​POETRY  -  
          A New Day 

"when I sat down and thought about Life."
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The Day I Understood Why I Am Me
by Vivian Imperiale

​There was nothing special about that day
until there was.
That was the day
it all came together for me
when I sat down and thought about Life.
I realized that much of what I do
is what my father had done.
 
He never talked about his endeavors.
He never coached me or encouraged me
to do what he did.
But, in time, everything was repeated in me--
the vocation, the elected positions,
the editing, the writing,
the public speaking and the poetry.
 
Genetics at play or, perhaps, osmosis.

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​​Vivian Imperiale has been viewing the world through a poet’s eye since she was six. She now writes to process her emotions around homelessness, mental health, connections with the spirit world, and the loss of the Light of her Life to AIDS long ago. Her poems and prose have been published online, in magazines, journals, newspapers and in books. 

Other works in this issue:
Poetry:
​Never to Be

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