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March 8, 2015

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How Long Has It Been Since You Smelled A Flower?

Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage;
Minds innocent and quiet take
That for an hermitage.

– Richard Lovelace –

How Long Has It Been Since You Smelled A Flower?

For forty years Thom Irving has led writing workshops with prison inmates. He describes it as unlearning the language of excuses and refusal to accept responsibility for one’s acts, then building hope that one is not entirely alone or lost as long as swallows can be seen, even from the narrow slot of a cell window. { read more }

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