Dedication: To my father, Bakhit Shenoudy Abdel-Malak (1939-2025) To Julie Kertesz (1934-2025), dear friend, mentor and grandmother from another To Heather Ahlbin, my Bank of America mentor and surviving granddaughter of Toastmasters Past International President, Bob Blakeley (1922-2017) The Shape of Loss What is the shape of loss? Is it the hole you in your …
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Riding the Wave
This poem was inspired by the confluence of two things, the first was a response a friend made to me when I was expressing my frustration with the manifestation of apocalypse and how it seemed so hard to thrive in these conditions: “We’ve got to learn to ride the wave.” The second thing was coming …
Coffee is Spelled with a K
When I recently went back to re-read Roger Zelazny’s Chronicles of Amber, it is so clear to me how much he inspired me, that this one short piece that I wrote feels more like fan fiction than anything original. Still, I love it and I hope you enjoy it as well. Coffee is Spelled with …
Imagine Anew 