Aviva Derenowski, Author at Coffee House Writers

Memories Creativity Poetry

A Road Not Taken

By Aviva Derenowski
May 2, 2023

A road not taken wasforty years ago – to trust my motherhear her advicefire the therapistwho honed my resentment against her. If I did, ...

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Relationships Poetry Memories

My Mother’s Memory

By Aviva Derenowski
April 24, 2023

Transforms dark moments into lessons, villains into wistful masters. Her memory chases ghosts away and clears spiderwebs in my heart. She enriches my emotional ...

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Creativity Relationships Poetry

Friends

By Aviva Derenowski
April 17, 2023

“Hey, you! Come play with me.” “I can’t see you, Can you see me?” “I see a blop. Is that you?” “I’m a blop. ...

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Creativity Relationships Poetry

You

By Aviva Derenowski
March 27, 2023

When I see youDo I see you? When I hear youDo I listen to you? Am I the only one here?Is it all my ...

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Relationships Poetry Fantasy

Youngster

By Aviva Derenowski
March 20, 2023

In early spring, a bud sustains a crown of snow. She claims, “Look, Mother Nature, My crown is evaporating, Only you are constant.” ...

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Poetry Memories Family

Husband

By Aviva Derenowski
March 13, 2023

When I leave work and walk home to join my husband, joy replaces unsolved woes and I’m happy. On my way back to work ...

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Memories Nonfiction Poetry

Wholesomeness

By Aviva Derenowski
February 20, 2023

Your harsh wordsinfiltrate a raw nerve. I howl You cringeand disconnect. I lick a scar on the nerve. Later I soothe that ghost of ...

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Creativity Poetry Lifestyle

Illumination and Liberation

By Aviva Derenowski
February 13, 2023

I meditate Letting go of aspirations, Letting in what is Under self-restricting views, Monitoring News. I’m slowly dissolving. Not quitting, not doubting, Attention to ...

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Health Relationships Memories

When Are You Coming Back

By Aviva Derenowski
February 6, 2023

I look at the doorYou’re not there. I stare at the couch,You’re not there. Closing my eyeslistening to my heartbeat,I find yousoothing,reassuring. There’s no ...

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Nonfiction Romance Poetry

Enigma

By Aviva Derenowski
January 30, 2023

I see myself in you,but I’m not you. You’re magic,Awesome,Fragile,like me,but you’re not me. You’re indestructible. I’m indestructiblein a different way,because we’re unique. I ...

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