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    Let Me Sit in the Woods: A New Poem
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jul 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Let Me Sit in the Woods: A New Poem

    As published in Short Story Town https://www.shortstorytown.com/ Let Me Sit in the Woods i Let me sit in the woods and stare at trees....
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    Six Things I’ve Learned in My Past Two Years Without My Father
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jun 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Six Things I’ve Learned in My Past Two Years Without My Father

    Nearly two years after my father shrugged off this mortal coil and turned into a butterfly, I am left with a hole where a holiday used to...
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    My Father’s Last Garden
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jun 15, 2021
    • 19 min

    My Father’s Last Garden

    The Seeds a Good Father Plants in His Children Bloom Long After He’s Gone The weekend before Father’s Day in 2019, my brother and I...
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    ​“Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”: Reflections on Resilience A Year Into COVID
    jamesbriankerr
    • Apr 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    ​“Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”: Reflections on Resilience A Year Into COVID

    Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all. - Emily Dickinson...
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    Lessons in Mindfulness: Am I Walking the Dog or Walking the Smartphone?
    jamesbriankerr
    • Apr 18, 2021
    • 4 min

    Lessons in Mindfulness: Am I Walking the Dog or Walking the Smartphone?

    One of the many benefits of owning a dog is the way they hold up a mirror to our human foibles and help us become more aware, awake and...
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    The Angel, the Raven, and the Poison of Self-Doubt
    jamesbriankerr
    • Mar 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Angel, the Raven, and the Poison of Self-Doubt

    Do you have an ugly raven that sits on your shoulder and whispers sweet nothings of negativity and self-doubt into your ear? Has that...
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    The Child Is Father of the Man. Don’t Let Him Die.
    jamesbriankerr
    • Feb 13, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Child Is Father of the Man. Don’t Let Him Die.

    “My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So it was when my life began; So it is now that I am a man; So be it when I shall...
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    Tabula Rasa: A Poem to Childhood
    jamesbriankerr
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Tabula Rasa: A Poem to Childhood

    I’d been reading Locke in my room, trying to sense of it for a paper due, when suddenly the day went dark and a distant rumble drew my...
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    New Poems: "Summer Swallows," "August," "Tabula Rasa"
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jan 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    New Poems: "Summer Swallows," "August," "Tabula Rasa"

    Three of my poems are included in The Poet's Winter 2020 "Childhood" anthology. Here they are: Summer Swallows When the sickle has...
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    Jimmy, Come Out and Play: Releasing Your Inner Child for a Lighter, Happier 2021
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jan 2, 2021
    • 6 min

    Jimmy, Come Out and Play: Releasing Your Inner Child for a Lighter, Happier 2021

    My new year’s resolution for 2021 is a simple one, although it’s going to take a little work and lots of daily reminders to put it in...
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    Thanksgiving, COVID-Style: Giving Thanks in the Year That Wasn’t
    jamesbriankerr
    • Nov 20, 2020
    • 5 min

    Thanksgiving, COVID-Style: Giving Thanks in the Year That Wasn’t

    It’s Thanksgiving next week and I, for one, am not feeling particularly in the holiday spirit. I come from a large family and normally we...
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    Note to Self: Today I Will Not Talk Poorly of You
    jamesbriankerr
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Note to Self: Today I Will Not Talk Poorly of You

    Dear Self, First, an apology. Yesterday I said some pretty mean things to you. It was Monday and I don’t particularly like Mondays, and...
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    Let’s Take a Moment to Thank all the Good Dads out There.
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jun 20, 2020
    • 4 min

    Let’s Take a Moment to Thank all the Good Dads out There.

    Published: Elephant Journal June 20, 2020 You’re not rich. You’re not famous. They don’t see you on television or read about you in their...
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    Getting to Equanimity
    jamesbriankerr
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    Getting to Equanimity

    I was driving to the grocery store the other day and made the mistake of pulling in front of someone who apparently thought she owned the...
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    We are Battling Two Enemies & only One of them is a Virus.
    jamesbriankerr
    • Mar 31, 2020
    • 5 min

    We are Battling Two Enemies & only One of them is a Virus.

    These are dark days for humankind. Published: Elephant Journal March 31, 2020 A dreaded virus has been let out of the bottle and creeps...
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    Wrestling with my (Dying) Father: Lessons on Fatherhood from a Hospice Bed.
    jamesbriankerr
    • Feb 2, 2020
    • 6 min

    Wrestling with my (Dying) Father: Lessons on Fatherhood from a Hospice Bed.

    Published: Elephant Journal February 2, 2020 It was the longest night of my life. A night filled with surreal and phantasmagorical...
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    “What if he’s Turning into a Butterfly?”—Thoughts on Grief as I Witnessed my Father’s Passing.
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    “What if he’s Turning into a Butterfly?”—Thoughts on Grief as I Witnessed my Father’s Passing.

    Published: Elephant Journal January 14, 2020 I sat by my father’s deathbed watching him labor for breath, wondering which one would be...
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    How Losing a Parent Changes You for the Holidays.
    jamesbriankerr
    • Dec 23, 2019
    • 3 min

    How Losing a Parent Changes You for the Holidays.

    Published: Elephant Journal December 23, 2019 It’s your first holiday since losing a parent—and everything is the same and yet different....
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    Letting Go of Painful Emotions
    jamesbriankerr
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    Letting Go of Painful Emotions

    Forty years of dealing with intense and at times turbulent emotions have taught me the importance of letting go. I have a Hamlet mind....
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    Watching the Train of Troubles
    jamesbriankerr
    • Apr 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    Watching the Train of Troubles

    I sit this morning during my meditation watching the train of troubles pass by. Worries about my kids. My parents. My job. Things I need...
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