Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan

Oct5, 2026

Havasupai Falls, Grand Canyon, Angels, and the Western Desert — A Summary of My Trip Memoir (Pt. 1 of 3)

By Joanne Z. Tan | Oct 5, 2026 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

Joanne Z. Tan wrote a poetic memoir about Havasupai Falls, Grand Canyon, western desert, angels and God in Part 1 of 3 on humanity, mortality & na...

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Aug25, 2026

My 3-Week Solo Travel in Spain: Hiking Camino Primitivo, Viewing Solar Eclipse & Touring Old Cities

By Joanne Z. Tan | Aug 25, 2026 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

How is it possible to describe in words a hodgepodge of feelings, sentiments, and inspirations, some even contradictory, about all that I learned from...

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Jul3, 2026

My Solo Adventure hiking through The Narrows in Zion National Park, 20 Miles in 12 hours

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jul 3, 2026 | entrepreneurship, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Leadership, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

This is Joanne Tan. I’m sharing with you here a real adventure story I personally took  recently, as part of my book “The 9-day Adventure That Ch...

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Jul2, 2026

3 Founding Fathers’ deaths on 4th of July, and Benjamin Franklin’s Caution

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jul 2, 2026 | Politics, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Joyful living, Current Affairs, | 0 Comments

3 founding fathers died on 4th of July Independence Day is God's message; Benjamin Franklin's caution: "A republic, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT." - Watch it a...

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Jan20, 2026

Is life One Way or a Round Trip?

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jan 20, 2026 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

This short poem by Joanne Z. Tan, "Is life One Way or a Round Trip?" uses metaphor of creek, river, lake in Yosemite, rain, snow, lightning, thunders...

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Oct3, 2025

What is love? A poem by Joanne Z. Tan

By Joanne Z. Tan | Oct 3, 2025 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, | 0 Comments

In all its facets, dimensions, mysteries, contradictions, long and steady, short and ephemeral, heavenly and earthly...What is love? A Poem by Joanne...

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Sep13, 2025

Be Our Better Angels – Charlie Kirk Assassination, Political Divisiveness, Tragedies of the Cultural Revolution

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 13, 2025 | Politics, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Leadership, Thought Leadership Coaching, | 0 Comments

Charlie Kirk assassination calls us all to be better angels over political divisiveness. We each will be tested in days ahead - Joanne Z. Tan shares h...

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Jul24, 2025

Three Days in Yosemite Wilderness – a True Story & a Poem by Joanne Z. Tan

By Joanne Z. Tan | Jul 24, 2025 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

Yosemite wilderness backpacking true stories and a poem by Joanne Z. Tan, who shares inspirations from a 3-day experience in the high country. Watch ...

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Sep14, 2024

Through a Pinhole into a Multiverse (A Short Poem by Joanne Z. Tan)

By Joanne Z. Tan | Sep 14, 2024 | Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

Analogizing a religion as a pinhole to view a much larger God, Poet Joanne Z. Tan describes that while the modern humans live in systems, the celestia...

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Aug12, 2024

Breakthrough – How I Achieved Mine by Helping Others Break their Boards and Mental Barriers

By Joanne Z. Tan | Aug 12, 2024 | Personal branding, entrepreneurship, Poems & Memoir by Joanne Tan, Leadership, Joyful living, | 0 Comments

Joanne Z. Tan shares her true story about breakthrough mental barriers by helping others with leadership, which in turn empowered her own break throug...

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