Like many people, my love affair with words and stories began with picture books. An adoration that has never left me. I am grateful to my mom for reading to me and my brother before we started kindergarten and to my first-grade teacher for calling on me, frequently, to read aloud during story time. Those …
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Dancing and Writing with and through me
Welcome to my dancing space, where I join other dancers via the internet, but on this day I used the space to layout my recently completed Being a Woman - Forthcoming Poetry Collection Next step, Sammi Lee illustrations, then on to publication! I may be the only woman living in my house, but that does …
Being a Woman – Chapbook Release
Being a Woman - Overcoming Poetry Collection by Michele Lee SeftonIllustrations by Sammi Lee Link to Collection The Story Behind Poetry Collection One - "Overcoming" Last fall I wrote a poem about a moment in middle school when I was humiliated by a teacher who told me, just before taking a group photo, “move to …