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  • Authors, Readers and Books

    April 29, 2018

    The People’s Republic of Berkeley, my current home, is such a hodge-podge and mix-mash of people. I went to the Bay Area Book Festival this weekend and mingled in that hodge-podge and mix mash of people. And I heard authors of different genres, backgrounds, ages, geographical locations talk about their work and about writing in…

  • Conversation

    April 1, 2018

    Today is Easter, April Fool’s Day and the first day of National Poetry Month. What a convergence. Should I write a trick poem? Or invoke the Easter Bunny? Or write about the the Phoenix who burned to death and later rose from her ashes? I’m thinking of trying the poem a day for 30 days…

  • Publication News

    March 12, 2018

    I’m happy to share that my poem “Return” has been published in the current issue of WORDPEACE You can view it here: https://wordpeace.co/issue-2-2-winter-spring-2018/poetry/joyce-young/

  • The Gauntlet

    January 31, 2018

    Since I wasn’t up on this story or the rest of Jennifer’s business, I was intrigued about the scoop and the commentary. My stylist, Sam (not his real name), is a man, too and it seemed as if both men were taking sides. The decision for both of them was that Jennifer was wrong. She…

  • Director of Talent for the Electorate

    January 14, 2018

    And I would go so far as to say that many who contributed to social media discussions and others who saw Oprah’s speech on the Golden Globe Awards last week were blown away by the power of her delivery and of her words but they can’t consciously articulate what that being blown away has evoked…

  • Thank You and Happy New Year

    January 1, 2018

    The one step at a time approach can help to allay the impact of the spinning mind that can so easily whip up panic, fear, dread, desire to give up as all is lost, etc. Thank goodness for the breath and the patience we can develop to work with it.

  • Protected: The Friend Zone

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  • Protected: Saying Goodbye, or Something Like That

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  • The Break up

    October 21, 2017

    When you tune in this evening, you begin to feel dizzy. You can’t keep up. What is happening with these people? Why is Wanda all of a sudden at the airport waiting for a plane to Sioux Falls? Who goes to Sioux Falls, anyway?

  • Bullet Journal Anxiety

    June 19, 2017

    My feeling anxious today arose out of my experiment with the bullet journal I started creating a few weeks ago. I have had the journal itself for about a month and have been more seriously considering starting one for the past 6 months. What drew me to the concept and practice was that it is…

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Joyce E. Young

Writer and Teacher

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