Geologist
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Nature can help soothe many wounds.
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Lyric, Sometimes Quiet
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Music and song can be found everywhere.
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Amaryllis
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Brilliant Amaryllis-red can help brighten the gray of winter.
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Bottled Water
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
The simplest of things can become quite frustrating.
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I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom,
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Our mothers will always be with us.
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Abstract
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Stories can survive years beyond the people who record them.
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We've Had This Conversation Before
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Life is a series of conversations.
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Hello Quiet Protected Night
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Don't be afraid of the wide world!
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A World of Singers
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
Music can be heard everywhere if we would simply listen.
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What I Can't Tell My Son
Journey Daily with a Compelling Poem
As children grow up and move away, the change can be painful.
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Maria Mazziotti Gillan is winner of the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from AWP, the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers, and the 2008 American Book Award for her book, All That Lies Between Us. She is the Founder/Executive Director of the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College, editor of the Paterson Literary Review, and director of the creative writing program/professor of English at Binghamton University-SUNY. She has published 23 books, including What Blooms in Winter (NYQ Books, 2016) and Paterson Light and Shadow (Serving House Books, 2017). Visit her website at www.mariagillan.com .
“Going to the World’s Fair, 1964” first appeared in The Silence in an Empty House, New York Quarterly Books, New York NY