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Apr 4, 2021

Religion is a wandering art…

Religion is a wandering art whether true or not serving the will of whoever wields her. An unnamed vibration throughout the land the call to worship, device in hand And I beheld the opening of the seventh tab in which many a mortal did scroll heads bowed to tiny rectangle altars before something like light but ghostly…

Poetry

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Religion is a wandering art…
Religion is a wandering art…
Poetry

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Jan 1, 2021

On Reauthoring the Future of Humanity

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “You can’t free a slave unless he knows he’s in bondage.” ~Dead Prez We can’t go on like this. No matter what popped into your head as the antecedent of “this,” you know…

Sensemaking

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On Reauthoring the Future of Humanity
On Reauthoring the Future of Humanity
Sensemaking

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Mar 28, 2020

Rhetoric vs. Reality: You can’t outspin Covid-19

I am one of thousands of teachers whose classes have moved online. This is a letter I wrote my high school seniors this evening. Dear Students, The world is changing so fast, it almost feels like the ground is crumbling away beneath our feet. I think about you all often…

Covid-19

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Rhetoric vs. Reality: You can’t outspin Covid-19
Rhetoric vs. Reality: You can’t outspin Covid-19
Covid-19

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Jan 21, 2019

Deepest gratitude and reverence, but not grief for the passing of Mary Oliver

I never asked her, so I’m guessing here, but I imagine that she cared not a whit about dog-whistling in any obscure poetic code to win the approval of any of the so-called “right” people; she wanted to transmit truth, and she did so, and I believe that this is…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Jul 28, 2018

Open Borders

I once had a student who moved like water, so much so that one day when she came in out of the rain, I could barely tell where the drops of rain ended and she began. And when she spoke, I could barely tell where she ended and her words began. “I remember something…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Jul 15, 2018

The unavoidable terror

I have oh so many words to express grief and suffering. I can oh so poetically tell you about my pain. I am oh so good at articulating sorrow. Here. Check out my latest iteration: It’s like I’m clinging to a sheer cliff face, trying to climb. And sometimes I do manage to…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Jan 12, 2018

The light after a storm

A poet must go outside for at least ten minutes a day, no matter the weather. It is a mercy of the kind that leads me to continue to believe in a force…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Jan 7, 2018

A banner

I’m not one for waving a banner or bellowing: LOOK AT ME! You looked anyway with a Presence that had dropped away enough falsity to awaken the Presence in me. To ignite my courage to drop away even…

Poetry

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Poetry

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Dec 30, 2017

From hymns to hip-hop

We’re flipping channels one evening and come across a few minutes of a Trump rally. I can’t decide which disgusts me more: the fact that he’s still holding rallies, or the fact that so many people are still attending them. I need a palate cleanser after that, so I turn…

Memoir

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From hymns to hip-hop
From hymns to hip-hop
Memoir

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Sep 3, 2017

Like a tree

I asked God: “How do I wear beauty with neither arrogance nor apology?” She answered: “Like a tree.”

Poetry

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Poetry

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Leah Elliott Hamilton

Leah Elliott Hamilton

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North Carolina-based writer, editor, teacher, and poet. Author of As If by Magic. Founder of Raw Organic Poetry. www.lehamilton.org

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