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Author: Esther Cohen

Let me tell you why I'm here, and why I hope you'll join me. I am here to poem, to play with words, to tell stories when I can, and to ask you for yours. Words are what I love, how I see, and what I say. Words are how I know my life, and how I find my friends. I'm here to ask you to join me. Right here. To send me your stories, and your poems. And to read mine when you can.
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Beautiful Hairdresser Martha

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Esther Cohen / 0 Comment

unlikely name. Why is Martha less beautiful than Elyse or Ivy or Sophia or Lily? Why would an African woman be named Martha? Martha, born in Johannesburg, moved...

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Esther's Words Elsewhere

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Recent Posts

  • Every Day a Poem (Day 20 NaMoPo)
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  • How Do We Learn to Talk To Each Other Without Superiority or Anger (Day 18 NAMOPO)
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  • How Much I’ll Never Do (Day 16 NAMOPO)

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what happens every day (some days notwithstanding) most often, in a poem. sometimes, with sentences. maybe every once in a while, with a picture of SOMETHING
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