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Write For Ukraine - An Advocacy Project Supporting Ukraine

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  WRITE  FOR  UKRAINE    We all have a voice. A powerful, extraordinary tool for making a difference and helping others.  The people of Ukraine need our help. They need us to pray, to donate, to lobby, to advocate. To use our voices in solidarity with theirs as they fight for their freedom and survival. To all my fellow writers - authors, poets, screenwriters, songwriters, and everyone who would like to lend their voices to this through the written word - we can all write, speak, and advocate for Ukraine and in solidarity with her people. Write something yourself - a poem, a short story, a letter-to-the editor, an opinion column, an article, an essay, a song. Share it on your blogs, websites, social media, local newspapers, etc. There are so many platforms and opportunities to write, share, post, and advocate.  Additionally, post and share stories by journalists on the ground in Ukraine, and charities on the ground aiding refugees, as well as stories a...
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Where the Sunflowers Grow -- By Michelle Lindsey

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  Where the Sunflowers Grow By Michelle Lindsey London April 2022 The ticking clock. The rain pattering against the window. The flashing lights from the city street bouncing like phantoms off the wall. Since returning from Ukraine, and my time there, during the early days of the war, everything feels more immediate. Sounds are sharper, colors and lights more vivid, emotions more intense. That's what war does to you. And loss. It hollows out your heart like a crater. All that is left is the ticking core of the bomb, buried in a trench of dirt and agony. The distant wind carrying with it your memories, your hopes, your dreams, along with the dust of war and the battlefield of broken glass and lives left in its wake. Sitting here, gazing out my window, at the hustle and bustle of London, I feel as if I have entered another dimension. These hotel walls seem a strange surrounding, and the flash of Piccadilly, although just outside, seems a universe away. I feel separate. I feel as if I ...
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