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You pose the questions -- about life, love, money or anything else burning up your mind and heart -- and Los Angeles poetry diva Sonya Renee dishes back the unvarnished truth ... in verse!

Tell Sonya what's on your mind!

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Dear Sonya: I need some humility! Raised well by my mother, I am occasionally -- ok, maybe more than occasionally -- a stuck-up, smart-ass, know-it-all beeyotch. How does one conduct oneself with grace while inside one knows one is the bomb?

-- Cocky in Cranston, RI
Sonya's answer poem: Bombs

Dear Sonya:
I would put myself in the category of intelligent, strong, beautiful and driven women. I'm a 26-year-old college graduate. I've been halfway around the world. I'm a good girl who grew up in the Midwest, but I have an insatiable sense of wanderlust. All that being said, I've been with the same guy for the better part of six years. I found out three days ago that he cheated on me -- again. What I want to know is: how the hell did I end up here again? How did I let it happen? Why am I feeling so hurt, like I was just tossed aside? If I'm so smart, how was I duped into believing that he loved me enough to change? This situation leaves too much unanswered. I've had an emotional and physical reaction that is almost beyond explanation. Please help me to regain my sense of self and confidence.

-- Stuck in South Dakota
Sonya's answer poem: Frogs and Fools

Read and hear more about SONYA RENEE here!