Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT August 6th 2021

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Our text for this session was the poem One Art by Elizabeth Bishop, available here.

Our prompt for this session was: “Write about lost and found.”

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3 thoughts on “Live Virtual Group Session: 12PM EDT August 6th 2021”

  1. michele348

    About lost and found~~~

    I lost a sense of freedom,
    the freedom to move about without a period of deliberation.
    A loss of seeing a person’s smile, an uplifting sign for me.
    The loss of hugging old friends or new found friends without fear of contracting a deadly disease.
    A loss of acting on the spur of the moment, going where I want to go,
    doing want I want to do.

    But through these losses, I have found something truly amazing…
    that I can endure hardships and move on.
    To accept what can’t be changed,
    and to try my hardest to push limits as far as possible.

    What is life but not for the living?
    Loss is a motivation for finding the gains, the blessings, in one’s life.

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  2. Elizabeth (typing this was challenging so please just go with the content)

    What I lost and found through the pandemic
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    LOST. FOUND
    -relationships. -relationships
    -connection. -connection
    -freedom. -freedom
    -time. -time
    -control. -control
    -opportunity. -opportunity
    -joy. -joy
    -improvisation. -improvisation
    -tranquility. -tranquility
    -independence. -independence
    -dependence -dependence

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  3. Elizabeth (I printed the piece to make it more understandable, I had wanted it in 2 columns side-by-side)

    What I lost and found through the pandemic
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    LOST
    -relationships
    -connection
    -freedom
    -time
    -control
    -opportunity
    -joy
    -improvisation
    -tranquility
    -independence
    -dependence

    FOUND
    -relationships
    -connection
    -freedom
    -time
    -control
    -opportunity
    -joy
    -improvisation
    -tranquility
    -independence
    -dependence

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