Tag Archives: poetry
Dining with David Whyte, Part 3
I was cleaning out my office the other day, and I found a copy of a 2004-2005 University of Illinois publication called “The March to the Arch.” 2004-2005 was a huge year for men’s basketball at the University of Illinois, and … Continue reading
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Dining with David Whyte, Part 2
It’s taken me a long time to get up the courage to write about this experience because I was afraid I would sound like a braggy name-dropper. But maybe it’s that enough time has gone by, maybe I’ve eased up on myself, … Continue reading
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Dining with David Whyte, Part 1
Someone recently asked Barbara Walters who she thought would/could “replace” Oprah as the queen of talk TV. Barbara put her own astute spin on her answer and said, “Lady Gaga.” She wasn’t referring to Lady Gaga as a talk show personality, but … Continue reading
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Wise Young Voices: The Best Mother’s Day Gifts
In my quest to become more domestic (more on this soon), I’ve been scouring “Ladies Home Journal” and “Women’s Day.” In one of these magazines (or perhaps it was “Real Simple”), I read about one mother’s approach to Mother’s Day, … Continue reading
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The Reasons Why We Should Celebrate Poetry in January
January is a confusing month. First you get the sort of upswing of energy that comes from making it through Christmas, and it’s an emotional, albeit somewhat arbitrary fresh start. It ushers in the pledging allegiance to the delusions of New … Continue reading
Sweet Honey From Old Failures: A New Year’s Post
Events that seem to be surrounded by expectation confuse me, and trigger that fear that I am a few steps off from everyone else. Not a truthful fear, but a common fear nonetheless, and one the world does little to … Continue reading
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Are We Ever Enough?
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the many thought-provoking, heart-felt, meaningful questions that you sent in. And if you didn’t send one yet, it’s not too late! Email me privately at lesliesrajek@gmail.com and I will make sure your … Continue reading
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Questions (and a little request/challenge)
Okay, so I have something a little different to share with you today. It seems like it’s two poems, but really it’s two poems that lead to a little challenge that I hope you’ll help me out with. The poems … Continue reading
Eat, Pray, Have More Tolerance for Other People’s Good Fortune
Happy second Sunday of Advent, my friends! While I am quite certain that you are not sitting at your computers every morning awaiting the appearance of a post from me, I want to apologize for the missed ones this week. … Continue reading
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The Season of Light: An Invitation to a Poetic Advent
There are some special announcements today at From the Heart, and I’m so excited to share them with you! The first is that, as some of you may remember, this blog started with a project called Radical Lent: A Poetic … Continue reading
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