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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    I Will Listen

    September 19, 2022September 17, 2023
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    I’ve been in so many conversations. I’ve come back overflowing with so much. Then someone says hello and they pass.

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  Back To School
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    Back To School

    September 18, 2022April 14, 2024
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    I went back to my alma mater, this time as faculty. It brought me even more lessons. Back to school is always learning.

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  Checklist Of Closures
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    Checklist Of Closures

    September 10, 2022October 9, 2023
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    Closures have never been easy for me. 2022 feels like a long checklist. I have to go somewhere next but where and why?

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    Nature’s Love, Loss & Lessons

    September 2, 2022April 19, 2025
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    I found lessons of love in trees, support through loss in a common lizard.

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  The Long, Dark COVID Of The Soul
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    The Long, Dark COVID Of The Soul

    August 30, 2022December 29, 2023
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    From COVID grip to recovery, my journey unveils lessons in patience and gratitude. Navigating health challenges and finding kindness in unexpected places.

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  What Do We Owe Each Other In Shifting Normals?
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    What Do We Owe Each Other In Shifting Normals?

    August 18, 2022March 3, 2023
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    We do not have a consensus on what love, commitment, sex or identity mean. Maybe we don’t need to agree. What do we owe each other then?

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  And Just Like That…I Found Friends Again
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    And Just Like That…I Found Friends Again

    August 17, 2022April 21, 2023
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    Finding myself at a lull between sumptuous stories, I wandered into a familiar storyline. And just like that, I found friends again.

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  Silent Gods – A Political Poem
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    Silent Gods – A Political Poem

    August 15, 2022September 17, 2023
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    A political poem about India’s many gods

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  Modern Love: The Quest For Identity First
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    Modern Love: The Quest For Identity First

    August 1, 2022June 13, 2025
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    What were the brutal experiences of the last two years but lessons in love? Who are you when all has been stripped away/

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  A Refugee From Amatonormativity
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    A Refugee From Amatonormativity

    July 31, 2022March 28, 2023
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    I’ve heard of asexuality, aromanticism and polyamory. Then a friend sent me this video talking about AMATONORMATIVITY. Well-meaning friends have gently (or bluntly) told me that my experiences of abuse turned me against men/marriage. There may be some truth to that. The very thought of weddings – invitations, over-the-top engagement…

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  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
  • krist0ph3r on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “Wow, that was a lot to process and at some point it got too much for me to handle reading.…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
  • Topher on Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry: “I too struggle greatly with problematic people who make great things. As a child Bill Cosby brought YEARS of joy…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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