At the local Quaker Meeting in Bromley, the topic of how to deal with the all the challenges we are facing in the world today, injustice, conflict, climate catastrophe, etc. had been percolating in several meetings and at some point a I volunteered to facilitate a discussion group on the topic. The session was rescheduled, …
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The Arc of the Sun
The arc of the SunOn rising, seen,In the wave of flowersOpening their armsTo receive the bounty.…others,In shadow of the arcClosed still. The arc of the Sun,On setting, dusking,Is seen, in the waveOf flowers, closing,As the Sun’s arc Settles, on the other sideThe flowers,Tucking in petals,Settling in,For the night. The arc of the SunIs seen in …
The Shape of Loss
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 …
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 a new me 