A reflection on resilience, growth, and transformation.
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Planetary Parade ©Dawn Minott |a #Shadorma
Cosmic motion in the night sky.
Zero Sum Game in Love or Life ©️Dawn Minott | for Women’s History Month
The zero-sum game in love is always lose-lose, never win-win. 100% or nothing. Love measured in fractions isn’t love at all because — Love demands presence, not pretense; commitment, not calculation. When one must lose for the other to win, both hearts bear the cost. True love, like true success, multiplies rather than divides, expands …
Continue reading Zero Sum Game in Love or Life ©️Dawn Minott | for Women’s History Month
I Can Only Imagine ©Dawn Minott
Beforeword: This piece was commissioned by a bride who was renewing her wedding vows and wanted a piece to cover her walk down the aisle. It was to start with visualizing her love relationship with God, then the love relationship between her and her husband and culminate in imagining what it would be like to …
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 Spillwords Newsletter Feature ©Dawn Minott
When your work is praised and recognized as “remarkable” and “exceptional”!!!
Midweek Boost: Embrace the Shifts ©Dawn Minott
The week is long. The weekend is short. Midweek is a good point to recharge to get over the hump. Happy hump day!
Overcome: Love Lives Loud ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
Love is in the air, or is it?!
In Her Memory, We Live ©Dawn Minott
Living to embrace each moment fully.
I Am Enough ©Dawn Minott
A declaration of self-worth, unapologetically claiming space and authenticity in a world rushing to erase diversity.
If These Walls Could Talk ©Dawn Minott
Soul of home found in family dinners, lullabies and even the arguments that soften with time.
Martin Luther King Day ©️Dawn Minott
Like Martin Luther King: “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear”. His words are oh so relevant in these times: “I’m concerned about a better World. I’m concerned about justice; I’m concerned about brotherhood and sisterhood; I’m concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that, …
Christmas—Out of the Ordinary ©Dawn Minott
Christmas is a reminder that the extraordinary interfaced with the ordinary!
Don’t Die Before You’re Dead ©Dawn Minott
Live fully, boldly, authentically, letting no dream, purpose, or voice remain unfulfilled.
One Another ©Dawn Minott |a Cento
One-another—a blueprint for unity, love, and hope in our lives and our world.
Purpose Drops ©Dawn Minott
Purpose—a transformative call to action.
Friends Net Worth ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
Net worth of friends, not tallied in sums!
Love Rolls On (after Nikki Giovanni) ©Dawn Minott
Tribute poem: for Nikki Giovanni
Commemorating 16 Days of Activism: A World Without Fear ©Dawn Minott
A world free of fear, is possible!
December Already?!©Dawn Minott |a Haiku
Where did the year go?!
FREEdom ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
Let bells of freedom echo round, “Free at last!”
Even The Adult In The Room Cries ©Dawn Minott
Those who are strong for others need space to grieve.
Strength: Tribute to My Mom ©Dawn Minott #Senryu
Mother’s quiet strength.
Autumn’s Breath ©Dawn Minott #Haiku
Autumn—the season of cozy moments!
Unleashed ©Dawn Minott
To live in regret is to live within the length of a leash that connects to the past!
Leaves’ Fire ©Dawn Minott
The trees are about to show us how to let dead things go!!!
No Regrets ©Dawn Minott
To live life with no regrets.
…Even There ©Dawn Minott
No place or distance God’s love won’t go.
Nevertheless ©Dawn Minott |with audio
Trusting, nevertheless!
In The Park ©Dawn Minott
Quietude in the park!!
Hope ©Dawn Minott
Hope is memory, it’s possibility, it’s dreaming in color.
Live Out Loud ©Dawn Minott
Live in the now!
The Shift ©Dawn Minott
Life is a river, flow with its waters.
For Purpose On Purpose ©Dawn Minott
Live in the moment on purpose for purpose.
The Appointed Vision ©Dawn Minott
The vision will come, it will not tarry.
Soar ©Dawn Minott |an Elfje
Release inhibitions, let me soar!
Called ©Dawn Minott | a Dectina Refrain
A Pastor’s send-forth poem.
Wrapped In Black ©Dawn Minott |a Dectina Refrain
The boldness of black is—beautiful!!
Waiting … ©Dawn Minott | a Dectina Refrain
Between now and not yet — wait!
Love Intentionally ©Dawn Minott
Love unexplainable, it just is. It is the essence of you. It is your soul. It envelopes completely, as you love intentionally.
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