<![CDATA[Stories by Jenine Bsharah Baines on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@jeninebsharahbaines?source=rss-d1de0027e43f------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*OHBNTWUx3AEgbMrZg6k4ug.jpeg Stories by Jenine Bsharah Baines on Medium https://medium.com/@jeninebsharahbaines?source=rss-d1de0027e43f------2 Medium Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:30:34 GMT <![CDATA[Faerie Perched Atop a Pumpkin]]>

An Ekphrastic Poem to Prod my Poetic Self Back into Bearing Fruit

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Silence’s incantation of sound heals and releases me

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In Reply to Franco’s Poem

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The Mysterious Conjuring of Unexpected, Frankly Bizarre yet Beautiful Marvels

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The root of weird is wyrd, which means destiny…and, like a black chicken, I embrace my wyrd.

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Oh, the weight of it all!

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Over 50 years later, does my grandparents’ apartment remember me?

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“What if a new balance depended not on footwear, but on opening to the magic within?” Nalini MacNab, Medium writer

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What works for curly hair, works for tangled, knotted relationships

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