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the land, once called DeWitt
PRESS RELEASE Melissa Dey Hasbrook Publishes “The Land, Once Called Dewitt“ Lansing, Michigan, USA, April 17, 2009 — Melissa Dey Hasbrook’s collection of poems THE LAND, ONCE CALLED DEWITT is published on the web site “Dey of the Phoenix” at … Continue reading
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Words of Hope and Healing
I am in the States until mid-May, and am glad to be visiting my birth land and loved ones. Fortunately, the visit syncs with the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing’s fund raiser Words of Hope and Healing (follow link for … Continue reading
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A New Dey
“Dey of the Phoenix” is turning a new leaf! This blog is in the process of renovation, so don’t worry if you cross a change while browsing posts. And soon the new web site design will be published along with … Continue reading
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CEDAW
Currently I’m learning about CEDAW, the UN’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Drafted in 1979, the treaty still is rejected by the U.S. – only 1 of 8 UN members to do so (others … Continue reading
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Aquarius Shines
9 February 2009, Journal Entry I am light shone by sun sparked by stone steamed by water swept by wind Light am I in the weight of the sky blue by day black by night lit by star and ray … Continue reading
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Brigit’s Fire
for Samantha, from Samhain to Imbolc Autumn The north is incensed with wet death as the rainbow runs black. * After death love and ink carve life like the caves of the Lesse River. ** Survivors release limp flesh to … Continue reading
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The News, Summer 2008
In updating the DotP web site, this post “The News, Summer 2008” has migrated from a former WordPress page titled “The News”. Sources, excerpts, and personal comments are available about a range of topics – the environment, health matters, im/migration, … Continue reading
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The Family Name
25 May 2008 – Brussels unenrolled undocumented proud outlander throwback 17 August 2008 – Brussels Plant Woman Corn Woman Selu Grandmother raises her hands palms open upward She calls for peace a blanket of truth a land of plenty in … Continue reading
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Wandering
Selu awa do li in English means Please pass the cornbread Some find our way when we know ourselves as strangers and are at peace with wandering. The path is not sad though solitary, not dark even at new moon. … Continue reading
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Memoria /../
This visual sequence is in memory of the mothers and children killed by the Israeli military as it assassinated Nizar Rayyan in his Gaza home on 1 January 2009. (Read the International Herald Tribune article.) The stone is one of … Continue reading
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