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Gymnastics Part 2: Training
I’ve heard it said that really knowing yourself is only possible when you strip away every label, activity, job, title and any other...
Kayleen
Oct 1, 202010 min read


Gymnastics: Part 1
I trained and competed in gymnastics for over 16 years and have only written about it twice. Both essays were short. When I say trained,...
Kayleen
Jul 7, 20202 min read


I Don't Love My Pregnant Body
Admitting this causes people to look at you as some blasphemous anti-woman who goes around slapping rosy-cheeked cherubs for sport.
Kayleen
Jun 25, 20208 min read


A Mother Makes A Poet
We can't wait for a room of our own or money before we write.
Kayleen
May 19, 202010 min read


On Loneliness
Listen to people, sit with them. Let this be our go-to remedy.
Kayleen
May 1, 20205 min read


A Letter To My Mother // Virtual Workshop
Whether she is alive, passed on, your best friend or the reason you padlock your doors, we all have a mom. What a crappy month to start a...
Kayleen
Apr 15, 20203 min read


Wedding Vows
Remember, wedding vow writing + support is one of the fabulous services that I offer!
Kayleen
Feb 13, 20203 min read


Starving for Connection
Can we dropkick the shortsighted "diagnosis" that eating disorders are all about control?
Kayleen
Feb 7, 20209 min read


Poor Connection
"It is far harder to kill a phantom than reality." - Virginia Wolf
Kayleen
Oct 25, 20194 min read


Surrender to Joy
You are not weak if you give in to joy. You will not be forgotten if you leave your past behind.
Kayleen
Oct 12, 20194 min read


Memoir Poems: Dad
1 Your hair stood up like a spooked cat’s back. Your face was rough and red like the sandpaper you carried in your belt. Your center-...
Kayleen
Sep 24, 20191 min read


Disappearing Act: Cape Cod Writer's Conference Reading
This is a piece I edited and read at the 2013 Cape Cod Writer's Conference. It was a blend of my first piece that I ever wrote about my...
Kayleen
Sep 18, 20197 min read


A Wordsworthian Consolation
How it all started That time is past, And all its aching joys are now no more, And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this Faint I, nor...
Kayleen
Oct 22, 20184 min read
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