For Hollie

This morning I was attempting to read a few blogs from my inbox, and I came across one that was very disheartening. It was an announcement that one of my most consistent and long standing followers (also a favorite poetess of mine), Heartafire, was leaving WordPress. It seems she attracted a troll who was relentless and ugly enough to push her to close her blog.

I asked myself how a woman who writes beautiful, uplifting poetry and posts her wonderful artwork could possibly attract someone’s i...