Here are some of my expressive writing pieces written in circle, presented to you as is, in all their unedited writing flow. These were usually written in 20-minute sessions, in response to a particular prompt or poem. (I also write much messier pieces about personal stories and goings-on in my life, but you’ll have to come write in circle with me to hear those!)

Crack House Door
Loretta Mijares Loretta Mijares

Crack House Door

It's a darkness that demands the alertness of the creatures that want to live through this night.

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What Have I Forgotten to Say?
Loretta Mijares Loretta Mijares

What Have I Forgotten to Say?

I have no idea who made the hole. I can only remember the feeling of the task that was mine, to hammer my peg into it.

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Leaping off Whitman
Loretta Mijares Loretta Mijares

Leaping off Whitman

I want us to reclaim the power of the fairy tales written by others and know that we will decide who Rumpelstiltskin is and how her story ends.

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