Four years ago I moved to a new city. I knew no one except the person I moved to the city to be closer to. After three years I decided to be proactive. I visited the nearby senior citizen center and asked about writing opportunities because I always tell myself …
Living in a new city is sometimes daunting. Where are the grocery stores, the restaurants, the music, theatre, poetry? My new city has a newly remodeled senior center. I took the risk of asking if they didn’t have any, could I lead a writing group. So now, once a week, …
poetry by nia, a writer who dares https://www.upbookreview.com/2025/04/13/matwan-ci-wondering-about-now-and-then-and-everything-everywhere-by-nia-to-there/
April is also Sjogren’s Awareness Month. https://sjogrens.org/understanding-sjogrens/glossary Sjogren’s Not a dry eye in seventy some years I was always crying about something. But now, no more tears. Eyes dry like the rivers and lakes, dry like a reservoir empty of dreams. I was told my eyes were too dry for …
