Buki Papillon: Writer, Wife, Daughter, Sister, Friend, Massage Therapist, Bead Artist.* https://twitter.com/bukipapillon *

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WRITING CRABWISE.          

Sidling sideways upon your intended target. Also a means of wrangling a wayward novel into submission. You log on, read your e-mail, browse a couple of news stories. You pick up a random manual on creative writing and peruse the pages until … suddenly, a spark!
You open a fresh page on Word (mind you don’t open the document containing your novel just yet), begin free-writing a scene from the last place you found yourself stuck, and  before you know it, you're in. Just like that!


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       Love After Love
         The time will come, when,
         with elation,
         you will greet yourself arriving
         at your own door,
         in your own mirror.
         And each will smile at the other’s welcome,
         and say, “Sit here, Eat. Relax.”
                                           You will love again this stranger who is your                                              Self.
                                           Give wine. Give bread.
                                           Give back your heart,
                                           to itself,
                                           to this stranger who has loved you
                                           all your life,
                                           whom you ignored for another,
                                           but who knows you by heart.

                                             Derek Walcott.

    
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Welcome!

*Art by Ann Hirsch

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