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Month: August 2024

The Lost Art of Listening ©Dawn Minott

On August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Prose20 Comments

Listen—give attention in order to hear.

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Moment ©Dawn Minott |a Tanka

On August 30, 2024September 21, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry19 Comments

The moment is not too big!

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Freedom or Safety? ©Dawn Minott |a Tanka

On August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry15 Comments

Freedom or safety? Not a zero-sum game.

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We Are One ©Dawn Minott |a Tanka

On August 28, 2024August 27, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry23 Comments

Live in harmony.

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Cycles & Seasons ©Dawn Minott

On August 27, 2024August 29, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry21 Comments

Cycles are to humans what seasons are to nature.

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BirthMONTH Day 1: I Affirm Today I’m A Work in Progress | a Senryu

On August 23, 2024August 29, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry16 Comments

Happy birthMONTH to me!

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My Love Looks Better on You ©Dawn Minott | with audio

On August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry28 Comments

My love looks better on you.

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Bend ©Dawn Minott

On August 19, 2024September 18, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry34 Comments

We bend so we don’t break!

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Jesus Wept ©Dawn Minott

On August 17, 2024August 17, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry30 Comments

His heart overflowed with human sorrow, Jesus wept.

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Of Rain & Tears ©Dawn Minott

On August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry25 Comments

Tears and rain—both born of nature to nurture.

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Praise & Worship ©Dawn Minott

On August 11, 2024May 31, 2025 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry7 Comments

A poetry-music collab with the words of Kirk Franklin.

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The Cocoon & The Crucible ©Dawn Minott

On August 10, 2024August 10, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry33 Comments

… honoring what cocoon us and celebrating the crucibles that challenge us to transform.

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Time Won ©Dawn Minott

On August 10, 2024January 3, 2026 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry14 Comments

A lot to say, little time to write it all.

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Do It Now

On August 2, 2024 By Dawn MinottIn Poetry22 Comments

“Now” is always the right time to let someone know you love them.

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