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Multiple Voices
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not...
Michelle Meyer
Jan 5, 20212 min read
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Cheater
Interpretation by Jillynne Raymond True Confession: Once upon a time I cheated on a multiple choice test. I was in high school. It was a...
Michelle Meyer
Dec 29, 20201 min read
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The Battlefield
Interpretation by Dr. Cynthia Lane I happened to be watching a movie last night that highlights the struggle of women to be seen as equal...
Michelle Meyer
Dec 22, 20202 min read
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Keep Going
Interpretation by Danielle Cahlander During non-Covid times I’m a theatre person. I’ve made more than several appearances on stage as an...
Michelle Meyer
Dec 15, 20202 min read
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Please Pass the Jello
Interpretation by Martha Harris, Poem by Michelle Meyer I didn’t grow up on a full-fledged farm, but I did grow up in a rural area. We...
Michelle Meyer
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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Polite Smile, Nervous Laugh
Interpretation by Amy Maxine I am a person who is (despite the pandemic) still buying her groceries in person. It’s pretty much the only...
Michelle Meyer
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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The Goddess Uses Her Drum
Interpretation by Susan Gaustad This week’s poem and the interpretation inspired some questions. Who better to answer them than the...
Michelle Meyer
Nov 24, 20203 min read
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Grief Keeps the Heart Fluid
Interpretation by Helene Olson-Reed Yesterday I felt heavy. In my shoulders, in my heart, and especially in my head. Virus fatigue?...
Michelle Meyer
Nov 17, 20202 min read
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The Rest of the Story
Interpretation by Judy Krohn This week’s blog is courtesy of “Thank God it’s Not Friday” poem interpreter, Judy Krohn. For those of you...
Michelle Meyer
Nov 7, 20203 min read
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Nasty Woman
Interpretation by Nina Verin When I graduated from college and got hired for my first graphic design job I remember being looked at by...
Michelle Meyer
Nov 3, 20202 min read
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The Whiskeyonsin Way
Interpretation by Kari Larson I recently read a book in which the narrator is accidentally listening in on a book club meeting. His...
Michelle Meyer
Oct 25, 20202 min read
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Evolutionary Road
Interpretation by Cynde Randall When you were a newborn baby did you know how to talk? This is a question that I ask my students when I...
Michelle Meyer
Oct 17, 20202 min read
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
Interpretation by Anna (Moon) Zajicek Remember the butterflies that floated through your belly the first time you laid eyes on that girl...
Michelle Meyer
Oct 13, 20202 min read
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Getting Away
Interpretation by Leslie Anne Stewart “A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.” —Earl Wilson I’m...
Michelle Meyer
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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They Ran for Us
interpretation by Rebecca (Becky) Larson Note: This week I welcome fellow writer and poetic interpreter, Rebecca (Becky) Larson to the...
Michelle Meyer
Sep 26, 20204 min read
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Grounded
Interpretation by Jacki Mitchell My mom had this week’s poem framed and perched on table in her bedroom. It made her laugh, but I think...
Michelle Meyer
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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Go to Hell
Interpretation by Kristin Smith Procter I don’t know about you, but I feel like I get up every day with a big “to-do” list that I’m...
Michelle Meyer
Sep 15, 20202 min read
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Go Take a Hike
Interpretation by Diane Millner Most of the poems in this series are not about me. But I’ll have to admit that this one started out that...
Michelle Meyer
Sep 8, 20202 min read
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Prodigal Daughter
View this post on Instagram I’ve never had children of my own, but I’ve watched my friends bring them into the world and let them go....
Michelle Meyer
Sep 1, 20202 min read
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Hair of the Chin
“Dark Chocolate” Interpretation by Tracy Tabery-Weller (See the full video below or on Instagram @bookofshepoems) If you were to ask me...
Michelle Meyer
Aug 25, 20202 min read
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