by Xianna Michaels | Feb 5, 2017 | Books
Dear Reader, Many of you have been asking what I've been up to lately and I'm thrilled that as 2017 gets underway, I do have exciting news to share! I've just sent my newest book off to the printer! It's called The Alchemy of Illuminated Poetry®—Seven Steps to Your...
by Xianna Michaels | Oct 5, 2016 | Editorial
A meaningful Yom Kippur to all. May all our prayers for the coming year be answered. In these High Holy Days of contemplation, I am thinking of a poem I wrote in a special moment of connection with G-d. In these High Holy Days of contemplation, I am thinking of a poem...
by Xianna Michaels | Jul 26, 2016 | Books
Shakespeare famously said, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet;" (Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2). But we know that names do in fact matter. I have always been fascinated by different naming customs, and the cycles...
by Xianna Michaels | Mar 15, 2016 | Editorial
verse "For the land beyond the Lower East Side And New York's endless stone and steel, Where the other shore was three months' ride— California, where the gold was real. The north was booming, but the southern part Was the place that captured Lily's heart. A place...
by Xianna Michaels | Jan 6, 2016 | Editorial
Editorial January 22nd is National Handwriting Day. Now, I am well aware that many people might consider such a day a relic in the age of the iPhone and the ubiquitous keyboard. Who actually picks up a pen anymore, or connects their letters in what used to be called...
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