This is NaNoWriMo, so I’m a little busy; however, I wanted to share this quote with you from What Happened on Fox Street by Tricia Springstubb: “What if necessary evil had an opposite? This is what it would be. This unnecessary good.”
You will have to read the book, a sweet coming-of-age story, to find out what Mo, who has lived her whole life on Fox Street, means. Just know that I believe we should all look after each other the way the people on Fox Street do. And, please, join me in adopting a new purpose: unnecessary good.
Sharon Edge Martin is a reading specialist, poet, and writer whose work has appeared in such magazines as Family Circle, Oklahoma Today, Outside, True West and in Michael Bugeja’s The Art and Craft of Poetry. She writes a weekly essay for Oklahoma Observer and is a frequent reader in Oklahoma’s spoken poetry scene. Her first picture book is Froggy Bottom Blues (2017). Her first full length book of poetry is Not a Prodigal (2018). When she isn't teaching poetry workshops or presenting at schools, you'll find her on the farm with her artist husband, a dog, two cats, and a couple dozen chickens.
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