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Community Through Poetry: February 2023: Bursts of Love, Kinship and Connection

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February 2023: Bursts of Love, Kinship and Connection

Exploring the many aspects of love, kinship and connection and the contexts in which we love and relate, whether as individuals or in community. The theme also affirms our inherent interrelatedness and our ability to expand our capacity for love and deep connection with each other.  Featured Poem:  “While Love Is Unfashionable,” by Alice Walker.

BURSTS OF LOVE, KINSHIP AND CONNECTION

Readings & Links, Thursday February 9, 2023

Poems:

While Love Is Unfashionable – Alice Walker

https://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2013/09/alice-walker-while-love-is-unfashionable.html

The Question – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

https://www.wordwoman.com/the-question-read-by-tara-brach/  

About Standing (In Kinship) – Kimberly Blaeser

https://www.poetryoutloud.org/poem/about-standing-in-kinship/  

Derailleur of the Heart – Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2021/02/16/derailleur-of-the-heart/

We Enter the Circle – Wendell Berry

https://stillnessatthecenter.wordpress.com/tag/wendell-berry/

Another Unity – Jalaluddin Rumi

https://beautywelove.blogspot.com/2009/10/spring-overall.html

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