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Reflection & Unironic Love Poem to my 17-Year-Old
Baking a brownie-cake, setting up gifts and a sign, working on a poem, listening to a “17” playlist, dancing, cleaning…, circling through...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
3 days ago3 min read
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Big Bleak Bill and Opportunities to Protest
I’ve perceived a lack of public activism against an administration that increasingly makes grabs for power outside Constitutional...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
May 313 min read
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Divine Mercy Sunday - Tomorrow
On April 15, 2012, Divine Mercy Sunday, I prayed at 3:00 at St. Martin’s Church, feeling a sense of empowerment and efficacy. I plan to...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Apr 263 min read
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Musician-Writer Cliff Bernier in Poetry
If Words, Like Love, Like Poems, Never End for Clifford Bernier Before opening, I light candles, incense flames rising like the chants...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Apr 135 min read
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Chronicle of Days to Change III
The American socio-economic-political climate continues to be unstable and alarming. I'm again here to share posts I've made to social...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Mar 3127 min read
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Chronicle of Days to Change II
Here I paste some of my political Facebook posts of the past 2 weeks. I don't trust that they, or my feed, will stay and I think we'll...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 2119 min read
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Red Lips as Rebellion
I’ve sported red lipstick all week. It’s not just that it's cool, nor that it’s fun to pull a piece of my punk or Rockabilly years into...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 84 min read
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Poetry & Politics: Chronicle of Days to Change I
I’ve rebranded my blog from Poetry and Other Mystical Space to Poetry and Politics . In reality, I cut the title from my website...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 79 min read
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Cheers with Shasta & Apple Juice
I planned to not pay homage to New Year’s this year. I made much out of last year with a list of resolutions, about half of which I...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Jan 13 min read
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Pre-Ban TikTok Love
There are elements of this information age I find convenient, such as automatically saved writing, online resources, streaming movies,...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Dec 15, 20244 min read
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In Three Turns with "The Offing"
I’ve turned/returned to The Offing , Alison Palmer’s fourth poetry collection, over the past few weeks (Broadstone Books, 2024). I find...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Nov 29, 20242 min read
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Love Letter to Hate
I paused blogposts on poetry, mindfulness, and busking, to turn to the election. Not wanting to ignore glaring American happenings, I...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Nov 17, 20244 min read
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Open Notes
I’m starting a new series for Spoken Word — poetry, flash fiction, prose excerpts — and Music — originals or reimagined covers. I’m...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Sep 7, 20243 min read
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Liner Notes -- Lay Myself Down In My Home
Verse 1 I looked for home in other people Searched lost souls for a needle in between truth and betrayal I misplaced faith, forgave,...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Aug 31, 20242 min read
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Gen Z Rocks
A lot is made about generational differences in music, but I believe the divide may often be exaggerated. When I was young, I thought...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Aug 1, 20243 min read
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A Visit with Kathleen O’Toole’s "This Far"
Kathleen O’Toole speaks to so many levels of experience, elements of history, and states of being in her poetry collection This...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Jul 1, 20243 min read
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My Year Single
You know that moment in a relationship when you thank God and your lucky stars for every one of your experiences and every prior moment...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Apr 22, 20243 min read
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Liner Notes -- Eli & Vindicate Life with Bonus Reflections on Loss
Eli V1: Angst and doubt have become your brand / You ground your worry-stone to a grain of sand Erode yourself, wringing your hands / Oh...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 24, 20244 min read
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Three Great Poets, 3 Short Reviews
Review of Ariadne Awakens: Instructions for the Labyrinth, by Laura Costas Part manual for deconstructed thought; part call to remember...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Jan 30, 20247 min read
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Liner Notes -- Old Guitar & I Rise
Here are a couple of drafts that call to mind Maya Angelou's words, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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