Springtime in New England Robins serenade Crocuses deck the hillside Harbingers of hope
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Sunward From the mud, you rose Flowering like the lotus Reaching toward the sun
Wendy K. Mages, a professor at Mercy University, is a storyteller, educator, and researcher who earned a master's and doctorate in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a master's in Theatre at Northwestern University. As a complement to her research on the effect of the arts on learning and development, she performs original stories at storytelling events and festivals in the US and abroad. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee with stories and poems appearing in journals, such as 3cents Magazine, 50-Word Stories, Antithesis Journal Blog, The AutoEthnographer, Five Minutes, Funny Pearls, Harpy Hybrid Review, Hearth & Coffin, Howler Daily, Jarnal, Jenny, The Journal of Stories in Science, New Croton Review, Potato Soup Journal, Quibble, Route 7 Review, Scenario, Sea to Sky Review, Star 82 Review, and Young Ravens Review. To learn more about her work, please visit https://www.mercy.edu/directory/wendy-mages
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