Author: Peggy Alaniz

Peggy A Alaniz is a graduate of Naropa University with an MFA in Writing and Poetics, with a BA in History from Hillsdale College. She likes to travel, enjoys food and different types of beverages along with the occasional ghost story. You can find her work published in Crazy Wisdom Journal out of Ann Arbor Michigan as well as in Chicken Soup for the Soul's compilation "My Wacky Wonderful Family."

Seattle

Can you believe it. I go to Seattle, WA the home of Starbucks and the American coffee culture and I get tea. Tea! While I can be found on occasion having a coffee my preferred choice will always be tea. It seems kind of blasphemes to both coffee and tea drinkers. A person should prefer […]

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Chihuly

Breath fire earth crystalized Seized in time Contained within Captured in glass Baroque elegance Illumination of thought Imagination soars Memorizing joy Listen to the divine Art is healing Invigorating tranquility Mends body mind spirit

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Covid Diary

With the end of the national emergency set to take place on May 11, 2023, many things still seem uncertain. I for one still seem like I am emerging from a Covid fog. So, I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on some of the things that happened during this time period. It […]

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Poetry

Living Among The Dead On the altar of life sits 13 candles The lights of souls With 12 other bodies In death I lay in the charnel ground The wind howls and moans One candle remains A rotting corpse for all to see It is mine I wish to cling to life To the life […]

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