Many of you are either not on Facebook or are on Facebook and never see the pictures and other resources posted there. Here are three very different items that were on the Spirit Moxie Facebook page which you may have missed. Enjoy!
Banner found in my local library posted as a preview to the Use Libraries post.
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This provocative poem was written by the teenage daughter of a friend:
I want to paint a picture
using my whole set of paint.
A picture black, white, brown,
purple and green
Of me, you, him and them.
Of trees with flowers.
Of clouds full of rain, ready to
wash away violence and a little of pain.
A picture of lights
shining onto us all
A picture of warm tea
tasting like sweet lavender
A picture of children
picking flowers in the garden
A picture of rainbows
A picture of song
A picture of colors that make the world spin
I want to paint a picture
with laughs and with dreams
My picture will have strangers
who smile on the street
It will have friends who hug us
And pets who are warm
It will have eyes that see beauty
And pianos that sing
pens that write stories
And murals on walls
I want to paint a picture
using my whole set of paint,
using all of the colors,
and none of the hate.
-by Cloey Klinefelter © 2018
Used with permission
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And did you notice that there is now a Bibliography on the website? For now it is just the basics, but we will be expanding it in the next few months.
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Photos by Spirit Moxie — from the top:
Banner in the Main Branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
At the Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort, Vail, Colorado (we think – corrections welcome)