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Afoot and lighthearted, I take to the open road...
Henceforth, I ask not good fortune,
I myself am good fortune.
--Walt Whitman
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  • About
    • Our Mission & Vision
    • Our Story
    • Our Community
  • Events
  • PROJECTS
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Prison
    • The Salon Project
    • Open Road Press
    • Open Road Prison Education Project
    • Mom Foundation Nepal
  • Contact
  • DONATE
  • THANK YOU!!!

Friends, teaching, wild exploration, reading, digging in the dirt, my family, philosophy, poetry–the beautiful challenges of my every day. Included in this are the last five years of facilitating a writing and dialogue group at Two Rivers prison and collaborating with the composer Lisa Marsh, my poems becoming songs.

Deborah Buchanan

Poet

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