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Support Rachel's poetry at Patreon. TEDx Poet Rachel Kann has been featured on Morning Becomes Eclectic on NPR and as The Weather on the podcast phenomenon, Welcome to Night Vale. She's received accolades from the James Kirkwood Fiction Awards, Writer’s Digest Short-Short Story Awards, LA Weekly Awards, International Poetry Slam Idol and Write Club Los Angeles. She's performed from The Nuyorican Poets' Cafe to Disney Concert Hall with people like Marianne Williamson and DaKAH Hip Hop Orchestra. She teaches poetry through UCLA Extension Writers' Program, where she is the 2017 Instructor of the Year. Visit her at rachelkann.com.
A lot of what you are seeing in the world right now is a collective re-triggering of old wounds, in a constant onslaught.
Even the breeze who incessantly sweet-talks the rose knows she was born thorned for good reason.
This Hanukkah, the world is upside down. Let's flip the script.
Watch "I See You," a Hevria poem brought to life by director Jeffrey Bomberger.
I am elemental-celestial, fashioned by the hands of my ancestors from their very own prayers and bones.
You are a violent glamour, a dagger carved from obsidian.
Rachel's new RHPFF award-nominated poetry & dance video.
Is it even a leap of faith if you know you can’t help but land softly?
Let us know the generousness of wild, abiding and unbounded love.
