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Fighting My Mother’s Battles « The Wingspan Journal
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Writings with love from Rita Wings. Fighting My Mother’s Battles. June 1st, 2011. If as a child I had any pride in my mother’s accomplishment, it was lost in my efforts to wrest the story back from her and change what happened next. When she refused to care, I refused to care about her. I struggled to free myself from her and her pain the way a drowning person would struggle to be free of a millstone tied around the neck. In this as in so many other instances, I simply could not understand nor be...I cou...
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Why I Write « The Wingspan Journal
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Writings with love from Rita Wings. June 14th, 2011. Part of me longs to believe the media myth that we are all nice, middle class, happy. And I’d like to believe this myth’s corollary that, if we’re not all of the above, buying the right products will magically make us so. Why would I want to emerge from such comfort to live raw and exposed? Why would I want to open my eyes to the collapse and corruption around me or feel the agony of those whose lives are twisted in the wreckage? Nobody cares about wha...
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About « The Wingspan Journal
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Writings with love from Rita Wings. Rita Wings is a writer, speaker, and a spiritual/political activist. 3 Responses to “About”. June 7, 2011 at 3:36 am. Thanks for the beneficial short article. I’ve been looking through and loving your site. I’m going to be back again! June 10, 2011 at 12:21 am. June 10, 2011 at 3:47 am. I really like your blog. very nice colors and theme. Did you make this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you? Write your Response here :. Build Your Own Easy Website.
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Writing in the Dark « The Wingspan Journal
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Writings with love from Rita Wings. Writing in the Dark. June 8th, 2011. Aware that at dawn others’ needs will yap and nip. Until fed from the marrow of her bones,. The good woman clutches sleep’s stark comfort. And sets watch against insistent inspiration. By day perhaps she’ll piece midnight remnants. To patch the hollow space beneath her ribs. Tonight I smother such virtues shrill beneath my pillow. And strain for wicked whispers of my forsaken power. Feed You can leave a response. From your own site.
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Memoir « The Wingspan Journal
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Writings with love from Rita Wings. Archive for the ‘Memoir’ Category. Fighting My Mother’s Battles. Wednesday, June 1st, 2011. If as a child I had any pride in my mother’s accomplishment, it was lost in my efforts to wrest the story back from her and change what happened next. (more…). Build Your Own Easy Website.
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Essay « The Wingspan Journal
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Writings with love from Rita Wings. Archive for the ‘Essay’ Category. Tuesday, June 14th, 2011. Part of me longs to believe the media myth that we are all nice, middle class, happy. And I’d like to believe this myth’s corollary that, if we’re not all of the above, buying the right products will magically make us so. Build Your Own Easy Website.
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Poetry « The Wingspan Journal
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Writings with love from Rita Wings. Archive for the ‘Poetry’ Category. Writing in the Dark. Wednesday, June 8th, 2011. Aware that at dawn others’ needs will yap and nip. Until fed from the marrow of her bones,. The good woman clutches sleep’s stark comfort. And sets watch against insistent inspiration. By day perhaps she’ll piece midnight remnants. To patch the hollow space beneath her ribs. Tonight I smother such virtues shrill beneath my pillow. And strain for wicked whispers of my forsaken power.
