Shannon Crossman
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Show Me How You Get Back Up

Shannon Crossman December 3, 2016 Awakening Woman, Poetry Leave a Comment

Show me how you get back up. When life takes you down. When you’re on the cursed bathroom floor. Pressed hard against cold tiles. Desperate and clutching. How do you rise after the fall? Reveal …

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On Belonging & Being Broken

On Belonging & Being Broken

Shannon Crossman November 23, 2016 Awakening Woman Leave a Comment

I am cherished. I am okay. I belong. You are cherished. You are okay. You belong. May this belonging be a litany to our hearts… An invitation: Let’s set down our stories of broken, need …

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How to Build a Home Where Your Heart Lives

How to Build a Home Where Your Heart Lives

Shannon Crossman November 23, 2016 Poetry Leave a Comment

Part One Home Building: Collect small bits of string twigs, and burrs, the hairs from a wild cat’s tail, a few needles of pine. String tiny beads of light along the spines of dandelions. Pause …

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