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With Both Hands: Poet Elizabeth Mudenyo

With Both Hands: Poet Elizabeth Mudenyo

by | Jun 10, 2021 | , ,

It’s a recurring phrase in my work, and has come to mean a lot of things. Holding something half-heartedly you’d do with one hand. But if you really want something, to claim it, you’d take it with both hands. When this line appears at the end of the book, it’s about expansion and pushing. A lot of this chapbook is about permissions and entering oneself. Part of that is pushing away the smallness, letting myself be big. 

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With Both Hands: Poet Elizabeth Mudenyo

With Both Hands: Poet Elizabeth Mudenyo

by | Jun 10, 2021 | , , | 0

It’s a recurring phrase in my work, and has come to mean a lot of things. Holding something half-heartedly you’d do with one hand. But if you really want something, to claim it, you’d take it with both hands. When this line appears at the end of the book, it’s about expansion and pushing. A lot of this chapbook is about permissions and entering oneself. Part of that is pushing away the smallness, letting myself be big. 

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