YOU MIGHT AS WELL LOVE
For so many reasons, obvious and otherwise, I've returned to reading one poem by another writer and writing one new prayer of my own, every day, in an effort toanchor…
10 MINUTES. I PROMISE.
I woke before dawn, in that deep bell of velvet and cobalt, to the smell of smoke from distant fires surrounding us and the feel of the air cooler than…
AFTER YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk8VibKA4Ws&feature=emb_logo I miss the open road. I miss the feel of the sky in different landscapes. I miss the sound of voices speaking different languages, sounding different accents and turns…
GIVING THANKS ON GIVING TUESDAY
The Pennsylvania Governor's Pathfinders Awards Ceremony was held in Harrisburg today. A friend sent this photo to me via text, telling me that past winners were acknowledged today as part…
SANCTUARY
My work day closes with the delivery of this box containing the chapbook and amenities/makeup bag created from my poem, Sanctuary, which I was commissioned to write to commemorate the…
THE LAST DAY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
Today is the last day of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and I’m still signing a stack of my books, the scorched earth, on special order. Signing books never gets old,…
APRIL SUPPORTS SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE AND VIOLENT CRIMES
Beautiful people, April is recognized as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and it also contains National Crime Victim's Rights Awareness Week. In honor of…
THIS MOMENT.
THIS MOMENT TONIGHT.I've just gotten home from the gym, where I found myself in another unexpected conversation with a survivor of childhood violence. Despite knowing this person for years, I…
PAWS FOR EMPOWERMENT EXPANDS ITS REACH!
I’m excited to share this article from the North Hills Journal in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania about PAWS for Empowerment expanding its reach Crisis Center North Working with PVSEC, Verizon to Expand…
PRAYER / BENEDICTION / UPRISING
Read a book. Write a poem. Make a meal for someone you love. Play music that lifts your heart and sing along. Read poems out loud even if you are…
VOTING WITH MY MOM IN THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
I voted today, walking in with my mom in my heart because her health issues have her in fulltime care in a nursing home. When I spoke with her last…
BADASS BLUESMEN AND DORA HONOR PRINCE
Beautiful people, what a night we had. I was so excited to join master musicians Bob Livingston founder of the legendary Lost Gonzo Band in Austin, Texas and Don Conoscenti, multi-instrumental singer-song writer and composer, for a new combination of…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Martin Luther King, Junior January 15 1929 – April 4 1968 I’m standing below the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, which is marked by the wreath above me. Dr. King was shot standing on the second-floor balcony outside of…
MY IMAGE IN THE INSPIRATIONS MURAL NEAR PENN STATE
SURVIVORS INSPIRING ME, AT PENN STATE I am on tour with my recently released Expanded, Second Edition of my book, the scorched earth, and am currently in State College, PA, preparing for two speeches during the week ahead, one at Penn State and…
CRISIS CENTER NORTH AND VERIZON PRESENT: AN EVENING WITH DORA E. MCQUAID: POET. ACTIVIST. SPEAKER. TEACHER.
I am excited to announce that I will be serving as Keynote Speaker for Crisis Center North’s Annual Celebration, with generous corporate sponsorship of Verizon’s Hopeline. Details here: 10 28 15 MCQUAID CCN POSTER Wednesday, October 28, 2015, 6:00 – 10:00 pm…
WRITING LOVE LETTER TO THE WORLD
LOVE LETTER TO THE WORLD JOINS THE TAOS PASEO AND DORA JOINS LOVE LETTER TO THE WORLD 9/25 and 9/26 2015, Outdoor Installation, The Paseo, Taos, NM “The PASEO is a free art festival dedicated to bringing the art of…