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Author: Jacqueline Jules

Jacqueline Jules is the author of Field Trip to the Museum, a collection of narrative poems in the voice of an 18-year-old girl who travels away from self-destructive behavior to a new understanding of herself. Her poetry has been published in numerous places, including Germ Magazine, Cicada, YARN, and The Poetry Friday Anthologies. She is also the author of an upcoming poetry book, Tag Your Dreams: Poems of Play and Persistence. Visit www.jacquelinejules.com.

Having Been Where You Are by Jacqueline Jules

Posted on Feb 23, 2018Sep 13, 2018 by Jacqueline Jules

Right now, I know, having been where you are, grief is your largest organ. Every centimeter from your scalp to your toes feels scalded, disfigured for life. But I hope you’ll be surprised, as I was, sometime next year (or the one after that), to see grief claim a smaller space, to mimic instead a […]

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The Unthinkable Happened by Jacqueline Jules

Posted on Jan 9, 2018Jan 9, 2018 by Jacqueline Jules

And now I seek comfort in the song of a bird, the bloom of a rose, the smell of sidewalk after a hot rain. What in the moment offers relief? I still breathe, however reluctantly, in a world which can’t be trusted. In. Out. In. Out. Seeking comfort in what remains: The song of a […]

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Instructions from the Dead by Jacqueline Jules

Posted on Nov 10, 2017Feb 2, 2018 by Jacqueline Jules

“In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince   And the Little Prince told the pilot to look at the stars, listen for laughter— to remember without tears. Noble characters in fables always tell us not to weep— to […]

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Reading Advice by Jacqueline Jules

Posted on Oct 13, 2017Dec 4, 2017 by Jacqueline Jules

I have decided to reopen that book— the one I abandoned, early last summer, heeding the advice of Suzy and Barbara, and the New York Times reviewer who crowned it absorbing, enthralling, and a host of other superlatives I didn’t feel when I banged it shut in the middle of page 32. “You’re right,” Suzy […]

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Poetic Tribute to a Badass Lady in History: Sacagawea

Posted on Jun 20, 2017Oct 13, 2017 by Jacqueline Jules

Many facts about the famed Shoshone guide Sacagawea’s life, particularly the dates of her birth and death, are unknown. However, all records portray her as a valued member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which first explored the land beyond Missouri and paved the way for westward expansion. She distinguished herself as brave and resourceful […]

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Poetic Tribute to a Badass Lady in History: Rosa Parks

Posted on May 16, 2017Oct 13, 2017 by Jacqueline Jules

Rosa Parks is often called the “mother of the civil rights movement.” When she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, activists organized a city-wide bus boycott. It was the beginning of a long struggle which changed segregation laws forever. Rosa Parks and her husband, […]

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Poetic Tribute to a Badass Lady in History: Rachel Carson

Posted on May 6, 2017Oct 13, 2017 by Jacqueline Jules

In 1935, after earning a Master’s degree in zoology at Johns Hopkins University, Rachel Carson began working at the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (known then as the Bureau of Fisheries). Her duties in the publication department — creating informational materials — required both scientific and writing skills. From 1949 to 1952, she was […]

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Poetic Tribute to a Badass Lady in History: Susan B. Anthony

Posted on Mar 17, 2017Oct 13, 2017 by Jacqueline Jules

Susan B. Anthony was arrested for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election. At her trial, she insisted that it was her constitutional right as a United States citizen to vote. She was found guilty and was fined $100, which she refused to pay. Anthony was a successful teacher who left the profession and became […]

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Poetic Tribute to a Badass Lady in History: Clara Barton

Posted on Mar 9, 2017Oct 13, 2017 by Jacqueline Jules

Clara Barton was born in 1821 in Oxford, Massachusetts. She first showed an aptitude for nursing as a young girl in Massachusetts when she took care of an older brother for two years after a serious accident. At that time in America, women tended ill family members but had no opportunity for professional training as […]

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