Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
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I’m starting a new series for Spoken Word — poetry, flash fiction, prose excerpts — and Music — originals or reimagined covers. I’m...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Aug 31
- 2 min
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,...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Aug 1
- 3 min
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...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jul 1
- 3 min
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...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 22
- 3 min
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...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Feb 24
- 4 min
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...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jan 30
- 7 min
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...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Oct 2, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Sep 30, 2023
- 7 min
The Poet's Story: Interview with stevenallenmay
Hi Steve. Thank you for granting me this interview. Poet, performance artist, publisher, family man… I’m sure you inhabit many more...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Aug 28, 2023
- 10 min
Daily Quotes
I enjoyed a thoughtful and whimsical first day of school with some wonderful students. For today's warm up, I asked students to reflect...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Aug 1, 2023
- 5 min
About This on My 4th Anniversary of Blogging
I’ve been blogging roughly once a month for four years, with my first blog post being August 1, 2019 — a little audience and a lot of ...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jul 27, 2023
- 4 min
Memories of Sinead O’Connor -- Sleep in Peace
I bet it’s rare to encounter an artist that matches your passion and timeline. I felt that in Sinead O’Connor. I loved her energy and...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jun 30, 2023
- 3 min
Without Boundaries
I love words and spend much of my time playing with them. And not often, but perhaps more often than most, I come across a word I hate,...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- May 1, 2023
- 2 min
A Love Song for My Daughter
I share a song I wrote in celebration of, and worry for, my Girl. I imagine most Moms & Dads can relate. There were a few years there...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 30, 2023
- 7 min
Four Great Poets, Four Short Reviews
I have read some magnificent poetry collections this month! And in my last post, I promised to return with some mini-reviews. So here...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Apr 7, 2023
- 4 min
Lingo to Be Cool with the Kids: A Guide to Words Used by Gen Z and Their Meanings
As my students have made clear to me, to say you’re “cool with the kids” is not cool, but they laugh, which is heartening. I have two Gen...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Mar 12, 2023
- 3 min
Ahead of the Curve, a Review of I Rode the Second Wave, Poetry by Fran Abrams
In I Rode the Second Wave: A Feminist Memoir (Atmosphere Press, 2022), Fran Abrams plays her life back at fast pace and it’s quite a...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Jan 1, 2023
- 2 min
So we made a music video…
Having banked a dozen or so songs, Steve and I buckled down to record four last month on a little four track digital recorder. We sent...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Dec 29, 2022
- 5 min
What On Earth's Coming Next? Hard to Guess but Count on Thomas Anderson’s Next Track Being Evocative
Rocker, singer-songwriter, musician, Thomas Anderson, composes accessible, thoughtful songs that range from wistful and haunting to...
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Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
Despite It All, Keep Smiling
What do you want for Christmas? “Just a smile,” my Dad would always answer. I knew he meant it and I always made good on the ask. Now,...
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