There is a woman
lovely in her bones
She does not see.
Jessan Dunn Otis (c) 2022
There Is A Woman
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Tag Archives: Rhode Island
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
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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?
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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“The more I think I know,…
“The more I think I know, the more I know what I don’t know.”
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#PUSH – Persist Until Something Happens
If you feel you’ve hit a brick wall, if everyone is telling you you’re being foolish and will never succeed, if you believe your dream is unattainable, if you think you’re the only person in the world that’s ever been [____fill in this blank___], if you can’t find your joy anymore, if the curb looks up to you, if you think you’re too young, if you think you’re too old, if all you seem to be getting is failure, if anyone has ever called you stupid, fat, and/or ugly, if you simply can’t go another step; repeat after me, like a mantra: #PUSH.
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This is just to say… For ARO
This is just to say I’ve left you a bouquet of wildflowers, fresh-picked from our garden, on the table in front of the couch where you, often, sit. You are sleeping. The sun’s up and so am I and the birds and other living things. Continue to breathe easy in the room across the hall. https://pic.twitter.com/is3Bgi1j2O
Love,
~ Jessan
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This was originally posted on @Twitter on June 22, 2022.
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