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About moonbridgebooks

Co-author of Cherry Blossoms in Twilight, a WWII Japan memoir of her mother's childhood; author of Poems That Come to Mind, for caregivers of dementia patients; Co-author/Editor of Battlefield Doc, a medic's memoir of combat duty during the Korean War; life writing enthusiast; loves history and culture, poetry, and cats

Poetry is memoir, too

Posted on October 14, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Poetry doesn’t seem at all popular to the general reading public these days yet I know many people write it. The Twitter world is filled with writers of sparse Japanese-style poems like haiku and tanka, perfect for 140-character posts – … Continue reading →

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100 Thousand Poets (and me) for Change

Posted on October 7, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Last week Saturday I was one of a great many poets and musicians at the St. Louis event held for the second annual worldwide 100 Thousand Poets for Change. There were over 800 such events held in over 115 countries including Egypt, Afghanistan, … Continue reading →

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Sonia Marsh tells all about paradise in Freeways to Flip-Flops memoir

Posted on September 30, 2012 by moonbridgebooks

Have you ever dreamed of getting away from it all? Leaving the rat race, retiring somewhere where the breeze is gentle off the ocean and time stands still? Sonia Marsh did it. She and her husband plucked up their boys … Continue reading →

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