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Everyone has a story to tell—perhaps a story of loss, perseverance, shame, self-discovery, courage, or wonder. Over the course of a life well lived, we experience identity-defining moments that change us in profound ways. Like an abundant spice cabinet, we amass nuggets of wisdom that we call on from time to time, some for ourselves and some for those we love and emotionally support.

Some of the stories you’ll find on this site are mine and some of them I’ve gleaned from conversations with people I hold dear in my universe. I share these stories in hope of creating a kinder, more empathic community. Shedding light on our own humanity can be healing, inspirational, and powerful, especially in unity with others.

The ultimate mission of AnitaUncorked.com is to take readers on a journey of understanding and inspiration and to provide real evidence that we are, in fact, not alone.  


The Monument

The Monument

Anita Pariseau
Poetry/Prose

If there was a graveyard for dead marriages

I’d choose a monument of the hardest and most colorful granite

to signify both the beautiful story of our happiest days

and the cold, hard ending of our marriage hitting the wall—

an unexpected sudden death.

I’d stand at the altar of memory

honoring the intent of commitment—

more successful than many but yet failing the test of time…

My heart would ache with regret

as the pages of our story slowly pass before my eyes

revealing new chapters, new dimensions—

but all stories have endings, some happy and others not…

The epitaph might read

Miraculously found

Tragically lost

I’d carefully place trinkets of remembrance—

greeting cards, photographs, album covers,

ticket stubs, passport stamps, Christmas ornaments

and emotionally acquired art.

Tears spilling from the deepest suffering,

watering the tree planted in memory of a marriage dead-ended.

The Dive

The Dive
Apocalypse

Apocalypse

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