Tag: writing
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I Say a Small Yes
after James Crews mini poetry retreat I say a small yes to writing to myself as a young woman with passion ragingto myself as a teenager, growing, shrinking, consumed, and lonelyto myself as a child, pigtails & smiles, shirtless and laughing and all the ways I was writing always in my heartspacein my bodyspacein my…
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The Shape of Sound
The shape of sound – cicadas’ buzz rippling in the air The shape of shadow – falling angles of light from the house windows The shape of breath – cylindricalribcage expansive, circular, contracting ribbons of bone The shape of flower blossoms – doubled, orange begonias in an arc of crumpled fabric The shape of sky…
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An Little Introduction to Under the Magnolia Tree: 30 Poem-Prompts for Meditation & Writing
I spent a month sitting under my magnolia tree. Not a month straight. A month of mornings. And it changed the way I live. On the inside. Several years ago I completed a meditation teacher training that prepared me to teach meditation to young people in schools. It was another jump into one of the…
Amy Secrist 