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  • Muffin Wallopers: A Book Group for Gals
  • I missed a day!

    So, I didn’t forget to post poetry on my birthday but did manage to miss the day after. Go figure. Here are two poems to… Read more.

  • My Poetry!

    I’m posting this a bit late today. I didn’t forget; I’ve been out and about celebrating my birthday. Welcome, 49! Today I shall celebrate myself,… Read more.

  • Spell Against Indifference by Maria Popva

    For Day 15 of National Poetry Month, I give you the brilliant Maria Popova! The rain falls and fallscool, bottomless, and prehistoricfalls like night —not… Read more.

This is the Mask

This is the mask.
My mask.
It hides my scars: The scared girl I was.
The scared woman I am.
The seeker that never finds what she is looking for and wonders if she is even worthy to know.
This is the mask.
My mask.
It lets me pretend
It lets me believe
It lets me feel strong, look strong, be strong.
Until I take it off.

~Nicole Kapise Perkins

“Words made faerie tales.”

— le thi diem thuy

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  • I missed a day!

    Apr 18, 2026
  • My Poetry!

    Apr 17, 2026
  • Spell Against Indifference by Maria Popva

    Apr 15, 2026

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