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More Self-Care Exercises at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace-project/category/self-care-exercises Notes for Thursday October 24, 2024 Presentation in Portland, Oregon Motor Imagery and Proprioception 1. Visualize the location of the thalamus (about the size of a small chicken egg) in the center of the brain. There is one half in each side of the brain. Connected by the interthalamic adhesion, the thalamus sits just above the top of the brainstem (midbrain, pons, medulla, spinal cord). It is slightly superior to a horizontal line going from the eyes to the back of the head. It is slightly above and forward of a horizontal line above the top of the ears from one ear to the other. 2. Visualize a movement that you want to do pain free. 3. Close your eyes, think about a movement your want to make to touch something, visualize doing it (what will move, how you will move, how you will feel), then do the motion all with your eyes closed. Were you successful in touching the exact spot you planned). 4. What is your favorite participatory sport? Do you like to play tennis, golf, or swim? Sit quietly and imagine yourself swinging successfully at a tennis ball or hitting a golf ball and watching a hole-in-one go in, or racing down the pool lane and touching the end of the pool a full stroke ahead of the competition. Imagining these things changes blood flow in the brain and the electrical flow to the muscles that would need to work in order for those activities to be done in real life. 5. Observe someone else doing an action in person or on TV. Try to imagine how the movement feels to them in as much detail as possible. 6. Close your eyes. With your fingers or toes touch an area of discomfort. Focus on the movement of the arm or leg. Visualize the fingers or toes on their path from away from the body to touching the body. Focus on each joint, including the small joints of the fingers and wrist and toes and ankle. What movements are they making? Motor Imagery and Proprioception Thalamus and Motor Imagery Motor imagery involves the mental simulation of movement without actual physical execution. The thalamus supports this process by relaying information from the motor cortex and other motor-related areas, facilitating the visualization and planning of movements. Thalamus and Proprioception Proprioception refers to the body's ability to sense its position and movement. The thalamus integrates proprioceptive information from the body and relays it to the sensory cortex. This allows for the coordination of movement and balance. “Furthermore, the sensory information derived from fasciae and its contribution to proprioception (internal “body-sense”) and musculoskeletal pain is basically unstudied. This is because, historically, more attention has been given to specialized musculoskeletal tissues (i.e., bones, cartilage, intervertebral discs, muscle) than to “non-specialized” connective tissue, including fasciae, but this is beginning to change.” ―Langevin, Helene. (2021). Fascia Mobility, Proprioception, and Myofascial Pain. Life. 11. 668. 10.3390/life11070668. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353101538_Fascia_Mobility_Proprioception_and_Myofascial_Pain/citation/download https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/f84d/c60d389112283cbe3957baa11d19f737a59e.pdf Brain Plasticity Motor imagery improves brain plasticity or the ability to learn and do new things as well as recover and compensate for a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. “In the last decade, many studies confirmed the benefits of mental practice with motor imagery. We suggest a model of neural adaptation following mental practice, in which synapse conductivity and inhibitory mechanisms at the spinal level may also play an important role.” Neuroscience (2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27890831 Pain With Movement Pain with movement is common. Many people have back pain that doesn’t hurt when sitting quietly but flares up when walking or hitting a golf ball. Motor imagery is an activity that can be done while sitting quietly but activates the brain as if movement is taking place. Motor imagery improves blood flow, strengthens the connection between the brain and the muscles, and can be done completely pain-free. What is your favorite participatory sport? Do you like to play tennis, golf, or swim? Sit quietly and imagine yourself swinging successfully at a tennis ball or hitting a golf ball and watching a hole-in-one go in, or racing down the pool lane and touching the end of the pool a full stroke ahead of the competition. Imagining these things changes blood flow in the brain and the electrical flow to the muscles that would need to work in order for those activities to be done in real life. Motor imagery visualizations can be especially helpful for people after a brain injury, a stroke, cerebral palsy, or a movement disorder like Parkinson’s disease or Huntington’s ataxia. Recent evidence supporting the use of “action observation therapy [watching] and motor imagery practice [visualizing] for rehabilitation of Parkinson’s disease and discusses how the research on the combined use of action observation and motor imagery for motor improvements in healthy subjects may encourage the combined use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for therapeutic aims in Parkinson’s disease. “ Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27865800 The thalamus is divided into several nuclei, each with specific functions: Ventral Posterior Nucleus (VPN): Involved in sensory processing (touch, pain, temperature). Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN): Relays visual information. Medial Geniculate Nucleus (MGN): Relays auditory information. Ventral Anterior/Ventral Lateral Nuclei (VA/VL): Involved in motor control. Pulvinar: Integrates sensory information and contributes to attention. Sensory Relay: The thalamus processes and transmits sensory information (except olfactory signals) to the appropriate areas of the cerebral cortex. This includes inputs from the visual, auditory, tactile, and gustatory systems. Thalamus Motor Function: It plays a role in the regulation of motor control by relaying information between the basal ganglia, cerebellum, and motor cortex. Thalamus Regulation of Consciousness: The thalamus is involved in the regulation of sleep, wakefulness, and alertness. Thalamus Emotional Responses: It participates in emotional processing by connecting with the limbic system. Focus on the Sensation and the Visualization When doing motor imagery you can focus on the sensations of touch that you would feel when tapping your fingers on a table or releasing a basketball on a perfect layup. There are certain sensations in your hands and body that you can focus on or you can focus on seeing yourself do the activity as if you are watching a movie of yourself driving a car and turn the steering wheel or dribbling a basketball. Both kinds of motor imagery are beneficial. “Motor imagery can be divided into kinesthetic and visual aspects. Corticospinal excitability increased during both kinesthetic and visual motor imagery, while excitability in Vision 1 brain area was increased only during visual motor imagery. These results imply that modulation of cortical excitability during kinesthetic and visual motor imagery is task dependent.” Neuroscience Letters (2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27826015 Do, Observe, and Visualize Is it better to do the activity, watch someone else do the activity, or close your eyes and visualize yourself doing the activity? A lot of research has looked at this question and the answer seems to be that each aspect doing, watching, and visualizing seem to improve the doing but in slightly different ways. One article discussed, “recent evidence supporting the use of action observation therapy [watching] and motor imagery practice [visualizing] for rehabilitation of Parkinson’s disease and discusses how the research on the combined use of action observation and motor imagery for motor improvements in healthy subjects may encourage the combined use of action observation therapy and motor imagery practice for therapeutic aims in Parkinson’s disease.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27865800 Proprioception Proprioception is the sensory information that comes from muscles, tendons, and skin, which allows us to perceive our body in space. This feedback helps us control our movements more precisely and avoid accidents or injuries. Medical research links some pain responses with inadequate proprioception. Close your eyes. With your fingers or toes touch an area of discomfort. Focus on the movement of the arm or leg. Visualize the fingers or toes on their path from away from the body to touching the body. Focus on each joint, including the small joints of the fingers and wrist and toes and ankle. What movements are they making? Proprioception and the Brain Proprioception, the sense of the body's position and movement in space, is primarily processed by several key areas of the brain. Cranial therapies, exercises and other work on these areas of the brain can increase proprioception, which gives feedback to the brain and postural muscles about where the joints and body is in space. The more information the brain and muscles get, the better they can fine tune the motion. Treatment Ideas: Cranial Therapies for brain and nervous system function and better proprioception. Treatment for the thalamus [pain perception], parietals [body sensations], cerebellum [movement and balance] and basal ganglia [balance and coordination]. Proprioceptive signals are first processed at the level of the spinal cord and brainstem before being relayed to the thalamus. The brainstem along with the cerebellum is involved in coordinating proprioception inputs and outputs. From the thalamus, these signals are sent to the primary somatosensory cortex and other cortical areas for detailed processing. The thalamus is located deep within the brain, between the brainstem and cerebral cortex. The thalamus acts as a relay station for sensory information, including proprioceptive signals. It processes and transmits this information to the appropriate areas of the cortex for further interpretation. The primary somatosensory cortex is located in the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe and is crucial for processing tactile information, including proprioceptive feedback. The somatosensory association cortex works in conjunction with the primary somatosensory cortex to integrate and process more complex sensory information. It receives and interprets sensory information from proprioceptors in the muscles, joints, and skin, helping the brain understand body position and movement. The cerebellum is responsible for unconscious proprioception, the cerebellum receives signals from the body and head to understand the body's position, balance, and muscle tension. The cerebellum integrates proprioceptive information with other sensory inputs to ensure accurate motor control and balance. Located at the back of the brain, beneath the occipital lobes, the cerebellum plays a critical role in coordinating movement and maintaining balance. It receives proprioceptive input from the spinal cord and other sensory systems, helping to fine-tune motor commands and adjust posture and movement accordingly. From deep within the cerebral hemispheres, the basal ganglia are involved in the coordination and regulation of movement. They receive proprioceptive input indirectly and play a role in planning and executing smooth, coordinated movements. Located near the top and back of the head, the parietal lobes process somatosensory input, including proprioception. Responsible for conscious proprioception, the somatosensory cortex processes detailed proprioceptive information. The primary somatosensory cortex and somatosensory association cortex are crucial for sensory perception, while the cerebellum and basal ganglia are key for motor coordination and adjustment based on proprioceptive input. Thalamus and Pain The thalamus processes nociceptive (pain) signals received from the body. It acts as a central hub that sends pain information to the somatosensory cortex for perception and to areas involved in emotional responses. This is why pain is not just a physical sensation but also has emotional and cognitive dimensions. Limbs in Space Our brain keeps track of where our limbs are in space. When a limb is removed areas of the brain, particularly the right inferior parietal lobe adapt, sometimes in a way that causes pain. “Event-related desynchronization of EEG in the beta band (beta-ERD) in central and parietal areas showed an angular disparity specifically in amputees with phantom limb perception, with its source localized in the right inferior parietal lobule. Our results suggest that phantom limb perception during the task is an important interferential factor for motor imagery after amputation and the interference might be related to a change of the body representation resulting from an unnatural posture of the phantom limb.” — Lyu, Y., X. Guo, et al. (2016). “Phantom limb perception interferes with motor imagery after unilateral upper-limb amputation.” Sci Rep 6: 21100. Other research indicates that the intention to move affects both healthy hands and phantom hands. “Voluntary actions are often accompanied by a conscious experience of intention. The content of this experience, and its neural basis, remain controversial. On one view, the mind just retrospectively ascribes intentions to explain the occurrence of actions that lack obvious triggering stimuli. Here, we use EEG frequency analysis of sensorimotor rhythms to investigate brain activity when a participant with congenital absence of the left hand and arm, prepared and made a voluntary action with the right or the phantom “left hand”. Our results suggest that conscious intention may depend on preparatory brain activity, and not on making, or ever having made, the corresponding physical body movement. In contrast, the results are consistent with the view that specific neural events prior to movement may generate conscious experiences of positive and negative volition.” — Walsh, E., C. Long, et al. (2015). “Voluntary control of a phantom limb.” Neuropsychologia 75: 341–348.  I offer poetry writing classes for synagogues and Jewish communities via zoom. I don’t have data to back it up but in talking to people and reading online, I believe Jews are writing poetry and just writing more in the last year than ever before. Poetry is a great way to think about and process difficult situations, as well as understand what brings us joy and healing. What I am Offering A Three (75-minute) Poetry Class Series. (Pick Three Sections, Choices below with examples of poetry) Each community or synagogue can choose which three classes they would like. The suggested cost is $36 per person for the 3-class series or $395 per synagogue or community with a limit of 20 people in the class. Included in the class is the creation of an anthology of the community’s poems. The submission deadline will be one month following the last class. Each participant will be able to submit up to 10 poems for the anthology. The anthology will be available on Amazon as an eBook and paperback. Each person who participates in the anthology will become a published author / poet. Here is Kimberly Burnham's Amazon page: https://amzn.to/4eK7t0a 1. Memoir Poems with Jewish Poets Class. Memoir poems are poems that describe a moment or a feeling or an experience in the writer’s life. This class will engage in a creative writing practice that emphasizes free expression and spontaneity. The goal is to create a space where writers can connect deeply with their experiences and craft their narratives in a judgement-free and organic way. We will use the work of Jewish poets as a jumping off point and model for our poems. Each 75-minute class will explore the poems of five Jewish writers. We will read, listen, write, and then have a chance to share our poems with each other. (There are five different versions of this class featuring different poets). 2. Found Poetry from the Torah Class. Found poetry is poetry created from the words on a sheet of paper, the Torah parsha, a book, an advertisement, anything with text on it. In this class we will explore five readings (several verses) from the Torah and pick out words for our individual found poems. This can be great for B’nai Mitzvah students or someone doing an adult B’nai Mitzvah. 3. Poetry of Jewish Identity and Symbols Class. In this 75 minute class we will explore five Jewish poets who write on identity and cultural symbols, exploring what is important to us about our Jewish identity. 4. Haikus from the Torah Class. A haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5. The first line has five syllables, the second has seven, and the third returns to five syllables. Haikus often capture a moment in nature, evoke emotion, or reflect on a seasonal theme. They emphasize simplicity, imagery, and depth, inviting readers to engage with the poem's essence in just a few words. We will explore five Torah parsha and create individual haikus. 5. Jewish Prayers, Praise, and Liturgical Poetry Class. In this class we will explore five texts or poems from the High Holy Day liturgy and use them as jumping off points to write our own prayers, praise poems, and song lyrics. 6. Jewish Persona Poetry Class. Persona poems are poems written by a poet from the perspective of someone else. In this class we will explore persona poems written from the perspective of a family, friends, as well as notable figures from the Torah and Jewish literature. Examples: Humanities Answer by Kimberly Burnham After "Every people is a question which God addresses to humanity." Rabbi Leo Baeck Every person is a question which the universe poses to humanity you and I are the question and the answerers what will we do with the land we hold with our family, with children, step children, adopted children, grandchildren and nieces and nephews with estranged spouses and the love of our life can we hold gently and firmly Every family is a question which the universe poses to humanity your family and mine are the question what will we do to support communication, caring, and rising above even our goals with our schools, sports teams, religious affiliations, at the grocery store and post office in our carts and cars and bicycles where will our feet and dreams carry us Every community, culture, and enclave is a question the universe poses to humanity your community, my culture, our religion are the question will we see what we share or will destroy how we love this world and long for freedom and abundance in our movement, sleeping, work and play how together we seek a higher power whether it is God or a gentle breeze the evergreen forests, clean rivers, fertile earth Every border, river, mountain range is a question the universe poses to humanity this country and that are precious to us the people who live here we are proud of what we have accomplished and created the art, the music, the sustainable economy our care for creatures wild and tame in our environment we wave our flags but we can also see the colors of other symbols Every continent is a question the universe poses to humanity the smallest and the largest still provide for the people some better than others all in different ways we each have a part in the places we live in the footprint we leave in the past the vision we seek in the future Each one of us significant humanities answer to the universe - After the poem, The Essence of Judaism by Rabbi Leo Baeck "This people's true history is a history of encounters with God it has this history for its own sake and for the sake of humanity it bears it and is borne by it. Every people is a question which God addresses to humanity; and every people from its place, with its special talents and possibilities must answer for its own sake and the sake of humanity" Cloth of the Tabernacle by the Letters by Kimberly Burnham another blue becomes cherubim clasps cover cloth crimson copper cubits design Exodus’ edge fine fit folds gold goat hair joined linen loops measurements numbers outermost overlapping purple sides tent and Tabernacle together twisted wool yarn whole ―Words found in Exodus 26:1–13 (Sefaria.org) The Fire Out of Control by Kimberly Burnham Plans laid doors shut I won’t be called “the one who lit the fire” There is a fire raging outside not yet burning down my house But a bit of flame may be stuck to me people live in fear of what I might spread The danger is clear the future unknown My experience recognized by the Sages 2000 years ago encouraging words “prevent damages” When there is a contagion in the city one should shut himself in his home For fear of the Angel of Death brazenly controlling the main roads, says the Bava Kama A time so dangerous to open the doors of beloved places precisely when people most want to be here, there, with each other In moments of fear and uncertainty longing to open our hearts the company of others must be denied Even when famine threatens the responsibility of each who lights a fire grows bright Central to our lives the fire lighting Shabbat candles ushers in Then the first thing done when Shabbat is over expressing the centrality of fire in daily activities “When a fire is started and spreads to thorns he who started the fire must make restitution” (Exodus 22:5) But what if there was no intention to harm what if the spread was accidental? What if it travels unseen … regardless he is called “the one who lit the fire” Reach out and call individuals in compliance with the law Think about those in need though we no longer see those needs in person Each responsible no one can say “I blame the quarantine” ―Exodus 22:5 Torah Haikus Make Me a Pattern by Kimberly Burnham a sanctuary the Tabernacle pattern that I may dwell in ―Exodus 25:8–9 Growing Together Haiku by Kimberly Burnham We are all moving strangers grow serving somewhere we can love better ―Exodus 18:3 Workshop Leader, Kimberly Burnham is an award-winning poet, anthology editor, and writer.
Published in over 100 books (Prose, Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Memoir, Inspirational Personal Essay Anthologies), Kimberly Burnham is a writer, poet, and complementary medicine practitioner. She authored Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program for people interested in improving their brain clarity, creativity, and muscle function. Her most recent book is the fictional story of a garden seed exchange group, The Red Sunflower Diaries, Why Everyone Should Garden and Share Seeds. She is an avid gardener and environmentalist, who bicycled 3000 miles across the U.S. with Hazon (US Jewish Environmental group) in 2013. An award-winning poet, Kim writes monthly for The Year of the Poet series (over 120 volumes since 2014) and Inner Child Press. In 2019, she was the poet in residence for 2nd Look Books, a Spokane bookstore on the South Hill. Jewish Themed Books by Kimberly Burnham Heschel and King Marching to Montgomery A Jewish Guide to Judeo-Tamarian Imagery by Kimberly Burnham https://amzn.to/4eAoQku Music Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers https://amzn.to/3SyE4gW Co-editors, Rabbi Elizabeth W. Goldstein and Kimberly Burnham share the pages of this Jewish musical essay anthology with 40 other authors, cantors, and rabbis. The Adventure of Jewish History: Poems Found Within The Words of Solomon Grayzel's A History of The Jews https://amzn.to/3OlDBfx These 18 found poems are gathered from within Solomon Grayzel’s book, A History of the Jews From the Destruction of Judah in 586 BC to the Present Arab Israeli Conflict. Found poems are original poems created from words found on the pages of books, novels, dictionaries, magazines, or advertisements in the local newspaper. Please contact her to find poems in your published book. Pekudei: Exodus 38:21-40:38 Journal Your Journey Through a Year of Torah https://amzn.to/3HTwesc A personal journal with two pages for writing notes on each parsha in the Torah, with extra pages of poetry and inspiration on Pekudei, the 23rd parsha in the Jewish Calendar. This is part of a series of books on each parsha for B’nai Mitzvah students, for a wedding or special event. Personal Essays and Poetry Reform Judaism https://reformjudaism.org/author/kimberly-burnham Jewish Telegraph Agency https://www.jta.org/author/kimberly-burnham Kveller https://www.kveller.com/author/kimberly-burnham/ Spokesman Review ttps://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jun/14/faith-and-values-gonzaga-launches-fundraising-effo/ Favs News https://favs.news/author/kimberlyburnham/ https://favs.news/choosing-a-torah-gonzagas-jewish-bulldogs-takes-monumental-step/ Tiferet Journal https://tiferetjournal.com/excerpt-dear-stranger-kimberly-burnham/ Trish Hopkinson The Selfish Poet https://trishhopkinson.com/tag/kimberly-burnham/ PoemHunter https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/weaving-the-journey/ Contact the author at [email protected] to have her speak to your community or for a blog/podcast interview. Ukrainian Memories by Kimberly Burnham
Today my heart goes out to the Ukrainian people to Kiev where I once stood a traveler, a tourist admiring the beauty enjoying the spirit of the place in 1985 on a journey across the Soviet Union Ukrainian Peace in Russian by Kimberly Burnham A word of peace a moment without guns and tanks Мир “Mir” or “Myr” the same in Ukrainian or Ruthenian spoken in the Ukraine the same as the Russian Мир Vlax Romani in The Ukraine by Kimberly Burnham Not Russian, Not Ukrainian Vlax Romani a simple language of Ukraine Years ago a travelling people came living in peace “tihima” or “тихима” calm and peace in Vlax Romani “štylypén” or штылыпэн also calm and peace for the Romani people Harkening back to Europe and beyond to India “tihima” means “meek” in Slovinian and the equivalent to “blago krotkima” or meek in Serbo-Croatian “tihima” is quiet or silence in Bosnian while the perhaps related word Tihamah in Arabic means severe heat and lack of wind A Romani minority first documented in early 14th century Ukraine struggling to maintain folkways reacting to anti-Romani attitudes We adopted the language and faith of dominant societies Orthodox in most of Ukraine Catholic in Western Ukraine and Zakarpattia Oblast, and Muslim in Crimea Travelers quietly seeking peace among the Ukrainians Yiddish Peace Among Ashkenazi Jews In Ukraine by Kimberly Burnham Peace in Yiddish the language of Ashkenazi Jews פֿרידן (fridn) and שלום (sholem) from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (shalóm) or שלום (sholem) and שלום עליכם (sholem aleykhem) peace be with you and the male name שלמה (shloyme) a wide range of estimates on the Jewish population in Ukraine 49,000 to 400,000 Three Jews in Ukrainian History by Kimberly Burnham The founder of Hasidism, Rabbi Israel Ben Eliezer the Baal Shem Tov was born and died in Ukraine birthplace of the Hasidic movement the 18th century a spiritual revival movement with a focus on mysticism in opposition to formal and scholarly approach The Baal Shem Tov commentary on “seek peace and pursue it” (Psalms 34:15) the means of making peace and establishing harmony between the material world and the G‑dly life-force that vitalizes it Menachem Mendel Schneerson “The Rebbe” to members of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement born on April 5, 1902 in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine The Rebbe often quotes Rambam “Jews must realize that the world is suspended in a state of equilibrium between good and evil that the commandment that a person can perform is capable of tipping the scales to the side of good this enormous individual responsibility for the fate of the entire world must guide each Jew in his everyday life” Famous writer Sholem Aleichem “Fiddler on the Roof” born in the shtetl of Pereiaslav, south of Kyiv likely modeled the musical after shtetl life the real name of this “Jewish Mark Twain” Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich his pen name Sholem Aleichem literally means “peace be with you” Č as in Peace, Pače, and Pače
“Pača” peace in Judeo-Italian Italkian or Bagitto the old dialect of the Leghorn Livorno Jewish community, Italy “Pače” in Italian “Č” sounds like “ch” as in charm, chocolate or child a letter used in Berber, Syriac, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Russian Bulgarian, Czech, Sorbian, Skolt Sami, Judeo-Italian, Lakota and Saanich alphabets the equivalent of the Pashto “چ” and Cyrillic “Ч”. Pača (peace) in Judeo-Italian or Italkian or Bagitto―Pača (peace from “Pače” in Italian) “Scialom” (an Italian spelling “Shalom” (peace) in Hebrew)―Italy (Bagitto is the old dialect of the Leghorn=Livorno Jewish community, Italy). Shalom Solomon name variations in European languages: Alamont, Aumond, Calama, Chalom, Laumont, Salaman, Salamon, Salem, Salemanus, Salimen, Salinger, Salman, Salmang, Salmannus, Salme, Salmen, Salmon, Salmonaba, Salom, Saloma, Salomson, Saulmon, Schaulom, Schlam, Schlomen, Schlumen, Scholem, Scholum, Scialom, Sellam, Shalom, , Shlomo, Sollomon, Solomonowicz, Suleyman, Zalheim, Zaling, Zalinger, Zalkin, Zalkind, Zalman, Zeling Shalom Solomon in Judeo-Italian Scialom, Chalom, Shalom Jewish names derived from Shalom according to researchers of ANU Museum of the Jewish People “Scialom” an Italian spelling Shalom the Hebrew for peace like the family name Solomon derived from the Hebrew Shlomo man of peace rooted is Shalom Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name “Scialom” Tunisian physician David Dario Scialom (1880–1966) from the Grana Jewish community Jews from Livorno, Italy who settled in Tunis since the 16th century a specialist in tropical diseases “Scialom” a Jewish surname A. de M. Scialom of Italian nationality in a list of commercial enterprises established in Tunis in 1865 and the councillor Victor Scialom born 1871 in Tunis Arabic forms of Solomon Sellam, Saloma, Calama and Suleyman in the mid-20th century In Spain and Greece and Tunis Shalom ia Jewish family name 15th century Spanish philosopher and translator Abraham Ben Judah (Ben Itzhak) Shalom 16th century with the Greek-born Eretz Israel rabbi Abraham Shalom 18th century a Jewish family name on a ‘ketubbah’ from Tunis June 19th 1788 Lea, daughter of Daniel Shalom and her husband Jacob, son of Madochee de Paz “paz” peace in Spanish In Central and Eastern Europe mid-20th century Variants like Salaman, Salmen, Zalman, Zalkind, Zalkin, Zalheim, Zaling, Zalinger, Salinger and Zeling became frequent Polish variant Solomonowicz meaning “Solomon’s son Frenchified to Alamont In France Solomon 7th century Salmon (1290), Saulmon (1306), Salmannus (1334) and Salamon (1388) mid-2oth century Solomon families changed their names to Aumond and Laumont In Alsace (northeastern France) Salme, Schlomen, Schlumen Scholum and Schaulom in 1784 In Germany Salman in 1090 Salemanus in 1200 Scholem in 1495 Schlam in 1717 Salmang in 1831 In the Netherlands Salem in 18th century In Italy Salmonaba in 1715 In North America Sollomon in 1668 in America Salimen in 1798 in America Salomson in 1855 in America In the Dutch Antilles Salom in 1713 in the Antilles Vision Exercises online
Book: See Faster, Vision Exercises for Basketball Players https://amzn.to/3F7HyQd Exercises specifically for basketball players but beneficial for anyone. Presentation: Speaking at Raising Consciousness Conference on vision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhG3-qwkvVk Blinking Exercise https://healthy-brain.medium.com/natural-vision-solutions-and-seeing-beauty-in-the-world-ab7a54d612af and https://healthy-brain.medium.com/blinking-your-way-to-a-brighter-future-ec2ba662f62d and in a presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhG3-qwkvVk Peripheral vision exercises https://medium.com/@healthy-brain/speed-up-peripheral-vision-build-white-matter-d84adfce75ff Articles on Color therapy and vision https://akamaiuniversity.academia.edu/KimberlyBurnham and https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EI24aaoAAAAJ&hl=en Neurofascial Process including vision and eyes. http://oppt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/7-01CNeurofascialProcessMar2007.pdf Article with NLP vision exercise. https://www.oatext.com/using-eye-muscles-to-recover-visual-function-memory-skills-and-the-ability-to-visualize-a-review-of-superior-rectus.php My own vision recovery story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tibuBh56QsA In honor of President Kamala Harris my poetry collection is on free download tomorrow (July 22, 2024 ) A Woman's Place in the Dictionary: A Collection of Dictionary Poems by Kimberly Burnham. t is a collection of before and after poems examining what dictionary entries says about a “woman” as well as what the words before and after say regarding her place in world languages. Some poems touch on synonyms and homonyms for "woman”. https://amzn.to/4d5hW5T  Women Building The World: A Poetic International Women's Day Collection. Kimberly Burnham, Editor / Poet, Thuthukani Ndlovu, Collection Curator. https://amzn.to/4ddsgbh Powerful book. Easy to identify with experiences described in poetry by 25 women from around the world. The Poets: Charlotte Addison; Kimberly Burnham; Sasha Leigh Coutinho; Ruth Ekong; Amina Hussain El-Yakub; Debbie Johnson; Usha Krishnamurthy; Alicja Maria Kuberska; Vimbai Josephine Lole; Cathrine Chidawanyika Makuvise; Chiwawa Fungai Manana; Tanyaradzwa Masaire; Kearoma Desiree Mosata; Xolani Msimango; Cheryl Zvikomborero Musimwa; Patience Osei Bonsu; Sandhya Padmanabhan; Toiwa Petronella; Nyakallo Posholi; Michelle L. Schmid; Linda Simone; Itzela Sosa; Rutendo Matewu Tigere; Latha Y; and Ruth Yacim. The Translators: Glenna Luschei; Xeshelihle R. Ncube; and Silindile Ndlovu. (Creating Calm Network Publishing & Radioactivetuts).  Hey Friends, I am trying to raise $5,000 for a poetry teacher training in 2025. Below are some of my offerings. Read to the end for a free gift. Please email me at [email protected] for more information or to purchase. Payment (prices in U.S. Dollars) can be made on Venmo, PayPal, Facebook messenger, check or Zelle. Please follow me on Amazon for information on upcoming publications at https://amzn.to/3RMO2KY Including poetry writing (found poetry, ekphrastic poetry, a cento and more), coaching, publishing, co-authoring a nonfiction book with a teenager for their college application, and signed copies of my books. One Poem Written for a Special Occasion ($10) 200 available (July 1 - Dec 31, 2024) One poem on any topic of your choosing for a special person or special occasion. Written by Kimberly Burnham. A "Remembering The Future" Poem For You ($15) 200 Available I will write a "Remembering the Future Poem" for you from a list of 8 goals and additional comments you want it to be based on. (see end of the post for something free). "Remembering the Future" poems are written as if you are remembering the accomplishment of your goals. It is written as if the goals, dreams and desires have already been accomplished. Send me eight goals you have for your health, your family, your business, or work life, plus any comments you want to add and I will write you a poem as if you are looking back on your life and you have already accomplished your dreams. Share with me what you want, your goals, dreams, desires as well as what you have tried that has helped and what seems to be stopping you from success. I will need this information at least one month before I email you the poem. Five Poems on a Topic of Your Choosing ($25) 100 available I will write 5 poems on any topic of your choosing. I can also write your prose stories into poems. This can be added on to the Found poetry package for authors, the Ekphrastic poetry package for artists, the B'nai Mitzvah package or can be a 5 poem stand alone package as a gift for a loved one or family member. Tell me a story and I will write it into a poem. See an example at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace-project/category/wild-writing This can also be chosen more than once, if you wanted 20 or 30 or more poems for a special occasion. Signed Copy of Three of My Books ($30) (Plus $10 for S&H in US, $30 for S&H anywhere in the world.) 200 copies available. I will send a signed copy of one of my books (your choice) including *Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind (Peace in 10,000 World Languages with Visualizations and Brain Health Exercises) https://amzn.to/4cueukk *Parkinson's Alternatives: Walk Better, Sleep Deeper and Move Consciously; Solutions from Nature's Sensational Medicine https://amzn.to/4c7w0eq *The Red Sunflower Diaries: Why Everyone Should Garden and Share Seeds https://amzn.to/4c9p3ti *Heschel and King Marching to Montgomery A Jewish Guide to Judeo-Tamarian Imagery https://amzn.to/4ewuWT1 *Trees, Healing, and You: Poems, Stories, & Other Empowering Tools https://amzn.to/3RAI5Ri *A Woman's Place in the Dictionary: A Collection of Dictionary Poems https://amzn.to/3RJfxVB *Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers https://amzn.to/3xtPH0W *Search for the Magical Multilingual Frog: A Tale of Ribbit in 50 Languages https://amzn.to/4ewXZpB Plus one poetry book or anthology of my choosing AND a copy of the mini book, Our Fractal Nature, A Journey of Self-Discovery and Connection, Psychology Meets Science https://amzn.to/4blnur0 90 min Presentation on Gender Binary and LGBTQ ($90) 5 available This can be a conversation with one or more people or a presentation to a book group or other kind of community on the impact of changing gender norms, the attempts to legislate love and the LGBTQ community as illustrated by my experience as a butch lesbian with a trans stepson. I am also happy to talk about my book of poetry, Live Like Someone Left the Gate Open. https://amzn.to/3XTt1Cj . This chronicles my story of coming out as a lesbian, leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and later converting to Judaism and marrying a woman rabbi. I am currently working on a memoir entitled, Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community. This book contains both prose and poetry. 90 Minute Presentation on The Peace Project ($90) 5 available The Peace Project is a search for the word for peace in every language in the word. I currently have found about the word for peace, paix, heping, damai, k'e, vrede, etc. in about 5000 languages. I have written over 1000 poems about the nuanced differences in meaning, dictionary poems which look at the words before and after the word for peace in different languages as well as synonyms and homonyms for peace. In some languages the word for peace is also translated: cool liver, soft heart, quiet, legible, my heart sings, sitting down in the heart and many more. I am happy to discuss this with individuals, book groups, linguists or any community. A Cento Poem for Poets ($100) 20 available Offer for poets and authors, I will write a cento poem from your published poetry book or up to 25 unpublished poems. This cento can be used for marketing and on social media. A cento is a specialized found poem where one line is taken from each poem in a collection. See one here created from one line per poet in this anthology. https://amzn.to/3XulSbg See an example below. Plus I will send you an eBook copy of Finding Poetry, How to Write Found Poems and Use Them in Book Marketing. This is a great gift item for a poet. I need to have the title or book copy or collection of poems at least 1 month before delivery. Brain Health Coaching Call ($150) 50 Available 2 Forty minute Brain or Vision Health Coaching Calls I will do two 40 minute brain health coaching call, including discussion of exercises and visualizations from complementary and alternative medicine that can help with Brain Health, Vision, and Chronic Pain. Plus a copy of one of my health related books: *Parkinson's Alternatives: Walk Better, Sleep Deeper and Move Consciously; Solutions from Nature's Sensational Medicine https://amzn.to/4c7w0eq *See Faster, Vision Exercises for Basketball Players: Shoot Precisely, Score More, Dribble Faster, Pass Accurately, and Contribute to Your Team https://amzn.to/3z80azy *See Faster, Vision Exercises for Soccer Players https://amzn.to/4cuK0Pe *Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind https://amzn.to/4cueukk *Trees, Healing, and You: Guided Imagery, Poems, Stories, & Other Empowering Tools https://amzn.to/3RAI5Ri Writing, Poetry or Publishing Coaching ($150) 10 available 2 Forty minute Writing Coaching Call to Work on Your Prose / Poetry I will do two 40 minute zoom or facetime call with you and work with you on your writing, poetry, or publishing projects. I will read and give feedback on up to five pages of text, prose, or poetry via email. Twenty Found Poems from a Published Book ($180) Offer for book lovers and published authors, I will write 20 found poems from your published book which can be used for marketing and on social media. Found poems are written by a poet based on words that already exist in a page of text, such as a book, marketing copy, newsletter, newspaper, or magazine. Visual poetry is a found poem with additional artwork covering the unused words. See examples at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace-project/category/found-poetry Plus I will send you an eBook copy of Finding Poetry, How to Write Found Poems and Use Them in Book Marketing. This is a great gift item for a published author. I need to have the title or book copy at least 1 month before delivery. Twenty Poem Offer for Artists ($180) This is an offer for artists, photographers, and sculptors, I will write 20 ekphrastic poems based on your artwork which can be used for marketing and on social media. Ekphrastic poems are poems written in response to artwork, paintings, sculptures, photographs, etc. See examples at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace-project/category/ekphrastic-poetry (see an example below) Plus I will send you an ebook copy of Using Ekphrastic Fiction Writing and Poetry to Create Interest and Promote Artists, Writers, and Poets https://amzn.to/4eDmd1h This is a great gift for the artist in your life. Twenty Poems for a B'Nai Mitzvah Torah Portion ($200) 10 available Great gift for B'nai Mitzvah students and their families. I will write 20 poems from your B'nai Mitzvah portion, your drash, or Torah topic of your choosing. See Achrei Mot-Kedoshim https://amzn.to/3xsnGqE (use the read a sample feature to see some of the poetry); Metzora https://amzn.to/3KTILgy; Pekudei https://amzn.to/3KVEFEP or any other Torah Portion. Plus I will send you a copy of Heschel and King Marching to Montgomery A Jewish Guide to Judeo-Tamarian Imagery (Fiction: Star Trek Meets Judaism) https://amzn.to/4ewuWT1 This is a fun gift for a B'nai Mitzvah or their family or for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah anniversary gift. I need to have the Torah portion and details you would like included at least 2 months before delivery. Customized Children's Book ($500) 3 available for 2024 I will publish a Children's Story Featuring Your Grandchildren's Names and interests. I will write and publish a short adventure children's book on the topic of your choosing and include the names of your grandchildren as characters in the book. Plus a signed copy of Search for the Magical Multilingual Frog: A Tale of Ribbit in 50 Languages see it at https://amzn.to/4ewXZpB . You provide the names of characters and overall topic and I will write a story and publish it and send you two copies. Your Book Published on Amazon in Print and eBook format 2025 ($850) 3 available for 2024 Book Publishing Package on Amazon (Print & eBook) Your Book Published on Amazon in 2024-2025 I will publish your book of poetry on Amazon for you as a print book and ebook (250 pages or less) I will set up accounts for you so that all future royalties go to you. Copyright will remain with you. This offer includes working with you on cover design, book interior from a WORD document, layout, and marketing. See books I have published for myself and others at https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace-project/category/book-publishing-tips Here are three books I have published lately: Eyes in the Back of Your Head, A Toolbox of Exceptional Classroom Management Strategies by Larry F. Gregory and Marcie Belgard. https://amzn.to/44twzuz Keys of My Life: A Memoir by Carla Olman Peperzak https://amzn.to/4bqmBNO (I am currently working on a second book for Carla Peperzak.) Take Your Cookies When They’re Passed https://amzn.to/3VNAS1t Co-Authored Non-Fiction Book ($850) 3 available I am happy to co-author a non-fiction book for an adult, teenagers, or a child. A published book makes a great item on a college application along with the knowledge of all of what goes into writing and publishing a book. I will teach my co-author how to take a WORD document and turn it into a book. Includes a copy of Write a Book in a Year: A Publishing Class for Children Age 10-15 https://amzn.to/3RLnx8s and My Book: Self-Publishing, a Guided Journal, Write Your Memoir Today https://amzn.to/4cGM06Z Free Gift $0 First 50 Requests Free Gift: Please share this post and contact me at [email protected] for an inspirational "Remembering the Future Poem." Please send me 8 goals, what you have tried, what has worked. I will write you a poem written in the future present as if you have accomplished the goals already. This is an energy medicine approach to health. Your brain and body hear that the goals have been accomplished and finds a way to do it. (see above).
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I do consulting and give publishing help to other writers I charge $100 for an hour consultation where we set up the formatting of your book and get you started on the self-publishing journey. Here are several things to do ahead of time and then we can spend 40 minutes on zoom to finish setting up. You can share your screen and I can walk you through it. Please read through this whole list and do as much as you can ahead of time. Once you have done the "do before our call" things we can set up a call. Publishing Account Set Up 1a. DO BEFORE OUR CALL: Go to https://kdpreports.amazon.com and set up your account (just open it nothing more unless you want to look around. All you need to do is enter your email and password for Amazon. It is the same one you use to buy things on Amazon (all Amazon related accounts - see below also use the same email and password combination. They will probably send you an email that you have to confirm that it is you but it is pretty straightforward. This is your publishing account. 1b. ON OUR CALL: We will set up how you get paid. Make sure you have the bank account number where you want your royalties deposited. Make sure you have your social Security Number or whatever number the US government needs to know about taxes. TITLE and ISBN 2a. DB: Make sure you know the exact title and subtitle you want. Think about your ISBN number and what you want. Do you have the one from a store or program?, Do you want to use Amazon's free one? Do you want to use another one. This has to be decided before our call. Message me if there are any questions. The advantage of using your own (paid for or from a publishing house) ISBN number is that you can go on to publish on other platforms but that is only an advantage if you think you will. Otherwise the free one is good. 2b. OOC: we need this number to proceed. Once the title has been associated with an ISBN number it CAN NOT be changed. KEY WORDS 3a. DB: Think about what key words and 3 book categories you want your book in. 3b. Add keywords and book categories. BASIC BOOK FORMATTING 4a. DO BEFORE: Formating the book. Decide what size you want your book to be. 9x6 is a common size. Look at your bookshelf and see what you like and what you want. The advantage of using a standard size (there are 10-15 standard sizes) is what markets your book can go into. Meaning if you have an odd custom size you will not have as big a market place. 4b. ON OUR CALL or BEFORE: Format your book in WORD to the size you want it. The page size is the finished size with .8-1 inch margins., full justification and a2-3 space tab for indenting paragraphs. If you can do the table of contents, page numbers, etc before our call that is great otherwise I can walk you through it. BASIC COVER DESIGN 5a. DB: Cover design - decide what you want on the cover have any good quality photos you plan to use in jpg format or if you or someone else has designed the cover have the front cover in jpg format and the entire cover in a PDF file. In order to do the pdf file you need to know the book size. We can play with this as we go and you can make changes and adjustments in the future. Decide what you want on the back cover (back cover copy) and what colors you want. 5b. OOC Cover: design the cover in the account with Amazon's software. This can be a mock up that can be changed in the future. PDF BOOK FILES for PRINT BOOK 6. OOC: Upload the pdf book file for the print book and look through it on Amazon's program, which is very cool. Download the proof copy for the print book. (Do you know how to make a pdf from a WORD document? We will do this before uploading. WORD FILES for eBook 7. OOC: Upload the WORD book file for the eBook and look through it on Amazon's program. It is like reading it on a kindle device. ADUSTMENTS 8. OOC: make any changes and adjustments that we need and make sure you know how to make changes and adjustments. It is unlikely that everything will go smoothly but this is the process. I hope by the end of the 40 minutes that you will know everything you need. PRICE 9a. DB: Price: decide what price you want your book to be. Amazon will tell us what the lowest price can be. you decide the retail price. Amazon will tell you how much it costs to print and what your royalties per book will be. eBook should be between $2.99 - $9.99 Look at comparables for ideas. PROOF COPY 9b. OOC: we can order a proof copy of the print book. (Again this always takes longer but under ideal circumstances we may be able to do this. This cost of the printed proof copy (which looks just like the regular final book but with a line across it that says not for resale) should cost $5-10 that you can buy through your Amazon account. (This is the only cost in the entire process.) AUTHOR'S PAGE
10. Once the ebook or print book or if you are already published in another book, you can set up your author's page at https://author.amazon.com Look at and follow my page at https://amzn.to/49R671e Think about what pictures, bio information etc that you want to put on your author's page. (This is also free of charge.) REVIEWER'S PROFILE 11. Also you can see my buyer / review profile here and make sure your own is set up with the title of your book and bio. This makes it so everytime you review a book or product your name and book title shows up on the review. https://amzn.to/3VfE6fh This you can do anytime because anyone who buys and reviews things on Amazon can do this. 12. Anyone can also set up an affiliate account where when someone buys a book from your link on social media or your website, etc. you get a tiny commision. https://affiliate-program.amazon.com MARKETING 13. Have different size bios and blurbs about the book with a link to Amazon. 14. Consider a free eBook day to publicize on social media. 15. Consider book blogs where bloggers or podcasters do book reviews and or interviews with the author. Write out 5-10 questions that you would like to answer about your book, book writing process or reading. Write out the questions and answers. 16. Talk to your local library, used bookstores and new bookstores about whether they carry or have a local authors section. Growing up Mormon and Queer, a Poetry Prompt Project by Kimberly Burnham Contact Kimberly Burnham at [email protected] if you are a poet interested in participating in this book project / anthology. We are planning to publish early in 2025 with poems from poets who grew up Mormon and Queer, Gay, Lesbian, or part of the LGBTQ community. It will be in a journal format with poems and prompts on the left hand side pages and room on the right hand side pages for the reader to write their own poetry, ideas, personal essays, etc. Submissions close November 1, 2024. There is no cost or payment to participants in this project. The books will be available as eBooks and print books on Amazon at a reasonable price. Editor: Kimberly Burnham A brain health expert (PhD in Integrative Medicine), Kimberly Burnham grew up in tropical Colombia; Belgium during the Vietnam War; Japan teaching businessmen English; and diverse international Toronto. Now, in Spokane, Washington, Kimberly speaks extensively on peace and brain health. She is the author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and The Red Sunflower Diaries, Why Everyone Should Garden and Share Seeds, a fictional story where people trade seeds making the world a more beautiful and just place. Her current book project is Mistaken for a Man, a Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community. This is also the topic of her One Woman Show. Kimberly's first memoir, Live Like Someone left The Gate Open is a poetic journey from growing up a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, coming out as a lesbian and converting the Judaism. Follow her at https://amzn.to/3RLeMvY See some of her poetry at Trish Hopkinson https://trishhopkinson.com/tag/kimberly-burnham/
Peace Can Be A Flower by Kimberly Burnham
(after Patrick Ramsay) Peace can be a flower nurtured and grown from a tiny seed sprouting for any chance, any opening a blue sea holly with thorns and beauty, a white and yellow daisy blooming in the mid summer, a rare orchid fragile and exquisite, or a Jerusalem artichoke unaptly named waiting till all hope has been given up then blooming and turning its head to the late fall sun All are trying to gather the light and water nourishing themselves from a patch of earth before the winter snow comes or the burning heat, both extremes will destroy Peace doesn't care who is watching as it shows it's beautiful and colors for everyone not just you or me, it doesn't care if we like each other or suspect what the bees know of peace as they gather pollen storing it away for a day without Peace can show up wedged between two rocks, in a crack in the sidewalk, or hidden under rubble, on a mountain top carried there by an eagle or a vulture, found in stillness and in a pride parade It must be sought out and recognized like a flower that some would say is a weed Using the jump off line, “Grief can show up …,” from Grief Can Be a Flower by Patrick Ramsey. Eliza Segiet (Poland) Eliza Segiet graduated with a Master's Degree in Philosophy at Jagiellonian University., Laureate Naji Naaman Literary Prize 2020, International Award Paragon of Hope (2020), Finalist Golden Aster Book World Literary Prize 2020, Mili Dueli 2022. Award - World Poets Association (2023). Laureate Between words and infinity “International Literary Award (2023). 
Dorota Stępińska, Translator
Dorota Stępinska, MA, is a graduate of the English Philology Department at the University of Lodz, majoring in American literature. She is a lecturer, translator, and interpreter of English, Polish and Spanish. She has worked for many institutions and universities in Poland and the United Kingdom. “The Will to Survive” is translated by Dorota Stępińska. New Day’s Peace A new start put on yesterday's clothes make sure there are food options for the kids and they can get to school then make time for yourself to really start the day a new a hot shower with peppermint shampoo filling the bathroom with minty steam a cup of fresh tea a walk outside to gather the mint leaves do one tidying project in the garage one day it will be fully organized ignore anything but this one short project you choose to do it won't all get done today that is okay it is where you are in this process shedding the years of accumulation Sit down at the computer delete emails for spam or even amazing programs that if you had time you would do but you can't do everything so thin out the demands for your attention find that one prompt that one thing you want to jump off from to write the feelings allowing them to bubble up the key to starting fresh to going into the day in a new way get rid of stuff and emotions binding you to the past let go of the pain remind yourself of the joy let the memories flow unencumbered by fears you have carried too long tuck this joy back on the shelf in a corner of your mind where it will be when you need it backing you up freeing you and walk into the rest of this new day Wild Writing May 29, 2024 using the jump off line, “How to start over or how to be where you are…,” from How to Start Over by Maya Stein Kimberly Burnham is an award winning poet, member of the Wild Writing Family, Inner Child Press Poetry Posse, and published in many books and poetry anthologies. She does individual work with poets, writers, memoirists and offers publishing help and book group readings. Contact her at [email protected] Follow her on Amazon https://amzn.to/3VUgQUm
 Poets and Contributors Forward by Kimberly Burnham Being Human doesn’t feel as easy a task as it use to be in this world of ours. Being Human, what does it mean? Does it mean inhabiting a body, a physical body that interacts with other humans? Does it mean the heart that beats within us and what we feel and believe in our hearts? Does our humanity reside in our heart, liver, brain or in our hands as we reach out to one another trying to understand and communicate. Is it the way we treat our children and the children of those we call others? Is part of being human that we take a positive view of the world around us or that we see the pain and suffering and try to do something about it or is it something in between? Human being, is it a responsibility to act in a certain way, feel in a certain way, or can we decide how we feel and what we believe? Is it an honor, a right or something else? Does humanity depend on gender, nationality, culture, or age? What brings our humanity to the forefront? It turns out that reading through the selection of poems in this anthology, Being Human .a poetic plea for humanity, one realizes how differently poets interpret this call for poetry and expression. We each see being human as a mix of physical actions, thoughts, and feelings. At Inner Child Press, we hope that this volume of poetry brings comfort and hope as well as spurring each of us to action to make the world an easier and better place to be human. Kimberly Burnham Kimberly Burnham, Ph.D. (Integrative Medicine), author of The Red Sunflower Diaries, Why Everyone Should Garden and Share Seeds and Awakenings, Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, A Daily Brain Health Program. Follow her at https://amzn.to/30hchpr A brain health expert (PhD in Integrative Medicine), Kimberly Burnham grew up in tropical Colombia; Belgium during the Vietnam War; Japan teaching businessmen English; and diverse international Toronto. Now, in Spokane, Washington, Kimberly speaks extensively on peace and brain health. She is the author of Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program and The Red Sunflower Diaries, Why Everyone Should Garden and Share Seeds, a fictional story where people trade seeds making the world a more beautiful and just place. Her current book project is Mistaken for a Man, a Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community. This is also the topic of her One Woman Show. Kimberly's first memoir, Live Like Someone Left The Gate Open, a poetic journey from growing up a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, coming out as a lesbian and converting the Judaism. Follow her at https://amzn.to/3RLeMvY Contact her at [email protected] Conscious Poets
Neha Bhandarkar (Nagpur, India) Wanda Dewdrops (Kenya) Maurice J. Ades (Washington, USA) Angela Kosta (Italy) Dibran Fylli (Kosovo) Ndue Dragusha Hussein Habasch (Kurdistan) Petrouchka Alexieva Deepti Shakya (India) Silvia Steliana Natasha (Italy) Gail Wasserman (California, USA) Solomon C. Jatta (Gambia) Krishti Khandelwal (India) Kimberly Burnham (Washington, USA) Tapas Dey Kathy Figueroa (Canada) Csp Shrivastava (Bengaluru, India) Ubaidullo Sanginov (Tajikistan) Errol D. Bean (Jamaica) Nour Elhouda Guerbaz (Algeria) Kiff Joshua Binod Dawadi (Kathmandu, Nepal) Maxine A. Moncrieffe Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana (India) Til Kumari Sharma (Nepal) Tamikio L. Dooley Awatef El Idrissi Boukhris (Morocco) Christeen Saparamadu Debdoot Mukherjee Khalice Jade (Algeria) Zaneta Varnado Johns (Colorado, USA) Kay Salady (USA) Alshaad Kara (Mauritius) Simeon Elvis Dumle Ahmed Zaki Trabelsi (Lebanon) Munira Ahmed (Syria) Ben Mossa Yasser (Algeria) Marlon Salem Gruezo Bondroff (Philippines / USA) Himanshu Bhushan Jena (Odisha, India) Rohit Kumar Dash (Bargarh, Odisha, India) Kapardeli Eftichia Dr. Navin Kumar Upadhyay (India) Taghrid Bou Merhi (Lebanon / Brazil) Tyran Prizren Spahiu (Kosova) Eliza Segiet (Poland) Chidiebere Ifemembi Membis (Nigeria) Hilda Kalap Irina Tall Novikova Akleema Ali (Trinidad & Tobago) Mark Nwagwu (Nigeria) William Warigon (Nigeria) Shweta Aggarwal Rohini Behera (India) Reneé Drummond-Brown (USA) Swayam Prashant (Odisha, India) Nandita De nee Chatterjee Anita C Powell Faleeha Hassan (Iraq, USA) Hussein Nasser Jabr Venz Hufalar (Philippines) Joseph Mwangi Macharia (Kenya) Smruti Ranjan Mohanty (India) Teodozja Świderska (Poland) Adila Katia (Algeria) Bhaskaranand Jha Bhaskar Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo (The Philippines) Johny Takkedasila (India) Rosemary Hurwitz MA.PS Mark Andrew Heathcote (Manchester, UK) Jadranka Bjedov Ibrahim Honjo (Canada) Tzemin Ition Tsai (Taiwan) Irena Jovanović (Zajećar, Serbia, Europe) Sibangi Bhukta (India) Habiba Ghareeb (Algeria) Juhayna Karim Korban Ali Al-Dalawi (Iraq) Alicja Maria Kuberska (Poland) Francesco Favetta (Sicilia, Italia) Gail Weston Shazor (USA) Mary Anne Zammit (Malta) Rajmonda Qose Shkopi Noreen Ann Snyder (USA) Shirley Smothers Dimitris P. Kraniotis (Greece) Alessandro Inghilterra (Genoa, Italy) Heather Parker Gregoire Marshall Victoria Fătu Nalatiu (Romania) Mohamed Abdel Aziz Shmeis (Egypt) Cherry Natural (Jamaica) Valerie Ames (USA) Willow Rose (USA) hülya n. yılmaz William S. Peters, Sr.  Wanda Dewdrops is a Kenyan born citizen. He is 30 years old. Graduate in Bachelor of science in Agricultural Education and Extension. Wanda is an Award-Winning Poet with many local, international and global recognition and live interviews. A published Poet, author of The Voice from A Wounded Heart, he is a teacher of Biology and Agriculture, Writer, motivational speaker, Counselor, Therapist, mentor, Husband, and a Father. Passionate about writing, reading, and playing volleyball.
 Angela Kosta was born in Albany but since 1995, she has been living in Italy. Angela is an academic writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator, and journalist.
 Neha Bhandarkar is a widely published Iconic Marathi and Hindi Poet of India, embellished with numerous national and international awards for her consummate literary skill mused about in her writings. She is a trilingual, genuine translator. She is the published author of 16 books in various 3 languages. She has been honored by many reputed global literary institutions working in India and abroad like Philippines, Nepal, Albania, Kyrgyzstan etc. Her poems have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages.
 Ndue Dragusha was born on September 29, 1953 in the village of Dragusha, on the outskirts of Lezha (Albania). Since 1998 Ndue has been the Director of the newspaper "LISSABA", a literary-artistic newspaper, which has traveled around and off our continent. Ndue Dragusha started writing when he was in high school, where he was also very active in artistic and cultural activities.
Ms. Petrouchka Alexieva is a well-known distinguished scholar and TV persona. She is a “All American Scholar Award“- recipient (2008). Her name was included 3 times among the most distinguished Earth’s citizens list of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (2003) capsule, Science Laboratory Rover (2011) list and “Message on the Bottle” NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft.
 Deepti Shakya, an Indian poetess has contributed to many International Anthologies with her poems. She was awarded with "Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Literary Honour 2022" & "The Christmas Literary Honors 2023" by Motivational Strips and Alexander Pushkin - W. B. Yeats International Literary Award by Noel Lorenz House Of Fiction in 2022. Deepti Shakya hails from Uttar Pradesh, India. She started writing poetry in 2021. She is a co-author of 14 international English Anthologies and 3 national anthologies in Hindi. Her poems have been published in many international magazines. She has received several accolades from various prestigious international literary platforms. She was chosen for Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Literary Honour 2022 by Motivational Strips jointly with Department of Culture, Government of Seychelles and its journal SIPAY. Institución Cultural Colombiana Casa Poética, Magia y Plumas has conferred An Honorary Doctorate (DOCTOR HONORIS CAUSA EN LITERATURA LATINOAMERICANA) in the field of English Literature to Deepti Shakya for her contribution through Poetry on 25 May, 2022. She is also fond of painting, cooking, flowers - making, knitting and crocheting.
 Maurice Ades has been a professional engineer for more than 40 years. He has also been an adjunct professor at various colleges. He has published more than 140 scientific and research publications. He specializes in modeling, simulation, and other research applications and has been doing so for 30 years. He has written and published three books: The Edge of Innocence, Modeling and Simulation of Human Behavior, and Thoughts on a Successful Life. Maurice received his PhD in Engineering and an MBA in Management/Finance. His hobbies include art, sports, science, music, reading, and writing.
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