There Is A Woman

There is a woman

lovely in her bones

She does not see.

Jessan Dunn Otis (c) 2022

Washed In The Water

I’ve been washed in the water

Baptised into another life

You restore my soul

You rejuvenate my spirit

You lead me to still places, even

in the presence of turmoil and

terror

As safe harbor in a storm

Let me drop anchor and hold strong

against torment-tossed winds

I’ve been washed in the water

true home

Welcome me back when all this is done.

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Jessan Dunn Otis (c) 2022

What do you leave for this world?

What’s the legacy you leave for this world when your time on this earth as a breathing, living human being is done?

Did you love enough? Were you kind enough? Did you give it your best effort each day? Did you, in James Taylor’s song, “…shower the people you love with love…”? Did you overcome your fears? Did you give all to what you do best? Did you take care of yourself (not selfsih), so you could better take care of those who needed it? Did you hold the door for the one behind you? Did you give a stranger a hug when they needed it? Are you grateful for the gifts you’ve been give – like waking up each day to give it your best, again?

Or, did you give up, give over, slip down that slippery slope of anxiety, selfishness, hate, bigotry, and loathing? Did you tell a story about someone or something when you only knew less than half the whole story? Did you knee-jerk respond to someone you care for when a moment to step back would have stopped the words that you can never take back? Did you forget that your life is worth living?

It’s always a matter of deciding to do this rather than that. To say, or not say, something. It’s always a choice. Every day, it’s always a choice.

What’s your legacy?

What’s your pain point?

PAIN POINT: Your site needs clear, concise, compelling content/copy to tell your unique story.

SOLUTION: Contact me. I’ve been creating original content, collaterals, and/or readables since May, 1996, as a freelance, independent, strategic writer, for individuals and businesses with well-funded projects.

Reach out.

Send an email. JessanDunnOtis[at]gmail[.]com.

Let’s have a conversation. (401)301-0638.

I look forward to earning your trust and collaborating with you.

~ Jessan

JETTY – poem

At moon high tide

I run off the end of the silvered dock

Phosphorous confounds inverted eyes

wanting to grasp something more

than air can offer

to sustain this body sinking

into black mollusk mud

and transparent jelly fish.

(c) 1985 – Jessan Dunn (DeCredico) Otis

GREAT AUNT JESSIE – poem

, or we don’t talk to the ones

who

know and survive

          It is past time

          to call you back again

          The old ones are dead

Like water bright

in the eye

           The brush of memory is too wide

           And the surface is shimmered and wrong

Long afternoons listening

to the old woman about 

her old women

           The algae of remembering obscures

Again and again.

Jessan Dunn (DeCredico) Otis  © 1985

Welcome to Rhode Island Writer’s Harvest

Welcome to Rhode Island Writer’s Harvest (RIWH). This initiative was launched on May 21, 2021. This CALL TO ACTION is an open invitation to all Rhode Island writers (all genres), readers, and supporters. Please follow the link below to read, review, and join me in this community of Rhode Island writers and those who want to give back to help end hunger in Rhode Island. Thank you to Steve Maciel and Billy Shore – many blessings.

Thank you,

Jessan

Jessan Dunn Otis

Founder|Director

Rhode Island Writer’s Harvest (RIWH)

https://rhodeislandwritersharvest.wordpress.com/

Walk with love…

#Rise_and_Shine

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Welcome to #Sunday, July 31, 2022 / Walk with beauty. Walk with peace. Walk with joy. Walk with happiness. Walk with grace. Walk with foregiveness. Walk with humility. Walk in this world with your whole self – each day. Walk with love. Amen.

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OPEN MESSAGE TO ALL CANDIDATES

OPEN MESSAGE TO ALL CANDIDATES VYING FOR A POLITICAL OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES

Please end all negative advertising, backbiting, innuendo, sound bite editing and all other snarky positioning.

Who are you? For what do you stand? What are your credentials? What are your aspirations for your desired office? What good do you hope to do for your community if elected? All else is chatter, noise and distraction.

We deserve better than this; and, you should aspire to be better than that.

Thank you, in advance, for your considerations and compliance.

Kindest Regards,

Jessan Dunn Otis

Registered Voter

“The more I think I know,…

“The more I think I know, the more I know what I don’t know.”

@JessanDunnOtis #Writer