Madonna Writes

Defining life one word at a time

port·fo·li·o

noun ;  a set of pieces of creative work collected by someone to display their skills

  • Mind Over Matter 

    Mind Over Matter 

    schizophrenia; noun; a mental illness that is characterized by disturbances in thought (such as delusions), perception (such as hallucinations), and behavior (such as disorganized speech or catatonic behavior), by a loss of emotional responsiveness and extreme apathy, and by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life.

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  • I Lost My Mom In The Other Pandemic

    I Lost My Mom In The Other Pandemic

    Loss; noun; an instance of losing someone or something

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  • Goodbye, Mr. Fat Belly

    Goodbye, Mr. Fat Belly

    A bear gets left behind in childhood

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  • A letter to the grandmother I’ve never known

    A letter to the grandmother I’ve never known

    trauma; noun; an injury to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent; a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury; an emotional upset

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  • No one makes it out alive

    No one makes it out alive

    struggle; verb; to make strenuous or forceful efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition

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  • A Poem For Blanca

    A Poem For Blanca

    A poem about my mother.

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  • A Poem By Blanca

    A Poem By Blanca

    A poem by my mother.

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  • Caged

    Caged

    A bird longs for freedom.

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  • #Activism 

    #Activism 

    Hashtag Activism is annoying.

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  • After 2016

    After 2016

    fascism; noun; a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition

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  • I’ve Been a Feminist Since the Fifth Grade 

    I’ve Been a Feminist Since the Fifth Grade 

    feminism; noun; belief in and advocacy of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes expressed especially through organized activity on behalf of women’s rights and interests

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  • Siblings

    Siblings

    sibling; noun; one of two or more individuals having one common parent

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