<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sharon Frances - Artist and Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sharon Frances - Artist and Author]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:35:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Ash &#38; Feather Audiobook, Reviews + Something New!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ash &#38; Feather audiobook is NOW LiVE!!!   "Rich language and striking visuals reveal emotional lessons about family, resolution, and...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/ash-feather-reviews-something-new</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682f5a9f91a7bbb12334a3bf</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 17:47:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/28eddb_9cdd3b4764a647e4a96b5c46ebea4931~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy BOOK Birthday!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is April 1, and I am NOT FOOLING!!! Today is Ash &#38; Feather 's book birthday. Please enjoy this celebration video, with a sneak peek...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/happy-book-birthday</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ec2c529fed29845b3a6de0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:15:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/66ef9b_7c4c6060baba4b92a65fc7c8981c0809/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Art for Democracy" Linocut Print Series]]></title><description><![CDATA[Art for democracy series 2025]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/art-for-democracy-linocut-print-series</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67df40be5a47b47069ac59af</guid><category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[Create]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:09:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_54c1338d97c74ccb8c4c436954c4f52a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ash &#38; Feather News!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello wonderful supporter friends and family. I am thrilled to announce the ramp-up to the publication of Ash &#38; Feather , my illustrated...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/ash-feather-news</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67df3438b030f4625700042a</guid><category><![CDATA[Ash and Feather]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 22:55:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_51bdcac768c542f797b5308f9e19ffff~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Libraries?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Libraries have always been a place of safety and excitement for me. When I was a preschooler, my mom started taking me to our local library ]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/why-libraries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679a7ed1004b6147939c0b81</guid><category><![CDATA[Ash and Feather]]></category><category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:34:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_bfafd048b7b74613881b475e43247944~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_351,h_419,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cry]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live in the both-and,
a badlands and a good one
One of the hardest lessons
joy and pain,
a dance in the bones.
It's a ceasefire with]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/__cry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">678952568b40164dc4715721</guid><category><![CDATA[Feel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:04:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_0f31e449c029498a8752f65bb3c1cb9b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hands Can: A Reflection on the LA Fires]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cancer spreads like wildfire. A wildfire spreads like cancer. And both need clean edges to stop the growth. ]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/hands-can-a-reflection-on-the-la-fires</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6783199b605f4e6cc406de84</guid><category><![CDATA[Body]]></category><category><![CDATA[Survivor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:23:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_57f80cda32c644188b620589a93b0322~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year 2025!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seven years in the making, I can finally say that 2025 will bring the publication of my story Ash and Feather, about a bird-girl and her par]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/happy-new-year-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="false">677969f5ad24f0ae9acc5094</guid><category><![CDATA[Create]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Read, Write, Make Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Survivor]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2025 16:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://youtu.be/WylSWVYa4U0" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggle]]></title><description><![CDATA[To all of you who signed up for Daily Poetry, I want to ask you for patience and compassion. I am a person with ambitious ideas and...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/struggle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45806</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2023 20:03:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_6ee37e26ec554ef6b426282242fff71b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's be like this]]></title><description><![CDATA[You spin until you fall Kick your legs Wave your hands while I play the chords and we sing into a wildflower burst I am nervous I want to...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/let-s-be-like-this</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45800</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultivating Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:09:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_43c04f1014c6419a9ef328c93edd6168~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vine]]></title><description><![CDATA[clinging to worth a vine narrowly chokes me with doubt about what happened when I left myself out in the rain When I lay on a bench...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/the-vine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45803</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 15:29:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_15dbede208954a28afb09a0cb4c3a6fc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_750,h_664,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand]]></title><description><![CDATA[I stare at the coffee stained napkin, a second hand spoon and a pen resting on the brown liquid spatters The news program hums Shots,...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/stand</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45805</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultivating Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:55:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_c538c02b8b75467a98f5929acca96c5c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold]]></title><description><![CDATA[A beautiful smile Sparkling like sequins Soft like flowers She holds us all together My hand Your heart His promises Her secrets Their...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/_hold</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45807</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultivating Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:24:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_e7404adf264c476f9bf2e21f7db3355e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you most]]></title><description><![CDATA[You build a monster from blocks Like the one in your closet Pieces spread around you I will probably step on one While you are at school...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/i-love-you-most</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df4580c</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultivating Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:45:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_a63326be45c14ac8a958faac5557e990~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An offering]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poems just feel good. To write and read, to give and receive. I asked friends if they would like to receive a poem written by me. I...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/an-offering</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df4580b</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultivating Poetry]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 01:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_ab111cdeb98d445eac13a35d76ebab04~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is...]]></title><description><![CDATA[You may have seen her painting— legs and feet stick out from the canvas edge, surrounded by ripples of water or cascades of fabric,...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/poetry-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45804</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 04:27:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_531a995f0d824300840ea963a634ec9a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hammer]]></title><description><![CDATA[I used the toddler step to wash my hands, time to eat Near the tippy top You can reach it, don’t stop The boards worn now Red, blue,...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/the-hammer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45801</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 01:26:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_c0ec2cd7deb64c86ad6d18a6b5f24c71~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Fills Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[a cup a well a reservoir after the rain a heart a head my body once again I fill myself in the everyday my backyard was a dry field of...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/what-fills-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45808</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2023 15:41:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_a736905bc8bd42f1a1b0a247d9654fbe~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_828,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lean into the night]]></title><description><![CDATA[I look back at her unsuspecting face So busy A buzzing bee Tending her garden Spreading pollen To help everything grow Except herself So...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/lean-into-the-night</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45810</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 17:09:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_2330dd26f7f3474799d0bdcd5fdaa3b3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_953,h_847,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light as a feather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ten. In April We pretend to be dead Light as a feather, stiff as a board Fifty. In August I pretend to have energy Heavy as lead, itchy...]]></description><link>https://www.sharonjoyfrances.com/post/light-as-a-feather</link><guid isPermaLink="false">666882cbccadda853df45809</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 18:34:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66ef9b_7f2e1de119574312a89983f9ecd5f8eb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sharon Frances</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>