Peace Poetry & Brain Health Exercises Daily Words

Self-Care and Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) Exercises

8/11/2024

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* Vision Exercises
Blinking Exercises

* Brain Health
Parkinson's Disease Self-Care

* Connective Tissue Exercises
Ehlers-Danlos

* Digestive Exercises and Advanced Strain and Counterstain for Digestion

* Yoga and Poetry Exercises

Forest Therapy and Forest Bathing

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Vision Exercises and Integrative Manual Therapy Self Care

7/28/2024

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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

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A Woman's Place is in the White House

7/21/2024

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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).

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Personalized Gifts for Poets, Artists, and Writers

7/21/2024

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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).

Found Visual Poetry

Co-Authored Book with Yair Malino-Goldstein on Feeding his bearded dragon from the garden.

Cento Poetry

This Cento and the entire poetry anthology for Armchair Anthology can be found at https://www.innerchildpress.com/anthology-free-downloads.php

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Self-Publishing Help

7/20/2024

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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.)

Write a Book in a Year: A Publishing Class for Children Age 10-15

My Book: Self-Publishing, a Guided Journal: Write Your Memoir Today

Heschel and King Marching to Montgomery A Jewish Guide to Judeo-Tamarian Imagery

The Red Sunflower Diaries: Why Everyone Should Garden and Share Seeds

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.

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Growing Up Mormon and Queer Anthology Submissions Open

7/1/2024

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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/

A Sip of Green Tea by Kimberly Burnham

I am here!
swirling a steaming cup
tiny green tea waves soon impact
the very core of my being

I contemplate this cup
with cherry blossom designs
a gold ring around the top
a “Made in Japan” sticker
still on the bottom
a gift from a friend
twenty-five years ago

Mormons don’t drink tea
coffee, alcohol, or smoke tobacco
consciously I break
this childhood religious rule

A lot has changed
I have a girlfriend, now
am an integrative medicine practitioner
Today, I have created a ritual
a healthy green tea ceremony
old codes no longer makes sense
do more harm than good
to my liver and my psyche

These days I no longer ask myself
“Is it true or Is it real?”
I ask, “Is it useful?”
this no drinking green tea
out of a fear of going to hell
but more than that

I must, as the Sufis say
kill off my ego

There is a part of me
that judges my self
and others by how strictly we observe

I feel separate
better than
because I live by a dietary code
today, I have to let go
of a piece of self-righteousness
in order to drink this green tea

Seeing the good in myself
AND others
I take that first sip
warming my soul
with a cup of steaming green tea

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.

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Eliza Segiet, Poet, Poland

6/23/2024

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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.

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New Day's Peace Poetry by Kimberly Burnham

6/18/2024

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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

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Being Human, a Poetic Plea for a Better Humanity, an Anthology from Kimberly Burnham and Inner Child Press

5/28/2024

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Being Human: a poetic plea for a better humanity (May 27, 2024) by The Conscious Poets (Author), Yuffie Yuliana (Illustrator), inner child press ltd. (Illustrator), Kimberly Burnham Ph.D. (Contributor), hülya n. yılmaz, Ph.D. (Contributor), william s. peters sr. (Contributor) Paperback copies available on Amazon https://amzn.to/3zZgnaA free eBook download at Inner Child Press https://www.innerchildpress.com/anthology-free-downloads.php

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.

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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)
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Wanda Dewdrops Poet Kenya

5/27/2024

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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.

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Angela Kosta (Italy)

5/27/2024

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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.

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Neha Bhandarkar, Poet, Nagpur, India

5/27/2024

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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.

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Ndue Dragusha Poet Albania

5/27/2024

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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.

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Petrouchka Alexieva Poet

5/27/2024

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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.

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Deepti Shakya Poet India

5/27/2024

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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.

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Maurice J. Ades Poet Richland, Washington, USA

5/27/2024

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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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Dibran Fylli Poet Kosovo

5/27/2024

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Dibran Fylli was born in Kosovo. He is a director, actor, poet, writer, Academician, Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious international magazine Orfeu. Dibran Fylli has won many awards. He fought with (UCK), the Army for the liberation of Kosovo from the Serbs. He was seriously injured. He wrote the book translated into 9 languages for the Great Martyr Commander of the UCK Adem Jashari. Dibran Fylli has made many films as a director and actor.

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Hussein Habasch Poet Kurdistan

5/27/2024

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Hussein Habasch is a poet from Afrin, Kurdistan. His poems have been translated into many languages and published in many international anthologies. He participated in international festivals of poetry including: Colombia, Nicaragua, France, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Germany, Romania, Lithuania, Morocco, Ecuador, El Salvador, Kosovo, Macedonia, Costa Rica, Slovenia, China, Taiwan, Cuba, Sweden, New York City, Sarajevo, Greece, Albania, and Cyprus.

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Poetry: Tal Shavit A Good Day

5/1/2024

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A Good Day by Tal Shavit

Poetry https://jewishlouisville.org/dvar-torah-voices-of-israel/
Poetry https://theicenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Good-Day.pdf

Tal Shavit is a writer, lover and traveler. She is a serial social entrepreneur, co-founding various startups and NGOs, in the realms of female leadership, education, technological art, health and impact tech. She was previously the director of the nonprofit Seeds of Peace in Israel, working for over a decade to support efforts towards finding a solution to the conflict in the region. She currently works with executive teams and individuals on Heart Centered Living and Intuitive Decision making. Tal is a practitioner and teacher of Yogic Sciences and Meditation, choosing again and again, to live life from the heart.

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Defy Definitions LGBTQ Anthology with an Essay by Kimberly Burnham (Mistaken for a Man)

4/17/2024

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Defy Definitions LGBTQ anthology published April 17, 2024 by (editors) Dr. Khusi Pattanayak & Candice L. Daquin https://amzn.to/3U9rN2a
Cover art by the incredibly talented Aakriti Kuntal

Congratulations to Defy Definitions is a celebration of voices from the margins. It brings together 32 captivating personal essays from across the globe, celebrating the spirit of living, and exploring individual quest for identity and existence from the editors: Dr. Khusi Pattanayak & Candice L. Daquin; Cover art by Aakriti Kuntal; and all the valued contributors: Devereaux Frazier, Ann Doyon, Iris Bakalar, Paromita Mukherjee Ojha, Nina Chari, Sureshika Piyasena, Goutam Saha, Adrija Chatterjee, Kayla Pica Williams, Rondalyn Whitney, Rebecca Huston, Jalpa Sukhanandi, Khwrwmdao Basumatary, Elizabeth Jaeger, Pallavi Deka, Paulo Kellerman, Nancy Dunlop, Aishwariya Laxmi, BA Brittingham, Nimisha Bowry Dhawan, Debasree Basu, Frances Sanchez, Suzette Bishop, Maria DArcy, Didi Artier, Belinda Roman, Kimberly Burnham https://amzn.to/44qN6Rm, Susan M. Conway, Ronnie Jameson, Vanessa Rowan Whitfield, Selene Crosier, Pallavi Deka, Sureshika Piyasena, Jennifer L. Gibaldi. https://amzn.to/3U9rN2a

This book is a celebration of voices from the margins. It brings together 32 captivating personal essays from across the globe, celebrating the spirit of living, and exploring individual quest for identity and existence. The narratives in this collection transcends geographical boundaries, and reminds us how several factors, such as social environment, history, culture, and gender plays a significant role in shaping and defining an individual's preference for adopting an alternative life choice. Defy Definitions chronicles the personal battles conquered and offers a nuanced examination of triumphs and tribulations that embodies courage, resilience, and the need to remain ever faithful to one's own true self. As the 32 voices intertwine in this book the collective narrative emerges as a powerful force challenging the very foundations of conventions and norms. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the anthology, the book will appeal to a wider readership especially those interested in gender studies, cultural studies, sociology, human rights studies, and literature.

BLACK EAGLE BOOKS are very proud to announce Defy Definitions is now available worldwide.

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