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Summer Koester

award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska

Summer Koester

award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska

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a poem for parents stuck at home with their kids

a poem for parents stuck at home with their kids

April 12, 2020 summer.koester

More Cowbell (Easter Memories)   In diapers you would cause and effect Easter eggs against rocks just to hear the sound of them break   Your coyote mind shattered curious glass oceans with a stone’s throw   Even now you test my calm to prove that love is stronger than your rollercoaster.   I could […]

Posted in PoemsTagged coronaivurs, easter, featured, hunker down, kids, parenting, poems, poetry, stay home
The Silver Lining of Being High Risk for COVID-19

The Silver Lining of Being High Risk for COVID-19

March 22, 2020 summer.koester

I’ve always had asthma, starting at age four when I had to live an oxygen tent for a week, and more recently when I wound up in the emergency room with trouble breathing. Yes, I own an emergency inhaler and a nebulizer and I take asthma control medicine. Still, there have been times that none […]

Posted in BlogTagged asthma, coronavirus, featured, high risk, stay home