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Renee Podunovich
JoinedNovember 20, 2018
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Renee Podunovich is a counsellor and freelance writer. She has two chapbooks of poems: Let the Scaffolding Collapse (Finishing Line Press, 2012) and If There Is a Center (Art Juice Press, 2008). Renee facilitates Well Writing: Wordcraft for Discovery, Wholeness & Connection workshops designed to use creative writing as a tool for centring, reflecting and personal growth.
Whale swimming through clouds with birds nearby - Poems by Renee Podunovich

POEMS BY RENEE PODUNOVICH: Darkening, Witness(ed), Allowing, The Self-Caring Sea

Renee Podunovich·November 23, 2018
Darkening I. Put the light out, go dark. Retreat back to the humming earth, her cloak opens to enfold you...
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