{"id":11,"date":"2025-06-13T02:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:59:49","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/outreach\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_10530f7a height_auto width_custom\" style=\"--site-content-width:1140px;\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:calc(3rem + 0.5em);\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_7e20fa79 us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\">Blog<\/h1><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_248 cols_2 pagination_infinite with_css_animation\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--columns:2;--gap:1.5rem;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:600px){#us_grid_1{--columns:1!important}}.layout_248 .w-grid-item-h{}.layout_248 .usg_post_date_1{color:var(--color-header-top-text)!important;font-size:0.85rem!important;font-family:new-atten!important;font-weight:400!important}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-2447 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"2447\" style=\"animation-delay:0s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-02-22T15:43:28+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>February 22, 2025<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/catalogue-of-unabashed-gratitude\/\">Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude Ross Gay what it means Gratitude overall, even in the face of drug abuse, inner city rot, mental illness. Notice the world and be grateful. Notice&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-243 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"243\" style=\"animation-delay:0.1s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-06-30T18:02:48+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>June 30, 2024<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/from-the-desire-field\/\">From the Desire Field<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">From the Desire Field, 1978 Nathalie Diaz what it means Two lovers are in bed together. The speaker has anxiety and insomnia. She\u2019s going to cope with them by reframing.&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews category-uncategorized\" data-id=\"1\" style=\"animation-delay:0.2s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-06-30T17:41:24+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>June 30, 2024<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/i-said-to-the-wanting-creature\/\">I Said to the Wanting Creature<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">I Said to the Wanting Creature I said to the wanting-creature inside me:What is this river you want to cross?There are no travelers on the river-road, and no road.Do you&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-245 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews category-uncategorized\" data-id=\"245\" style=\"animation-delay:0.3s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-06-30T16:10:29+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>June 30, 2024<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/moses\/\">Moses<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Moses Give me your hand. We have to cross the river and my strength fails me. Hold me as if I were an abandoned package in a wicker basket, a&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-2418 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"2418\" style=\"animation-delay:0s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-12-29T14:57:44+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>December 29, 2022<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/fairy-tale-logic\/\">Fairy-tale Logic<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Fairy tales are full of impossible tasks: Gather the chin hairs of a man-eating goat, Or cross a sulphuric lake in a leaky boat, Select the prince from a row&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-2421 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"2421\" style=\"animation-delay:0.1s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2022-04-22T15:00:33+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>April 22, 2022<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/under-the-river-go-the-faces-of-everyone-i-have-ever-loved\/\">Under the River Go the Faces of Everyone I Have Ever Loved<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">I think the world broke a world record today For the number of people in it who cried. Iggy Pop cried, as did most of Greenland. Five hundred babies cried&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-2423 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"2423\" style=\"animation-delay:0.2s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-09-14T15:02:24+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>September 14, 2021<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/you-are-in-the-dark-in-the-car\/\">You are in the dark, in the car<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">You are in the dark, in the car Claudia Rankine what it means Racism is endemic in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0It is in every fiber of our beings.\u00a0\u00a0The stress of racism&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-2425 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"2425\" style=\"animation-delay:0.3s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-05-30T15:03:25+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>May 30, 2021<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/magdalene-the-seven-veils\/\">Magdalene\u2014The Seven Veils<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">Magdalene\u2014The Seven Veils Marie Howe what it means Mary Magdalene, the prostitute in the Bible that Jesus embraced as one of his disciples, is explaining the devils in her. The&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-2427 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"2427\" style=\"animation-delay:0s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-05-03T15:04:45+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>May 3, 2021<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/apocrypha-of-light\/\">Apocrypha of Light<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">On the first day, light said Let there be God. And there was God. Light needed shape to move inside, a likeness tawny and thick-maned. It strode into the absence&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item us_animate_afb size_1x1 post-2429 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-poem-reviews\" data-id=\"2429\" style=\"animation-delay:0.1s\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date usg_post_date_1 has_text_color entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-04-18T15:06:40+00:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-clock\"><\/i>April 18, 2021<\/time><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/debbiebacharach\/if-to-say-it-once\/\">[if to say it once]<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1\">If to say it once And once only, then still To say: Yes. 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