words
Interpretation by Oma McLaughlin (see the full video on Instagram @bookofshepoems) There’s that cliche – a picture is worth a thousand...
Michelle Meyer
Aug 11, 20201 min read
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Jump! Jump!
Interpretation by Kendra Gebbia Sink or Swim. There are so many directions I could take with that prompt. The words can be viewed as a...
Michelle Meyer
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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Hidden Features
Interpretation by Julie Martin I’ve been masking up in public places since somewhere around mid-March. And while the mask covers my nose...
Michelle Meyer
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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Oh, My Hell
Interpretation by Ruth Raich Raise your hand if you had travel plans this spring, summer, fall, or winter but you’ve indefinitely...
Michelle Meyer
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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Let’s Talk About the Weather
Interpretation by Laura McDonough For me, decisions are like the weather. Always changing. These (weird) days I typically wake up...
Michelle Meyer
Jul 14, 20201 min read
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Bittersweet Symphony of Life
Interpretation by Anne McGough Someone once said to me, You have such a great life. I bet you don’t have any regrets. I looked at...
Michelle Meyer
Jul 7, 20202 min read
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Monsters Under the Bed
Interpretation by Trudi Schaefer When I was little I was afraid of the dark. Of the monsters that were surely lurking under my bed. As I...
Michelle Meyer
Jun 30, 20202 min read
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Speak Up
Interpretation by Susan Johnson I feel like I have an argument with someone in my head every day. Some of you who know me have an idea...
Michelle Meyer
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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She’s “No Fool”
Video interpretation by Marcy Watzl (full video on Instagram @bookofshepoems) PROLOGUE: She saved her tongue for strawberry ice scream....
Michelle Meyer
Jun 16, 20202 min read
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Facts of Life
Interpretation by Anna Ostendorf My Mother told me the facts of life when I was 10. It wasn’t a random, sit-down-I-have-something-to-tell...
Michelle Meyer
Jun 9, 20202 min read
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Glop
Interpretation by Anne Weiland Where were you this morning? And I don’t mean physically. I mean, mentally? Psychologically? I was...
Michelle Meyer
Jun 2, 20201 min read
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Eternal August
Interpretation by Deanna R. Bourassa This was the blog that I had planned to talk about how hard it can be to make time for yourself. How...
Michelle Meyer
May 27, 20202 min read
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Sweet Dreams
Interpretation by Heather Reynolds When I was a youngster I dreamed about marriage (check), home ownership (check), being a cat mom...
Michelle Meyer
May 19, 20202 min read
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Alternate Ending
Interpretation by Mary Ellen West There’s no denying it. We talk to ourselves. Sometimes out loud in the grocery store where people give...
Michelle Meyer
May 12, 20202 min read
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Don’t Fence Her In
Interpretation by Rebecca Paquette Johnson Do we label ourselves or does our culture label us? As a girl who grew into women I now...
Michelle Meyer
May 5, 20204 min read
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Caged In
Interpretation by Mary Huselid I dated a guy once who told me I wasn’t funny. While chewing sloppily on his Rice Crispies he said with...
Michelle Meyer
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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Bring back my pack!
Interpretation by Jacqueline West I’ve recently read that coyotes howl as a way to call the pack back together after a time of...
Michelle Meyer
Apr 21, 20201 min read
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What a Bunch of Rubbish
Interpretation by Carol Inderieden We have a secret camp spot east of the Gila mountains. It’s defined by craggy rocks, a babbling brook,...
Michelle Meyer
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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The “I Wanna Be a Dog” Blog
Interpretation by Pat Carlson I don’t usually write directly about the interpretations of these poems because I want you, the...
Michelle Meyer
Apr 8, 20202 min read
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