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Lola Rosario
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ILLUMINATION

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Do You Appropriate or Admire Other Cultures?

Without respect, there can be no appreciation. — Borikén, a soil in my blood. Whose winds carry songs of struggle and joy, sorrow and triumph. My ancestral motherland, I protect and honor you always. ~ Author Soaking up different cultures, meeting new people, and learning about different customs are among the beauties of travel. …

Cultural Appropriation

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Do You Appropriate or Admire Other Cultures?
Do You Appropriate or Admire Other Cultures?
Cultural Appropriation

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The Resistance Room

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35 Countries Later, I Stopped Traveling

It’s about more than the pandemic. — Respond to every call that excites your spirit. — Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi My eyes have seen a little bit of the world. I say “a little bit” to remind myself 35 is just a number. The real gauge of what my soul has experienced comes not with how many…

Boriken

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35 Countries Later, I Stopped Traveling
35 Countries Later, I Stopped Traveling
Boriken

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Little Love Lines

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Hello, Little Love Lines

A Publication is Born Hola & Welcome to Little Love Lines! I am so excited to be typing this first entry and even more elated to have your eyes here! Creating this publication has been on my mind for the past few months. Birthing 3-L The backstory began over a decade ago…

Little Love Lines

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Hello, Little Love Lines
Hello, Little Love Lines
Little Love Lines

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Sneak Into My World

Lola, The Intro My Favorite Poems List Competition Selection(s) The Resistance Room (My Publication) Published Outside of Medium (a) The Travel Love (b) Her Adventures (c) The Good Men Project …

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What This Journey Is Teaching Me About Regret

What about becoming a nurse or a secretary? My mom’s comment was not an attempt to deflate the balloon of hope I’d been secretly carrying. She didn’t know. No one knew why, as a little girl I’d get so excited whenever we went to Kennedy airport to greet family members…

Childhood Dreams

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What This Journey Is Teaching Me About Regret
What This Journey Is Teaching Me About Regret
Childhood Dreams

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Dancing Elephants Press

·13 hours ago

When Love and Kindness Are Present

Spreading the beauty of our shared humanity. — Be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. ~ Maya Angelou, Compassionate Being, Civil Rights Activist, Poet & Author Something beautiful happened at the start of my day today. But wait, now that I just typed the above sentence I realized— every day that I awake to my breath, to my health…

Kindness

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When Love and Kindness Are Present
When Love and Kindness Are Present
Kindness

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Modern Women

·3 days ago

How Allowing a Man to Take Care of Me Became the Road to Losing Myself

Reflections on a long-awaited difficult decision. — Work hard so you’ll always make and have your own money. Never depend on a man to take care of you. ~ Advice given to the [young adult] author by her mother My mother’s words echo in my mind like an unsolicited reprimand. It’s as if I can see her…

Relationships

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How Allowing a Man to Take Care of Me Became the Road to Losing Myself
How Allowing a Man to Take Care of Me Became the Road to Losing Myself
Relationships

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Blue Insights

·4 days ago

Undrowning

ebbing & flowing, an uncertain rhythm memories in my mind, the unsettling synergy yearning to unify — unmerged remnants of our enduring…

Healing

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Undrowning
Undrowning
Healing

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Ilusiones

·6 days ago

It’s Time for Us Puerto Rican Women to Stop Sugar-Coating Our Mental Health with Resilience

Because even Superwoman deserves to take a break. — La resiliencia de una puertorriqueña no tiene limites / A Puerto Rican woman’s resilience knows no limits. ~ FSM Statistics Like many of our hermanas caribeñas and otras Latinas around the globe, Puerto Rican women wear the term resilience as a badge of honor. We’re taught at a young age…

Mental Health

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It’s Time for Us Puerto Rican Women to Stop Sugar-Coating Our Mental Health with Resilience
It’s Time for Us Puerto Rican Women to Stop Sugar-Coating Our Mental Health with Resilience
Mental Health

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SYNERGY

·Sep 25

Want to Improve Your Writing via the Use of Emotions?

Catch this free lecture with poet & author, Ellen Bass — If you’re like me — often on the lookout for budget-friendly resources to improve your craft — listen up! Sponsored by Authors Publish, the four-time Pushcart Prize holder and Lambda Literary Award poet, Ellen Bass is offering a free lecture called, “Sentiment and Sentimentality: The Art of Writing Power Emotions.” …

Poetry

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Want to Improve Your Writing via the Use of Emotions?
Want to Improve Your Writing via the Use of Emotions?
Poetry

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Lola Rosario

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Afro Boricua Journalist & Poet 🇵🇷. Prefer being barefoot. https://ko-fi.com/lolaslines

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