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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

still working on THE DELICATE COLLIDE. moving at a slower pace. grateful i get to do these collabs year after year. this will feature 8 poems in commemoration of 8 yrs of donated words poetry (& more!) w special features along the way. this will be a free online book you can download🩷

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

today is also the 8th birthday of CLING AS INK. this is a book of poems i wrote that take their titles from the poetry, fiction and art that was published in Inklings when i was the editor from 1997-1998! Inklings is an undergrad lit mag at miami university! tinyurl.com/clingasink2018

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cling as ink (2018)

August 30, 2018, found me unveiling this 20th anniversary project! cling as ink includes 45 poems by me that each use a title corresponding to poetry, short fiction, and visual art from the 1997-19…

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

happy 5th birthday to TEAMWORDK! this collection of donated words poems was released on august 30, 2021! this collab has a FREE pdf version & an AUDIO version where i read aloud & there’s background music i made! tinyurl.com/teamwordk2021

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TEAMWORDK (2021)

TEAMWORDK is another collaborative poetry project I created! This collection features 62 contributors. I wrote 8 new poems using 59 donated words (and more)! TEAMWORDK also features one poem that c…

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

happy 2nd birthday to A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOL. 3!!! ASOOPP included 21 poems created with the help of 78 participants & their 116 donated words. featured long-time contributors, newcomers and one poem was co-authored by myself & one other person! free PDF: tinyurl.com/asumof3

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A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOLUME 3 (2024)

A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOLUME 3 is now available! It includes 21 poems created with the help of 78 participants & their 116 donated words. These poems were created between September 2023 an…

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K Weber @midwesternskirt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

certainly i must tear it. eat a stance. trace all stems. mince names. taste serums, ice. create less sane. use eyes nicely. summer stains. - K Weber ***another poem that only uses letters from the title

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

i am on my 3rd concussion in 18 months. no prior history of them. i am moving slow, resting a lot. getting a few things done. dunno when the poetry stuff is coming, tbh. july 1 was my goal. now “this year” would be amazing. don’t bonk your head. or fall. or drive a car. or exist. it’s too much!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

happy 4th anniversary to A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOL. 1 (2022). this collection featured 19 poems that incorporated 226 words donated by over 100 people! these donated words poems were written between April 2018 and February 2022.💚💛💚 free PDF: tinyurl.com/2022asoopp1

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A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOLUME 1 (2022)

A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOLUME 1 is my latest collaborative poetry project! This collection features 19 poems that incorporate 226 words donated by over 100 people! These donated words poems wer…

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

happy 3rd anniversary to REUNION FRUIT SYNERGY! this was a poetry collaboration that resulted in 5 poems celebrating 5 years of donated words poems. thanks to all who helped make this a memorable collection in 2023! this year’s (8 year) collab is still in progress! tinyurl.com/rfsonline 💜💛💚🖤🩷

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REUNION FRUIT SYNERGY (2023)

REUNION FRUIT SYNERGY is a celebration of 5 years of donated words poetry by way of 5 new, collaborative poems! 82 contributors supplied the 82 words I implemented into these new poems. Other fun a…

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

today is the 8th bday of the donated words poetry projects! we have created 8 FREE, online collab collections since 2018. visit kweberandherwords.com to enjoy! thanks so much to 100s of people🩷 new project is still in progress! & here’s the poem that started it all on april 22, 2018!

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Begonias

Most of the petals remained
the skin of a cherry, unswerving
all summer. Those months

and their heat rose to humid
heights of hateful expansion.
The waxy leaves never wavered

but bronzed themselves
with or without water. Where
there is no cooling, the plant

still thrives, burning yellow
dandelion fireworks at the center;
a lesson in perseverance.

K Weber

Jenna Mia - cherry
Patrick Whited - unswerving
Erin Murray - expansion
Ann-Lene Olivier - water
Carla Marchal - perseverance

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

if this collab doesn’t come out on april 22 (8-yr anniversary of collab stuff) or even april 30… it’s still on the way & happening this yr. giving myself 3.5 weeks to pull this together after 1 month of tmj followed by 1 month of sciatica… is wild even by my own, weird (lack of) standards🩷

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

the 8th poem of 8 collab poems in THE DELICATE COLLIDE has taken flight!🧡

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

the 7th poem draft for THE DELICATE COLLIDE is here and has quickly hit a growth spurt!

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the 7th poem for THE DELICATE COLLIDE has been blossoming quickly! the first draft almost turned out like a final draft. will this remain in tercets? i just love the 9 donated words that landed in this poem and the fresh special feature that helped inform the content!💛

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

the 6th poem of the collab, THE DELICATE COLLIDE, was influenced by the heaviness of this day.

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poem 6’s draft is coming alive while coming apart. it has been a complicated day so it only makes sense for this draft to start off on a challenging, more complicated note. but in a good way. i’m not sure i’d feel human if i didn’t infuse some of my personal feelings of overwhelm, suffocation & deep grief into anything recently. in addition to the donated words, this poem is also being supported by a special feature that really set the mood for this draft!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

poem 4 of THE DELICATE COLLIDE is off to a delicious start!

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poem 4 of THE DELICATE COLLIDE is in progress. no handwriting today, but a decent draft happened in the Notes app. i didn’t have a lot of energy today so i focused on what i could develop on the page versus forcing things. this poem has more great donated words and a donated twist that’s so very tempting!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

i started some in-depth notes for the 3rd poem of THE DELICATE COLLIDE today!

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the draft of the 3rd poem for THE DELICATE COLLIDE took a very unique shape when i worked on it today! while the 1st & 2nd poems had drafts that resembled fairly fleshed-out pieces, the 3rd became a whimsical list of to-dos… detailed notes for what i would like to see happen with certain donated words, the extra challenge and themes and wordplay i would love to craft.

this poem has the largest amount of donated words. the special feature involves some very visual facets.

all of the donated words poems, 8 in celebration of 8 years of collaborative writing, will be available as a free PDF. coming april 22nd!

happy poetry month!🩷

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

i started the draft of the 2nd poem yesterday. THE DELICATE COLLIDE collab is on a roll💚

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today i started the first draft of the second poem for THE DELICATE COLLIDE! the randomized donated words & extra-credit challenge are beginning to find connections and imagery and emotion and i look forward to seeing how it all lands! there’s one SUPER tricky word in this one! i haven’t figured out how to place it yet… but that’s always part of the added fun😊

these 8 donated words poems, in celebration of 8 years of collaborative writing, will be available as a free PDF.

happy poetry month!💚

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

here is the cover art for THE DELICATE COLLIDE!!! this collection will be a free PDF of 8 collab poems celebrating 8 years of donated words poetry (& more!). should be available on april 22nd!💜

white square image shows a digital book cover at center. left side has orderly strands of colorful beads placed horizontally. an off-kilter line divides the page top to bottom. erratic overlaid photos of a stash of beads is on the right. on the left side the title starts in a crisp, white font with THE DELICATE appearing neatly between bead strands but they are titled up slightly. a larger, black, angled text box is toward the bottom at center. the final word of the title, COLLIDE, is inside in a pinkish bold font.

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today i worked on some writing but mostly crafting. then crafting turned into cover art for the collab. after the last collab, someone asked if my layouts are professional/use fancy tools, etc. everything i do is in google docs & i basically know and arrange every pixel. it is painstaking sometimes but it’s what i do! i use free apps to create much of the cover art. this time i chose some photos from the colorful sun-catcher beaded art i made today. i juxtaposed the precious, orderly parts with a layered jumble of pics of my disorderly bead stash. this stuff makes me cross-eyed but i love having a cover completed before the writing is done. back to the challenge of these surprising poems tomorrow!!!🩷

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

the first poem draft for THE DELICATE COLLIDE is underway!

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happy poetry month! i have started a draft of the first poem for THE DELICATE COLLIDE! sitting down with the randomized donated words that found their way to this piece and the added twist selected… so much fun!

taking all of these seemingly disparate, collaborative elements… these gifts contributed by (many!) others… & weaving them into a poem is one of my most favorite things. as i usually do, i will detail my/our process in the completed, free online collection!!!

i am still aiming to have this all done for an april 22nd release😃 thanks to everyone who has ever taken part in these projects the last 8 YEARS!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

thank you to all who contributed a word to THE DELICATE COLLIDE. i received 48 (!!!) words for this project celebrating 8 yrs of donated words poetry collabs. i randomly assigned all words across 8 poems. each has a unique feature chosen by 8 people who were willing to take on another challenge!!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

today is the last day to submit a word for this collab! “The Delicate Collide” will feature 8 new poems for the 8th anniversary of the donated words poetry (& more!) projects! details/send a word my way: tinyurl.com/dwform2026 the form will not be accessible after 11:59pm ET on sunday, march 29th!

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Donated Words Contribution - Mar/Apr 2026

Thank you for your interest in collaborating with me! I have been writing or curating others’ poetry that incorporates donated words (& more!) since 2018. Your word will be used in a poem or other wri...

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

just a reminder that you can still contribute a word to the 8th anniversary project! the deadline is sunday, march 29th at 11:59pm. the form will no longer be accessible after that time. more details/submit your word: tinyurl.com/dwform2026 thanks to all who are taking part in this collab!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

ASOOPP2 is 3 today! this collab featured 13 poems with donated words (& more!)! 4 Exquisite Corpse poems. an ekphrastic piece inspired by a @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social photo, too! many, many people collaborated. 2 poems included first-time contributors!🩵 tinyurl.com/2023asoopp2

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A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOLUME 2 (2023)

A SUM OF OUR POETIC PARTS: VOLUME 2 is here! this is my latest poetry project with a considerable joint effort! This collection features 13 poems that incorporate donated words and more by so many …

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

the 8th anniversary collab will be called THE DELICATE COLLIDE! back in ASOOPP3, @rhonagreene.bsky.social sent “delicate” & @willerickson.bsky.social sent “collide”⭐️ these collabs/donated words are precious to me, but also involve fun chaos behind the scenes! info/submit: tinyurl.com/dwform2026

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

i am thinking about making the donated words poetry 8th anniversary a free, 8-poem online collection (pdf)!!! i have received so many words for this (!!!) that one or two poems just won’t do! keep me busy & donate a word! details & submission page here: tinyurl.com/dwform2026

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

a little self-promo. for the earliest of birds.

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT! to see more details & contribute a word, go to: tinyurl.com/dwform2026 thank you mightily to all who have sent a word so far!!!⭐️

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IT'S TIME!

you can start contributing to the latest donated words project NOW!

i am using an online form this time. all details are on the form!!!

thanks for joining in on some more poetry collaboration in celebration of the upcoming 8th anniversary of these projects!!!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

hi again! word submissions window is still open! to see all the details & submit a word, go to tinyurl.com/dwform2026

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IT'S TIME!

you can start contributing to the latest donated words project NOW!

i am using an online form this time. all details are on the form!!!

thanks for joining in on some more poetry collaboration in celebration of the upcoming 8th anniversary of these projects!!!

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http://tinyurl.com/dwform2026

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

thanks for all of the words sent so far! keep ‘em coming! all details on are on the submission form: tinyurl.com/dwform2026

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IT'S TIME!
you can start contributing to the latest donated words project
NOW!
i am using an online form this time. all details are on the form!!!
thanks for joining in on some more poetry collaboration in celebration of the upcoming 8th anniversary of these projects!!!

yellow, centered text at bottom includes the link info to the form: IT'S TIME!
you can start contributing to the latest donated words project
NOW!
i am using an online form this time. all details are on the form!!!
thanks for joining in on some more poetry collaboration in celebration of the upcoming 8th anniversary of these projects!!!
http://tinyurl.com/dwform2026

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

IT’S TIME! you can start contributing to the latest donated words project NOW! i am using an online form this time. all details are on the form!!! thanks for joining in on some more poetry collaboration in celebration of the upcoming 8th anniversary of these projects!!! tinyurl.com/dwform2026

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

april 22nd is the 8th anniversary of donated words poetry (& more!)🩷 next wk i will post info on how to submit a word (or more???) to a new project for this anniversary! PLEASE wait to submit after details are provided! no DMs! (go to kweberandherwords.com to see examples of past projects!!!)

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

happy 6th bday to THIS ASSEMBLY! this was the first collab poetry collection we did! 150+ participants. people donated words, lines, themes… some wrote poems… some helped edit… there were polls & music inspiration! original artwork by Greg Lawhun free PDF & audio: tinyurl.com/thisassembly...

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THIS ASSEMBLY (2019)

THIS ASSEMBLY is a collaborative poetry project. I wrote 21 poems using 160 words donated by 160 people. Additionally, there are bonus poems featuring other poets’ writing, unique additions to poem…

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthru! we are at the back cover of this collection! thank you again to many for participating in DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES! and to all who have joined me in this page-by-page walkthrough over the last few weeks… i appreciate your support! tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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well… that’s all for now, friends! we are at the back cover of this collection! thank you again to so many for participating in DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES! and to all who have joined me in this page-by-page walkthrough over the last few weeks… i appreciate your support!

get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight or via the link in my bio

🧡💛🧡💛🧡

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 31: SPECIAL NOTES/PROBABLY TMI tying up all the loose ends… wrapping up this collection with some final info! tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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SPECIAL NOTES/PROBABLY TMI
The cover art is by me, K Weber. I used the free version of the Pixir app and basically scribbled colors I felt fit the overall collection on a book cover-sized image. I then used various Liquify tools to gain the achieved effect. Particularly, I enjoyed utilizing the Shrink function to pull those colors together.
I used Google Docs for the creation of this layout. Gentium Book Basic font is used for the cover and some page headings in various sizes. The majority of what appears throughout is Georgia font, size 12, but with some variations in poem titles and such.
This collection is a free PDF. You will never be asked to pay for this compilation! With technology moving rapidly and the overwhelming chaos of AI, we have to be vigilant in ensuring our creations are not being utilized in any way other than that for which they were intended!
Speaking of AI... nope! I did not use any AI tools in the creation of this project. I mentioned "no Al" as a stipulation when 1 asked for writers to take part in this, too! The authors in this collection have stand-out, unique voices and do not need a robot to generate poems for them.
Authors featured in this collection are welcome to submit their daylight & tenfold orioles works for publication at other journals or for projects, collections, etc. that allow previously-published works. I just ask that this project be given credit for publishing your piece first. And I would love to hear from you if something you wrote for this project is published elsewhere!
This being a one-of-a-kind project with much collaboration, there will not be any award nominations.
I highly value the unique writings created for this project but also look at this effort being …

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Page 31 has everything or nothing more you needed to know about this collection. stuff like what fonts were used and the fact that AI is gross and how i created the cover art (front & back) and how these projects are always available free may not be a big deal to know. i personally think people should know where these projects stand!

other good info here includes details for the authors in this collection should they wish to send their original piece elsewhere for publishing. i’m all for it!

i will not be submitting any original writing for awards. i have good reasons as i feel this project has a lot of pieces and parts and people involved on a collaborative level.

get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight or via the link in my bio

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthru! PAGE 30: PRAISE FOR DONATED WORDS POEM PROJECTS & CONTACT DETAILS blurbs & quotes by participants! like to add a few words about your experience? reach me via the CONTACT DETAILS… all listed on this page! NOTE: i don’t use DMs on bsky tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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the first part of Page 30 is where you can find a document i have been keeping the last few years. it includes quotes & blurbs people have written about their experiences with the donated words projects. i’d love to add more! DM if you’d like to share a few words (or more!) about your participation!
the second part of Page 30 lists all the contact details you need if you’d like to reach out or follow on various social media platforms!
get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight or via the link in my bio

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 29: MORE DONATED WORDS PROJECT INFORMATION info on all past donated words collaborations. you can also find a link to donated words/collab poetry presentation materials for a Zoom i did about this subject last year! tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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MORE DONATED WORDS PROJECT INFORMATION
COLLECTIONS
• daylight & tenfold orioles (2025) is the 8th donated words poetry (& more!) collection! All of the pricts in this ties ine alable sa fing a Ss alot the can re colla mustions also
look for an update at kweberandherwords.com if/when that is made available.
• A Sum of Our Poetic Parts: Vol. 3 (2024)
• Free PDF: tinyurl.com/2024asoopp3
• SCREAMWORDK (2023)
• Free PDF: tinyurl.com/screamwordk2023
• Reunion Fruit Synergy (2023)
Free PDF: tinyurl.com/rfs2023
• A Sum of Our Poetic Parts: Vol. 2 (2023)
• Free PDF: tinyurl.com/2023asoopp2
• A Sum of Our Poetic Parts: Vol. 1 (2022)
• Free PDF & audio version: tinyurl.com/2022asoopp1
• TEAMWORDK (2021)
• Free PDF & audio version: tinyurl.com/teamwordk2021
• This Assembly (2019).
• Free PDF & audio version: tinyurl.com/thisassembly2019
PRESENTATION
I was fortunate to give a presentation in July 2024 about collaborations in writing and other methods I use to play around with words. It covers some of the details of the 7 previous donated words collections! You can find it at tinyurl.com/kw2024nbp
page number 29 is at bottom center of page

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Page 29 has information on all of the free, online collections featuring donated words poems (& more!). there is mention of which collaborations have an audiobook version. a link to materials i presented on Zoom last year regarding writing collaboration and these projects is also available!
get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight or via the link in my bio

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 28: THANK YOU so much to be thankful for. here is where i thank everyone who has been a part of these collabs since 2018. i share some stats too! free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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THANK YOU

Thank you so very much again to all who participated in the creation of the 18 works - 17 poems and 1 microfiction piece - that comprise this collection! A total of 17 authors were involved! 39 words were donated to these pieces by 37 people. 16 more words come from authors who participated in the addition of a challenge word. 55 words were contributed in total! Several people took part in more than one aspect of this compilation. Overall, 49 people made daylight & tenfold orioles happen! This has been a great group to have involved in the creation of such a satisfying project! This whole thing took a year and a few months to come together so I’d also like to express really big thanks for being patient with me as I really wanted to compile something special and not rush the process!

I want to send and reiterate extra-special thanks to those 16 other authors who took on the task of writing a new poem or microfiction piece! Every single person who initially signed up to write for this was able to contribute. To have each of you involved from start to finish throughout the months has been very inspiring! I am so glad you trusted me with your words!

Preston Danvers and Norb Aikin have been with me since almost day one with every zany writing experiment I put together and I hope they will continue along with me for the long haul! Melinda Farrar, Kim Mannix, Kiley Lee, Misty H, Millie H and Sara Matson are poets/artists/friends involved with daylight & tenfold orioles who have contributed to a vast majority of the donated words projects since we started and it makes me so happy to see their names take up so much real estate in my long-winded donated words data spreadsheet!

As always, I’d like to shout sp…

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on page 28, i attempt to thank EVERYONE! from this project’s word donors and authors to all the people who have ever been involved with and/or supported these projects since 2018 to the people who have contributed the most or even once…you WILL be thanked!😊i also put out some statistics because a lot of people and written works and donated words (& more!) have been involved in the creation of these projects! in case i hadn’t mentioned it… THANK YOU!!!
get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight or via the link in my bio

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGES 25-27: AUTHOR BIOS all the bios for the 17 authors who created original pieces for this collection! you can return to previous posts to read each work! credit in thread! free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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all the bios for the 17 authors who created original pieces for this collection are on pages 25-27! you can return to previous posts to read each work as i walk-through DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES!
thanks again to Julie Luepke, Karen Steiger, Kiley Lee, Marie Marchand, Melissa Flores Anderson, Michael Metivier, Millie H, Misty H, Oswald Perez, Preston Danvers, Sara Matson, Sarah O’Brien, Scott Nickell, Steph Patterson, Tiffany Sciacca, and Will Davis for joining me in writing new poems and microfiction for this unique collaboration!
get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight or via the link in my bio

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 24: “Twinkling” by @mishiepoet.bsky.social donated words @gendeguzman.bsky.social SIPHON Kashiana Singh WOMB @elderflowersour.bsky.social FREQUENCY word challenge: flavor word choice: vanilla free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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Twinkling

I siphon all the beauty I can
from this evening at the ocean.

Any shreds of goodness,
I tuck away for rainy days—

the kind words, head tilt
the sun, the sun, the sun

glinting on vanilla cream waves,
a cool frothiness my toes can taste.

I am a creature swimming in the deep
womb of the universe.

Though half-drowning, perpetually,
I twinkle to the frequency of stars

waiting to be born.

Marie Marchand
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A Pushcart Prize nominee, Marie Marchand is the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Ellensburg, WA. Her poetry has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, Crannóg Magazine, Catamaran Literary Reader, California Quarterly, and Tikkun Magazine. She is the author of Gifts to the Attentive (2022) and Mostly Sweet, Lovely, Human Things (2025). She is a graduate of Naropa University and The Iliff School of Theology where she studied psychology, religion, and peacemaking. Her two passions are poetry and mental health. She enjoys living on the sunny side of Washington with her two rescue min pins, Benny and Joon.

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Page 24 features the poem, “Twinkling” by Marie Marchand. Marie incorporated the following words into this piece:
SIPHON donated by Genevieve DeGuzman
WOMB donated by Kashiana Singh
FREQUENCY donated by Julia Beach
word challenge: flavor
word choice: vanilla
i just realized thst this collection is bookended by poems featuring beaches! the final poem, “Twinkling,” offers us the look and sensation of nighttime at the ocean. reading this poem is like taking in one, big breath; basking in the good things offered in our surroundings. as we breathe out, we welcome these feelings to stay so that we can return to them in more difficult times. i love how Marie incorporated the flavor challenge which gave us “vanilla cream waves.” there is hope in this poem - we have a nightful of stars and the sounds of nature - even when we are in the toughest ruts.

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 23: “desired outcome” by @bythiswillalone.bsky.social donated words Meesh Montoya PROLIX Patrick Dorsey SYMPHONIC @mishiepoet.bsky.social APRICITY word challenge: palindrome word choice: deified free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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desired outcome

in its jacket, prolix
and battered—
a blossoming deified

an ocean placed upside down
and strung in playful disarray, almost

a torrent, a babble

reaching a symphonic
corpse in its regards to light
exposure

the most jaded, left exposed
wandering mostly

in the bite of a brittle sun—
the search in a chilled field
leafing for apricity’s address

through a prayer book & hymnal

Will Davis

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Will Davis is a native plant in their bluegrass and works as a nurse. They remain gleefully unemployable as a poem scribbler. Favorite side hustle: immutable fire escape. More scribbles @ByThisWillAlone.

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Page 23 features the poem, “desired outcome” by Will Davis. Will incorporated the following words into this piece:
PROLIX donated by Meesh Montoya
SYMPHONIC donated by Patrick Dorsey
APRICITY donated by Marie Marchand
word challenge: palindrome
word choice: deified
i really appreciate Will’s ability to use language and imagery in unexpected ways. the lines placed further to the right on the page read almost as their own poem. “desired outcome” echoes with a creative spotlight on each donated word and i love how the word “leafing” is used, how an ocean is upside -down, the quiet mystery and subtlety that exists if you let it. this poem, to me, could be about a corpse flower, a tribute, life and death. it lingers long after reading.

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Norb Aikin @norbaikin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Big shoutout to the lovely and talented @midwesternskirt.bsky.social and her ongoing Donated Words projects!! Check out the whole shebang FREE on her website!! ##WritingCommunity #Poets #Poetry #Authors

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 22: “A heartsick plea…” by @opwriter.bsky.social donated words @midwesternskirt.bsky.social HEARTSICK Melinda Farrar PERMISSION @norbaikin.bsky.social SIMULTANEOUS challenge: heat word choice: kindle free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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A heartsick plea
To the universe and all the deities

For permission to seek out love
Letting go of my hangups
The shyness, the lack of self-belief
A simultaneous, silent release

To kindle the sparks needed
Letting my heart roam free

Maybe, I’ll find that person
Whether it be another girl
Or, embracing all of me

This is my plea to the universe
It’s time now, to set it free

To see where in the world
An opened heart and soul leads me

Oswald Perez

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Oswald Perez, aka OP Writer is a writer and a poet from New York City known for the poetry book A Poetic Journey, Staying at Home. He had his set of poems, "An American Tourist In Italy," published in the 2020 edition of the literary anthology, Groundwaters. His second book of poems, The Dawn of A Poetic Summer was released in paperback in the summer of 2025. He was a 2025 writer-in-residence for the International Artists and Writers Residency at the Chateau d'Orquevaux, France.

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Page 22 features an untitled poem beginning with “A heartsick plea” by Oswald Perez. Oswald incorporated the following words into this piece:
HEARTSICK donated by K Weber
PERMISSION donated by Melinda Farrar
SIMULTANEOUS donated by Norb Aikin
word challenge: heat word
word choice: kindle
today just happens to be Oswald’s birthday! happiest birthday wishes to you, friend! this is a poem for pining, reflecting, hoping and reassuring. love comes in many forms. but when the love we want most seems out of reach… do we keep searching or do we settle for the beauty that is the love of self and basic joys? the ideal might be to have all of these things, but it doesn’t hurt to send a wink and a nudge to the universe in hopes that we might find deeper and lasting connection with others. even though this is “[a] heartsick plea…” i think this poem is very much a heartfelt, heartwarming one as well!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 21: “Song of the Seasons” by Millie H donated words @karenmsteiger.bsky.social MIRACLE Julia Beach FREQUENCY @midwesternskirt.bsky.social HEARTSICK word challenge: animal word word choice: burrowing free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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Song of the Seasons

Blooms all around, bursting with life
Wonders and miracles ever free of strife
Growing and sprouting, soft to the touch
Relaxing then done, claimed by the bunch

The frequency of the buzz that the bees left behind
Flying through the flowers with a goal in mind
Warmth and pollen floating through the air
Laughter and giggles flowing without a care

Leaves on the ground, bare trees around
Calm and collected, graced by the sound
Of animals burrowing and migrating
To homes where they can't be found

Missing the seasons that you can't go back to
Heartsick and frozen from the snow that surrounds you
Gather near the hearth with people you love
Staring through the window at the stars up above

Millie H
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Millie H (she/her) is a freshman in high school who loves music, playing the piano, her dog Monty, baking, and much more, which would take forever to name. She keeps herself busy with lots of activities, namely marching band, A Cappella Choir, and her school's engineering club.

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Page 21 features the poem “Song of the Seasons” by Millie H. Millie incorporated the following words into this piece:
MIRACLE donated by Karen Steiger
FREQUENCY donated by Julia Beach
HEARTSICK donated by K Weber
word challenge: animal word
word choice: burrowing
“Song of the Seasons” is a wonderful, rhymed poem from a young writer who has been participating in the donated words projects since 2019! it’s a treasure to read these observant and thoughtful lines by Millie H! traversing the seasons with a keen eye, Millie gives us some of the best images and fondest memories throughout the year!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 20: “Keep the Change” by @kileylee.bsky.social donated words @karenmsteiger.bsky.social MIRACLE Patrick Dorsey SYMPHONIC Julia Beach FREQUENCY @esfletcher.bsky.social KERFUFFLE word challenge: month word choice: June tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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Keep the Change

You and me were talking like static on the sea.
– Hello June

Some June tune carries the phasing out
and in of every miracle season just following
along the settled way of doing things

Symphonic tones fill spaces and lines
constantly pleading to only be understood—
If only listening were the true intent

Sensing frequency is a gift,
kerfuffle simply means
willfully adjusting the dial

Kiley Lee
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Kiley Lee is a Pushcart-nominated poet and artist, with work in multiple publications and exhibitions across the United States. She lives in the Appalachian foothills with her family and loves staring at the clouds. For more information, including a list of current and previous publications, please visit: linktr.ee/kileylee

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Page 20 features the poem “Keep the Change” by Kiley Lee. Kiley incorporated the following words into this piece:
MIRACLE donated by Karen Steiger
SYMPHONIC donated by Patrick Dorsey
FREQUENCY donated by Julia Beach
KERFUFFLE Elizabeth Fletcher
word challenge: month
word choice: June
yes, you read that correctly: Kiley was assigned 4 donated words for this collection instead of 3! and Julia Beach’s “frequency” word contribution was used in 4 poems. how or why did this happen? well, mostly it’s because my brain works in very unusual ways. Kiley wrote an original poem for my first collab collection, THIS ASSEMBLY, in 2019. when she offered to write a poem for this project, i knew she could take on a bit of extra credit and i was so excited to see what she would create! this poem and Kiley’s participation through the years means so much! and even though it was chosen at random to be used a 4th time… i love that “frequency” was the most frequently implemented word in this book! check out Kiley’s debut book of poems, “looney birds blooming”🧡

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGES 18-19: “Entering the Haunted Manor of My Chronically Ill Body” by @spookyspatters.bsky.social donated words Meesh Montoya PROLIX @karenmsteiger.bsky.social MIRACLE @kimmannix.bsky.social VERIFY challenge: game word = odds tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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Entering the Haunted Manor of My Chronically Ill Body

The windows of the body of the house watch
as I approach the rotting threshold,

They have watched me before
as I howl at the moon,
Pain floating across my body in a haze,

This time I approach on human legs
drawn inside like an inhale,

The walls are raw and embracing me
with bleeding arms,

Whispering for me to continue
into the belly of the halls,

There, horned demons wreaking havoc,
ripping insulation from the walls,

Continuing on to the hall of mirrors,
ghosts of who I’d been before reflected
vanishing, one by one, when I go near,

Their whispered words continuing through lips of vapor,
An endless prolix chatter hisses in my ears
telling me I cannot turn back,

I feel like I’m being buried alive in ectoplasm,
I claw my way back towards the front of the manor,

To enter an unnecessarily opulent ballroom
clad in spiderwebs and corpses,

Undead dancers swirl out of tune
Both time and space suspended,

The dancers bump and fuse together,
randomly creating masses of
grotesque melded matter,

Those masses follow my every movement,
They will not leave me alone,

There are no miracles here
in this nightmare sentient house,
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I cannot verify where my body
ends and this house begins,

We breathe as one,
The odds are that I will stumble
around the innards
of this crumbling estate
until the next full moon.

Steph Patterson

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Steph Patterson (she/her) is a writer from Delaware with a love of horror and dark fantasy. She's a chronically ill ghoul that identifies as bi. When she's not conjuring strange tales, she devours books, tends to familiars, or connects with her coven. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Alien Buddha Press, Scavengers Literary Magazine, HNDL Magazine, The Morgue Literary Magazine, Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, and others. She lives with her family in their cozy home on the edge of the forest. You can find her on Instagram and Threads: @spookyspatters

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Pages 18-19 feature the poem “Entering the Haunted Manor of My Chronically Ill Body” by Steph Patterson. Steph incorporated the following words into this piece:
PROLIX donated by Meesh Montoya
MIRACLE donated by Karen Steiger
VERIFY donated by Kim Mannix
word challenge: game word
word choice: odds
reading this poem, you will step into the spooky corners and nervous hallways of life with chronic illness. there is no relief here, the rooms don’t have pretty or soft edges, and this house of the body offers no respite. as a chronically ill person myself, i appreciate this vantage point. often our conditions make us feel isolated and unsteady. online (and in-person!) we might present ourselves as “well” people so we don’t get left behind. then we might end up flared-up for days after trying to do something seemingly simple, social or physical. the truth is that having symptoms & diagnoses that are painful, exhausting and life-altering can be mortifying! and it’s ok to look at it through that lens!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 17: “Cnut” by @salvius23.bsky.social donated words @krislindbeck.bsky.social TIDE Julia Beach FREQUENCY @kimmannix.bsky.social VERIFY word challenge: scent word word choice: stench free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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Cnut

The tide is out of joint; though once the flood
would warm and feed the pools where urchins crawl,
the ebb now leaves a bruise of brackish mud,
the stench of fish or kings hangs over all.
This unwound frequency of spring and neap
desiccates the nurseries of love.
Too many are content to bask and sleep,
heedless of the heat of hate above.
Those who slumber dream themselves exempt,
exonerated from the headsman's axe.
But those who wither in the sun's contempt,
tied to the tides, can verify these facts:
The years of drought deliver shriveled knives
unless we heal our dehydrated lives.

Scott Nickell

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Scott Nickell (he/him) lives in Watertown, Wisconsin. Working in software quality engineering and technical support, he spends his free time at home with several furry animals. His work has previously appeared at abyssapexzine.com and in Lester Smith's series of Halloween anthologies from Popcorn Press.

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Page 17 features the poem “Cnut” by Scott Nickell. Scott incorporated the following words into this piece:
TIDE donated by Kris Lindbeck
FREQUENCY donated by Julia Beach
VERIFY donated by Kim Mannix
word challenge: scent word
choice: stench
hooray for a sonnet! this form pairs so nicely with some historical storytelling related to an 11th-century king… or is it really about an 11th-century king? i must applaud Scott for that title… Cnut… it is a form of the name Canute (the aforementioned king) but it could be a nod to certain misspelling of a word most would not dare utter or type. the poem—with its lilting, musical form—presents a clever lyric but also a very heavy metaphor! something about how kings are not gods perhaps?

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough! PAGE 16: “Sheltered” by @midwesternskirt.bsky.social donated words @mishiepoet.bsky.social APRICITY Kashiana Singh WOMB Melinda Farrar PERMISSION word challenge: cold word word choice: cooled free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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Sheltered

Beyond the hill the shed
sits drab. Tilted to sun-
up, the rough roof wears

worn sandpaper. No
garnet. This less-gem
was once gun-struck. Saw

gardens in full green
dotted with daisies, tomato
orange and wilted

peppers and smelled dead
dog under the dirt lump.
Basked in February’s apricity

that baked and cooled
old wood until bowed,
swollen, eased again, then

splintered. Youth climbed
out of the lea’s womb
onto the eyes of it; seated

upon great panes. Masts,
swells and monsters
floated the grassier seas

of spring. The mission was
no permission and true
dare: jumped and hid

the spoiled apples
of kneecaps scraped
by scraps in escape

from the family’s branch.

K Weber

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K Weber obtained her BA in Poetry from Miami University. Her words have been featured in publications such as Stone Circle Review, Exacting Clam, Writer's Digest, Memoir Mixtapes, HNDL Magazine and more! Including daylight & tenfold orioles, K has self-published 12 free, PDF-based writing collections (some have audio versions with original soundscapes and K reading aloud). 8 of these are online projects featuring donated words (& more!) in collaboration with hundreds of people since 2018. Her publishing credits and online books are at kweberandherwords.com. She has recently been a featured guest on several episodes of the They're Just Records podcast.

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Page 16 features the poem “Sheltered” by K Weber. I guess that’s me! I incorporated the following words into this piece:
APRICITY donated by Marie Marchand
WOMB donated by Kashiana Singh
PERMISSION donated by Melinda Farrar
word challenge: cold word
word choice: cooled
sheds were so mysterious to me as a child. we were told not to go inside for fear of getting hurt by the contents within. but outside, we played all around, and sometimes on top of, these little unsteady buildings. this isn’t the first poem i have written about a shed on my grandparents’ property! they had 3 sheds total and each was a little more dilapidated than the other! i breached 2 of them but only got a quick peek. trying to write a poem about foggy memories is interesting because some of the fiction feels pretty real. and play as a child lets the imagination pulse so vividly. i was always storytelling myself. some of the unreal has become half-truth in my poetry. thank goodness for poetry to encapsulate some of that good stuff.

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