The third poem from last year. We're halfway there! If you're ready to read the rest ahead of time, feel free to visit my channel in YouTube. That would be amazing.

I am loving myself, or at least learning how to. If you've known me from last year then you know that I did that job very poorly. Honestly, I've yet to understand if I am finally decent at it. But I would like to be. So here's 'love, again'. 

The second poem from last year. If you're ready to read the rest ahead of time, feel free to visit my channel in YouTube. That would be amazing. 

Fate has always been a tricky thing. For a while, all I wanted was to believe in it and follow whatever is in the horizon. But life will only take you so far before you can have something called fate. Is it even something you can have? There are two ways to life, chasing fate or letting fate. Maybe, both of them ain't so bad. What do you think? 

I'm back. Actually, I've been lurking around, and this poem has actually been ready since last year, and was actually posted first in the YouTube channel. 

I have newer poems that reflect more recent experiences, but I couldn't put out the ones that I've done without including the poems in between. Trust me when I say that a lot has been written in the past couple of months, but the change was also momentous. This year has been a transition in so many ways. I'm ready to change with it. 

It has always made me sad (and yes, a little bit bitter) that female writers aren't quite recognized as most writers. For the last month of year, December 2020, we will be reading poetry by the great Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I've read most of her poems during high school. It seemed just fitting to look back this year with this poet. We all need some Browning to end this year. Let's listen to the last poem of the month: "How do I love thee?". Read by yours truly, here's a poem for your morning exercise or evening blues.

Poetry Reading on WEDNESDAYS. See you next week!

POET OF THE MONTH

Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning? An English poet in the Victorian era, she has always been amazing. Fun fact about her: She has been writing since she was eleven. She's best known for her love poems, sonnets in Portuguese, and Aurora Leigh. What did you think about this week's poem? The year's ending in just a few more hours and we read one of the most famous poem's in literature. Amazing, right? So let me ask you this: What is love to you?

I'll see you next year for another set of poems!

Have a good year,

M.

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It has always made me sad (and yes, a little bit bitter) that female writers aren't quite recognized as most writers. For the last month of year, December 2020, we will be reading poetry by the great Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I've read most of her poems during high school. It seemed just fitting to look back this year with this poet. We all need some Browning to end this year. Let's listen to the fourth poem of the month: "The Soul's Expression". Read by yours truly, here's a poem for your morning exercise or evening blues.

Poetry Reading on WEDNESDAYS. See you next week!

POET OF THE MONTH

Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning? An English poet in the Victorian era, she has always been amazing. Fun fact about her: She has been writing since she was eleven. She is best known for her love poems, sonnets in Portuguese, and Aurora Leigh. What did you think about this week's poem? The year is almost ending (Finally, right?). What did your soul express this year?

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It has always made me sad (and yes, a little bit bitter) that female writers aren't quite recognized as most writers. For the last month of year, December 2020, we will be reading poetry by the great Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I've read most of her poems during high school. It seemed just fitting to look back this year with this poet. We all need some Browning to end this year. Let's listen to the third poem of the month: "When our two souls...". Read by yours truly, here's a poem for your morning exercise or evening blues.

Poetry Reading on WEDNESDAYS. See you next week!

POET OF THE MONTH

Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning? An English poet in the Victorian era, she has always been amazing. Fun fact about her: She has been writing since she was eleven. She is best known for her love poems, sonnets in Portuguese, and Aurora Leigh. What did you think about this week's poem? What is a soul for you? What happens when two souls meet? Have you ever felt that?

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It has always made me sad (and yes, a little bit bitter) that female writers aren't quite recognized as most writers. For the last month of year, December 2020, we will be reading poetry by the great Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I've read most of her poems during high school. It seemed just fitting to look back this year with this poet. We all need some Browning to end this year. Let's listen to the second poem of the month: "The face of all the world". Read by yours truly, here's a poem for your morning exercise or evening blues.

Poetry Reading on WEDNESDAYS. See you next week!

POET OF THE MONTH

Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning? An English poet in the Victorian era, she has always been amazing. Fun fact about her: She has been writing since she was eleven. She is best known for her love poems, sonnets in Portuguese, and Aurora Leigh. What did you think about this week's poem? If your world has a face, what does it look like?

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It has always made me sad (and yes, a little bit bitter) that female writers aren't quite recognized as most writers. For the last month of year, December 2020, we will be reading poetry by the great Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I've read most of her poems during high school. It seemed just fitting to look back this year with this poet. We all need some Browning to end this year. Let's listen to the first poem of the month: "Love". Read by yours truly, here's a poem for your morning exercise or evening blues.

Poetry Reading on WEDNESDAYS. See you next week!

POET OF THE MONTH

Who is Elizabeth Barrett Browning? An English poet in the Victorian era, she has always been amazing. Fun fact about her: She has been writing since she was eleven. She is best known for her love poems, sonnets in Portuguese, and Aurora Leigh. 

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It has always made me sad (and yes, a little bit bitter) that female writers aren't quite recognized as most writers. For the month of November, we will be reading poetry by the amazing Maya Angelou. She has always been one of my favorites. Let's listen to the last poem of the month: "Still I Rise". Read by yours truly, here's a poem for your morning exercise or evening blues.

Poetry Reading on WEDNESDAYS. See you next week!

POET OF THE MONTH

Who is Maya Angelou?A poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She did it all. She received more than fifty awards and honorary degrees. I hope you enjoy this week's poem. She is best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman. She paved the way, y'all. What's your take in this week's chosen poem?  This is one of her greatest poem and it has impacted generations. When will we rise?

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Hi guys! It has been more than a few weeks since my last episode. Truthfully, life just ran me over recently. It gave me a broken leg (figuratively)! So here's an episode a few weeks late. And I know, it's not a Monday, but I wanted to at least give this straight to you. I did a lot of thinking while I was suffering. But I knew I couldn't just stop this podcast just because life got hard. That would mean that I was quitting just because of an obstacle. And hey, life's never easy. So I'm decluttering and starting over. Sometimes, starting over just means continuing something that stopped. 

See you again next week!

Weekly Podcasts every MONDAY! Let's start our week together.

Weekly Poetry readings every WEDNESDAY.

Weekly Original Poems in my YouTube channel as well (but my sched's a bit wonky).

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