One year ago today, I came back to life. I’d had my first cofeature back in March for B J Spoke Gallery where I reconnected with people I hadn’t seen and had known for over a decade. I became good friends with the co-feature, whose poetry was brilliant.
A few months later, I was walking with Whitman. The open mic was fun. My reading made me feel energized. For the first time in a long time, I felt completely at ease, totally in control, and simply happy. I met people from far and wide; several still keep in touch. The band 1 Step Ahead played, starting with a few bars of Brown Eyed Girl since I’d referenced it in a poem.
Then a few months later, I was named 2020 Long Island Poet of the Year for Walt Whitman Birthplace Association.
I am forever grateful for this day, this reading, and all the people in my life who have gotten me through and continue to.
Christina M. Rau 
Oh, your one of them who don’t post poems on site. 🙂 keeping them for fame and fortune. 🙂
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There are poems! You can see them under Publications 🙂 And also, there are a few scattered through the blog, too.
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ahuh, found some. You go okay. 🙂 Thank you, Christina. 🙂
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And Poet in residence at the Oceanside Library…don’t forget that!!
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Icing on the cake and a cherry on top!
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