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You Are Here: Day Twenty-Three

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Jess Janz
Aug 23, 2025
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Welcome to You Are Here: A Thirty-One Day Practice Of Presence, where I share a poem I wrote on the spot, along with writing prompts and reflections to accompany your own writing practice. I’m glad we’re here together.

Photo by Trude Jonsson Stangel

Hello Self, I write as if
long lost
lovers,
an ocean
between us and
the time we last
stood nose
to nose.

I know…

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