Personal Poems

Desire

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Desire When the winds of desire used to come, I would either run or let them tear my house apart. Now I appreciate the opportunity to practice. Finding my footing, grounding the wind in my breath. Feeding the breath that inspires birth back to the Mother. Knowing I can open my heart and feel everything- [...]

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Real Poem

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I wrote this poem in response to the shadow who shows up for me in many faces and ultimately within my own self-doubt, who tries to shut down my unique voice. Don’t ever listen to anyone who tries to tell you your poem is not a real poem— that it might be better off kept [...]

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Dumped

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It’s a deep practice and one of my biggest life lessons to keep my heart open when I feel abandoned or like things have been “taken away” from me. The tendency is to feel like a victim and close myself off from the world. The opportunity is to remember that I am always the creator [...]

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Why I Write

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We are currently living in a time of dissolving the Doing Self and awakening the Being Self. For me writing with pen and paper rather than on computer is a meditation which facilitates this process. I write poetry because I do not belong to the list on my desk of things that must be done, [...]

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