Kathryn D'Agostino

Tag: writing

  • Maybe I Should Really Quit Running

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    Originally Posted on January 31st, 2020 It took me fourteen years to turn the cover page and read Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. I could never get past the note to me ‘For Katy, Our dear friend and budding writer.”  Why would you say something so nice? I know you mean well but compliments freeze us in a moment. I…

  • School

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    Originally Posted on February 4th, 2020 I’m supposed to understand and know To repeat and regurgitate While pretending I have ideas of my own. I’m meant to do this and then that But never this and than that. I need to listen and understand, act quickly, make decisions, feel confident, show it off, Be happy…

  • I Went to the Library

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    Originally Posted on February 2nd, 2020 I’m at the library but I’ve already read nine books this year. My brain is brimming with words. Words upon words. There are too many and there’s been a bottleneck. They’re all crammed together. Impervious is tangled with thicket. There is just enough room for cat to slip past.…