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Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog Post #603 2021 February 26; February 28; March 2; March 3
“Beautiful Brain” Haiku poems
by Teresa Jade LeYung
November 2020
When Brain makes mistake
with endless loop pain signals
I reply with Sooth
Oh Beautiful Brain
Storing experiences
Of pleasure and pain
Brain changes itself
Through learning or ceasing tasks
Retrainable yes
2021 February 28
When Beautiful Brain
changes, for better, for worse
that’s plasticity
2021 March 2
I am THE expert
of my memories and thoughts
Can choose soothing ones
Because I had entered the Haiku poems written in November 2020 to the Jane Underwood Poetry Prize, I couldn’t published them on my blog at the time. On February 26, 2021, The Writing Salon’s email says that they had received nearly 350 poems. Congratulations to everyone!
The announcement from The Writing Salon says:
The final judge, David Hernandez, has selected Kelly Grace Thomas’s “Nothing Roots or Infertility” as the winning poem. Next Wednesday, March 3, 2021 The Writing Salon will publish the poem at our website. The finalists are Tony Barnstone, Twila Newey, Emily Pulfer-Terino, and Lizabeth Yandel.
The Jane Underwood Poetry Prize was established to celebrate and memorialize Jane Underwood, the founder and long-time director of The Writing Salon who passed away in 2016. Jane was a gifted poet who made The Writing Salon a prominent and respected creative writing school in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was well known for her generous spirit and her direct and encouraging teaching style. A posthumous collection of her poems, entitled When My Heart Goes Dark, I Turn the Porch Light On, was published in 2017.
Thank you to all the folks at The Writing Salon for keeping the writing community strong!
Thank you, Frances Kakugawa (beloved author /poet / teacher / speaker) and your Wordsworth, for inspiring me to compose Haiku poems.
https://franceskakugawa.wordpress.com/category/caregiving-haiku/
https://franceskakugawa.wordpress.com/2020/02/16/a-lesson-in-haiku-writing/
https://franceskakugawa.wordpress.com/category/wordsworth-the-poet/

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Thank you for reading this blog post – Author and Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says: “Beautiful Brain inspires Haiku poems”
For other posts related to our Beautiful Brains and Neuroplasticity in my blog https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog … If you look at right side near top of screen, you’ll see the category “Beautiful Brains Neuroplasticity”. Please click on that category to get all my blog posts pertaining to the topic.
I wish everyone and your Beautiful Brains easy access to BLISS via SOOTHING thoughts; images,; senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch); memories,; emotions,; movement; and beliefs.
A thousand thanks to Dr. Michael Moskowitz, Dr. Marla Golden, Dr. Norman Doidge, Dusky Pierce, Dr. Danielle Rosenman, Linda A. Harris, Dr. Amy Grace Lam, Cynthia Tom and her program A PLACE OF HER OWN, Professor Lorimer Moseley, and all the precious people in my life.

Thank you, MT et MYW, for masks; Starry Night mask by Dahlynn & Ken McKowen of WoodstockAndYarn
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Teresa Jade LeYung, an American naturalized citizen of Chinese ancestry, is a story/theme consultant, author of LOVE MADE OF HEART (daughter-mother novel archived at the San Francisco History Center and used by college professors), BUILD YOUR WRITER’S PLATFORM & FANBASE IN 22 DAYS (a workbook), and TALKING TO MY DEAD MOM Monologues (the first monologue received an award from Redwood Writers Ten-Minute Play Festival), an alumna of artist Cynthia Tom’s A PLACE OF HER OWN, an advocate for public libraries and public schools, creator of http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/ , and, admirer of City of Light. Composing Haiku poems is a new love for LeYung.
Sunday, June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST
via ZOOM and via FACEBOOK LIVE!
KIM MCMILLON’s
“WAKE-UP AMERICA!” Part 1
POETATHON
Line-Up of POETS on June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST
Kim McMillon
John Curl
Rafael J. Gonzalez
Peggy Morrison
Raymond Nat Turner
Zigi Lowenberg
Wanda Sabir
Jose Hector Cadena
Eugene Redmond
Iris De Anda
Sonia Gutierrez
Genny Lim
Avotcja
Kathryn Takara

Kim McMillon, Ph.D. World Cultures emphasis on Black Arts Movement and African American Literature; President of the UC Merced African Diaspora Student Association
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2. Do you believe the individual can make a difference in a racist society?
3. Have you ever been confronted with racism and how did you handle it?
4. What do you tell your children about racism in the United States today?
5. Do you believe it is possible to understand racial oppression if you are not a person of color?
6. The title of the Poetathon is “Wake-Up America.” What do you see America needing to Wake-Up from?
On June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST, I, Teresa Jade LeYung, shall be in the audience listening to Kim McMillon, Ph.D. and her fellow poets.
Coach Teresa here. Recently I received happy news from dear Yolande Barial; she said: “Just to let you know that I am now officially a part of the Tracy Press. Photo and all. Woo hoo!!!!”
Here’s a recent article from Yolande’s column:
Her Voice: Invest in teens’ transition sooner rather than later
Who is Just-A-Mom speaking on purpose about God, children, life and love? Poet / Essayist / Author / Anthology Contributor / Columnist Yolande Barial!
Almost two years ago, Yolande was one of the talented writers who helped me test-market my workbook Build Your Name Beat the Game: Be Happily Published.
She said: “Coach Teresa, my brain has been on fire since our meeting. There is so much I want to do with my blog and the ideas keep on coming. Thank you!” Yolande Barial, a sensually spiritual writer who knows that with God all things are possible! A contributing author in If Women Ruled the World and Oakland’s Neighborhoods
August is “Happiness Happens Month” and Yolande’s birth-month. Happy birthday/birthmonth wishes to my friend who has been a voice-of-wisdom “Don’t let anyone’s gossiping taint your relationship with anyone else.”
A thousand blessings to Yolande!
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung-Ryan, writing career coach, manuscript consultant, and
author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW and Love Made of Heart
Coach Teresa’s YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/teresaleyung
Are There Any Events in San Francisco Bay Area for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women & Girls?
Yes!
Today, Tuesday November 23, 2010, Noon– at steps of San Francisco City Hall. MamaCoAtl, playwright Kim McMillon, Poet Nina Serrano, city officials and community members will kick off 16 Days of ARTivism for healing and education to end violence against women and girls. How befitting that the 16 days of ARTivism will then begin on Nov. 25 United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women & Girls, which is also Thanksgiving Day this year 2010!
For schedule of events through Dec. 10, 2010 http://16daysofartivismforthehealingofviolence.wordpress.com/
Sincerely,
Teresa LeYung Ryan, Author/ Writing Career Coach / Manuscript Consultant / GraceArt Publishing
“Teresa uses her book Love Made of Heart to help survivors of violence find their own voices through writing.”