Author Archives: MEY

it is wise…

Posted on 12 May 2010 by MEY

it is wise to live with open palms for how else may we embrace hands old and new hard and soft how else may we comfort friends near and far lost and found how else may we release … Continue reading →

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A young man began playing piano as I viewed the woodcut “American” by Shaqe Kalaj, we two the only people in the Art Lounge at the University of Michigan Union. We were far from lonely, though, surrounded by voices of … Continue reading →

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Grateful this April

Posted on 29 April 2010 by MEY

April has been an amazing and rewarding month. During info tables for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I enjoyed meeting patrons at Chrome Cat as well as students and staff at Lansing Community College. Many thanks to these establishments! Also thanks … Continue reading →

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H@TC Preview

Posted on 13 April 2010 by MEY

Thanks to Bonnie Bucqueroux from Lansing Online News for video recording the poem “we are trees” from my new collection Hope at the Center! She visited my info table for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Lansing Community College on Monday, April … Continue reading →

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Hope is coming!

Posted on 11 April 2010 by MEY

Yesterday morning, I watched the sun peek through clouds and tender green on trees, reminding me how spring is a season of renewal. With this spirit, I anticipate sharing my words at “Hope at the Center: Poetry Show” this Thursday, … Continue reading →

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More News on HerStories

Posted on 12 March 2010 by MEY

The HerStories Project kicked off on March 6 with a festive group. Storytellers Jean Bolley (Lansing Storytellers) and Lynette Brown (Michigan Women’s Historical Center) in character as Elizabeth Cady Stanton began the afternoon followed by the workshop “Journaling through change” … Continue reading →

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Hope at the Center: Poetry Show

Posted on 2 March 2010 by MEY

“Hope at the Center: Poetry Show” takes place on April 15, 2010, at 8pm at SCENE Metrospace of East Lansing. I am performing poetry from a collection of the same name to be released in tandem with the event. My … Continue reading →

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News on HerStories

Posted on 1 March 2010 by MEY

Press is picking up about The HerStories Project including an interview with Bonnie Bucqueroux from Lansing Online and a plug by Bill Castanier published in LON and the Mittenlit Blog. LON also invited me to write from the perspective of … Continue reading →

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Winter Fruit

Posted on 15 February 2010 by MEY

I look out the second-story window of my home and smile at the snow atop bushes, across lawns, streaking rooftops. I am grateful for this Michigan winter, the season I missed most while in Belgium. Normally Belgian winters are mild, … Continue reading →

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HerStories: March 2010

Posted on 8 February 2010 by MEY

I’ve named a new endeavor of mine The HerStories Project, which kicks off in March to celebrate stories about women during Women’s History Month. If you live in or are near the greater Lansing area of Michigan, be sure to … Continue reading →

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