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Kathy Powers

Kathy Powers

Mama’s Words

She told me my bangs were too long; I was just like my father; Don’t tell the neighbors our business; You are the bad seed.

Jul 19

Mama’s Words

Jul 19

Kathy Powers

I can relate.

May 31

May 31

Kathy Powers

I'm with you, sister. I'm also not voting for the orange man.

May 30

May 30

Kathy Powers

The Crime is Never Over

I was eleven when a 16-year-old man molested me. I told my mother and we took it through the court system. I wish we hadn’t. I felt so…

Apr 17

Apr 17

Kathy Powers

Austerity Therapy

We sat fully clothed, with heavy coats, gloves, scarves, boots. As though ready for an evening’s January stroll around Narragansett and Oak…

Apr 12

Apr 12

Kathy Powers

Rosy Mental Health

I was grim: They said to smell the roses. Thorny-palmed, my fingers wept murky Crimson tears that stained my Reeboks.

Mar 24

Rosy Mental Health

Mar 24

Kathy Powers

A Haiku Quilt

Mar 23

A Haiku Quilt

Mar 23

Kathy Powers

Women Are Wow

Oh yes we are! We run the world. Men’s good ideas Came from us.

Mar 22

Red-lettered type says Wow Women

Mar 22

Kathy Powers

Falling Pages

Feb 20

Falling Pages

Feb 20

Kathy Powers

Healing is Not Linear

Wikipedia’s therapy definition: “A therapy or medical treatment or the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a…

Feb 6

Healing is Not Linear

Feb 6

Kathy Powers

Kathy Powers

Kathy Powers is a lifetime Chicagoan. Advocacy is her therapy. She is the Health Care Desk on People’s Tribune Editorial Board.

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