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Diane Elayne Dees

About Diane Elayne Dees

Diane Elayne Dees is the author of the chapbooks, Coronary Truth (Kelsay Books), The Last Time I Saw You (Finishing Line Press) and The Wild Parrots of Marigny (Querencia Press). She is also the author of four Origami Poems Project microchaps, and her poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction have been published in many journals and anthologies. Diane, who lives in Covington, Louisiana—just across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans—also publishes Women Who Serve, a blog that delivers news and commentary on women’s professional tennis throughout the world.
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My Mother’s Thyroid, By: Diane Elayne Dees

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The thyroid resides withinthe throat chakra, to help usspeak our truth. My mothercould not speak her truth,she could only yell criticismat me, and I could not speakat all. The lump in my throatbecame a part of me.At eighteen, nurses placedsandbags on my shouldersas a scanner revealedmy thyroid was inflamed.Years later, the lumpin my mother’s throatturned out to be cancer.The … [Read more...] about My Mother’s Thyroid, By: Diane Elayne Dees

Rooney Mara’s Eyes, By: Diane Elayne Dees

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Have seen thingsthat are not writtenin screenplays. They have seenbeyond arrogance and insults,torture and secrets, broken trust,and the hidden pages of medicalmanuals. They have absorbedmore than the obscene picturesthat can never be erasedfrom the terrifying storieswomen dare to whisper,more than the isolating painof forbidden love.They are not pools;rather, they are … [Read more...] about Rooney Mara’s Eyes, By: Diane Elayne Dees

Cataloging My Art, By: Diane Elayne Dees

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Title, medium, description, artist—the list matches the photographs;another list details who gets whatwhen I’m gone from this world.There are a few prized paintingsand drawings; there are abstracts,surrealism, Chinese impressionism,photographs, seascapes, a Haitianpainting bought from a truckparked in front of a cafe in Atlanta. I look at my art every day,and I see more than … [Read more...] about Cataloging My Art, By: Diane Elayne Dees