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Ancient myth
Long ago on a galaxy far, far away…….. Before 7th grade, she’d been her own exuberant maiden; she’d written plays, loved boys, bossed them, fought them. She’d always been… more →
Karleen Koen — writing life
ancient myth
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Karleen Koen wrote 6 days ago: Long ago on a galaxy far, far away…….. Before 7th grade, she’d been her own exuber … more →
snow
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Karleen Koen wrote 1 week ago: Houston came to a halt last week. It snowed. Not only did it snow earlier than it ever has, and we s … more →
workshop
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Karleen Koen wrote 2 weeks ago: I came across some notes from a poetry workshop given by Texas poet Lianne Mercer: Writing is a phys … more →
what if
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Karleen Koen wrote 3 weeks ago: What if our smallest actions do matter? What if the frown we gave the clerk at Walgreen’s was … more →
prodigal
Karleen Koen wrote 1 month ago: She leaves me the season’s gifts crimson tallow leaves a thousand-petaled camellia pert johnny … more →
journal entry 11/14/00
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Karleen Koen wrote 1 month ago: What tears were cried Sunday. I cried missed God tears. I was with a Holy Man, and he told a Sufi st … more →
poetry
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Karleen Koen wrote 1 month ago: I always tell the people who take my writing classes to listen to the Writers Almanac on NPR. You ca … more →
direction
Karleen Koen wrote 2 months ago: How was your day? I asked my grandson one afternoon this week. Terrible, I don’t want to talk … more →
small magi
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Karleen Koen wrote 2 months ago: Interesting moment. I’m in the backyard working on a haiku. The day before I’ve seen a b … more →
spaces
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Karleen Koen wrote 2 months ago: My writing group ends. I’m estranged from someone who has been a loving presence in my life s … more →
irritated
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Karleen Koen wrote 2 months ago: Once, long ago, someone called me to tell me he’d written what he called a “picaresque … more →
earrings
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Karleen Koen wrote 3 months ago: A very bad day with Mother this last week, a reminder that Alzheimer’s is stronger than wishfu … more →
cicadas
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Karleen Koen wrote 3 months ago: Ah, the noise of a September in Houston. A chorus of cicadas screech love or death with the beginnin … more →
no name
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Karleen Koen wrote 3 months ago: Fretting over a title for latest novel…..which is not at a publisher’s. My agents read i … more →
whose names
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Karleen Koen wrote 3 months ago: The week has been about change. The next-to-the-last Kennedy of the Kennedys who impacted my generat … more →
to joyce and sandi
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Karleen Koen wrote 3 months ago: My little writing group has made a shift. One of us has moved on. I’ve been lucky to have a sa … more →
ha
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Karleen Koen wrote 4 months ago: My mother, carefully and kindly guided by her granddaughter, just bought me a birthday present. It w … more →
yin and yang
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Karleen Koen wrote 4 months ago: From my journal: May 2001: I dreamed you bold and laughing, naked I sat, at my ease, warm in the blu … more →
get me some tea
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Karleen Koen wrote 4 months ago: A funny thing has happened on this journey I call my life. I grew up watching women do all the hous … more →
