The angry psalms are making a lot of sense right now
I don't get angry very often. I'm usually just willing to go straight to scared or sad, which are so often the source of our angry...
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Bethany Lee
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
Not by Sight
What now feels like several decades ago, I sent off the draft of the next book of poetry. Much of it was written in the aftermath of a...
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Bethany Lee
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
Heartwood
I basically only write non-fiction. Not just in my memoir. Even in my poems, I’m almost always just trying to say what happened, what I...
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Bethany Lee
- May 19, 2019
- 2 min
Etude for Belonging
Belonging is a powerful thing. It's powerful to feel, to extend, to withhold. We may grow older, but we never outgrow the fear of being...
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Bethany Lee
- Mar 17, 2019
- 1 min
From Under the Air
From Under the Air When you weep And grow weary Of the pain In this world you made And tire of the weight Of all who cry out And gasp at...
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Bethany Lee
- Mar 8, 2019
- 3 min
Hearing the Music
Many years ago, I accidentally wrote a piece of music for orchestra. I'd only ever written for piano before and when I told my brother...
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Bethany Lee
- Feb 19, 2019
- 1 min
Compline
I spent this afternoon playing for a hospice vigil and now am baking a pizza, ignoring the piles of laundry, and heading out the door...
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Bethany Lee
- Feb 16, 2019
- 1 min
Because I learned to say yes
Last night was the first of three harp and poetry events I'm doing with Kim Stafford. My sister-in-law drove down with me to the Gordon...
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Bethany Lee
- Feb 3, 2019
- 3 min
A story, an invitation, and a poem
The Story: Last summer, thanks to my generous family and a strong inner nudge, I spent a week at Lewis and Clark taking a writing class...
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Bethany Lee
- Jan 20, 2019
- 1 min
As Long as a Life
I wrote this to answer my heart's question, "How do you keep on when the weight of all that matters grows too heavy to carry?" Maybe...
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