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Poet, author of Tongues of Men and Angels & Lifeguards. Instructor at Lighthouse Writers. June 2023: Hope paid off for my Denver Nuggets.

Denver, CO
Joined September 2016
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Miracle Girl was just selected by New York Independent Art Film Fest via FilmFreeway.com.
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My screenplay Miracle Girl was just selected as a finalist in the Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest via FilmFreeway.com.
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Sunday reminder. 🤍 #smallpoemsunday
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Also poets genuinely care about your feelings and novelists are like tell me your feelings so I can use them for a character
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Poets are the most fun to hang out with of all the writers, and I say this as a novelist.
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THE @NUGGETS MAKE HISTORY!   We’re shining in Nuggets colors for the rest of the night in honor of their 1st @NBA Championship
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Thanks @WAICymruWales + @WahwnC for supporting me to attend @Poetry_Therapy conference #BuildingCommunity Denver. It was transformational. Some highlights: Powerful keynote from @memorypoet7 how poetry therapy changes the world steadily inch by inch, reaching miles, 100s of miles
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The reader in me is asking: Where have you been all my life?
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So please toss me some recs, hive mind: what are some playful or fun or humorous poems you like, besides the stellar work of @UmbrellasOrElse ?
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Bucket List experience: getting to interview Naomi Shihab Nye.
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The NBA’s top 5 offensive player ratings for players with 40+ games: Nikola Jokić 124.8 Aaron Gordon 124.3 Michael Porter Jr 123.2 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 122.4 Jamal Murray 120.5* *tied for 5th with Lillard The Nuggets starting five contains the top 5 in the entire NBA.
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First highlight of 2023: getting to chat up the Denver-beloved @BizzyBones11 at the mall a few days ago. Check out Bones below: teapawt.org/nuggets/status/1611220…
Never change, Bizzy 😂
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Reflection: when we used to be road warriors together! coaching a press break with a 20 point lead, raising Ellie, and hallmark movies!🥰 all ❤️to my Cuz and my lil Ellie girl who traveled like a rockstars through cold winters and good times! – at Corvallis, OR
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Hey! I read SO many of you religiously here on Twitter. I don't comment a lot, but I want you to know you've truly brightened and enlightened my world. If Twitterverse does implode, you can find me on Instagram @lifeguardpoet. I'll follow you back! ❤️
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