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Still Standing, Still Rising: “The Thing I Am When I Rise” — Substack Issue #3
October asks harder questions than the summer did. Issue #3 of the Poetic Bipolar Mind Substack, “The Thing I Am When I Rise,” is Kiana Jimenez writing through the season anyway — a reflection on the mind’s old negotiations with the dark, and a poem written just for the issue about being the storm and…
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For the Small Hours: “What the Night Keeps” — Substack Issue #2
Most people surrender the small hours. Issue #2 of the Poetic Bipolar Mind Substack, “What the Night Keeps,” was written for the ones who can’t — the minds that won’t rest, counting the hours like old wounds while the house sleeps. It pairs a short reflection on belonging to the night with a poem written…
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Where It All Began: “Where Darkness Learns to Speak” — Substack Issue #1
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