Tag Archives: poem

Let Go, Let In, Let Be

Posted on May 18, 2019 by

Ciara Sherlock read this poem that she wrote during the ritual we did at the retreat. The last line sounds like a mantra. Nomads of consciousness – enjoy. You are here, now, Nothing to achieve, nowhere to go, The tie … Continue reading →

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Among Strong Men – a poem by Hafiz

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

I have learnt so much at and still continue to learn from the retreat. This was one of the poems and quotes that the guides have put on the wall in the hall. Hafiz is a poet from Persia from … Continue reading →

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The Waking by Theodore Roethke #poem

Posted on September 1, 2018 by

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. We think by feeling. What is there to know? I hear my being … Continue reading →

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The dust dance #amwriting

Posted on May 20, 2018 by

I usually post on Saturday 7:45am. When I miss this deadline, like this weekend, I either do not post or I post at the same time on Sunday or Monday. Today I will do it at 7:45pm 🙂  I want … Continue reading →

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Art therapy – Could you? by Mayakovsky #poem #happiness

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

Vladimir Mayakovsky is a Russian poet who lived and created at the dawn of the 20th century. Since my introduction to his art in school, I’ve loved it dearly – there is music to his unusual rhyme and composition, there … Continue reading →

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Advice I would give my 20 year old self #happiness

Posted on February 10, 2018 by

On Quora there are plenty of Q&A along the lines of ‘looking back, what would you advise your 20 year old?’  I think I finally have the answer and it’s not ‘eat less sugar and floss daily’ (though this advice … Continue reading →

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For those who loved and lost… ‘Anything worth doing is worth doing badly’

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Susan Cain is a bestselling author and co-founder of Quiet Revolution. I mentioned her before on the blog as a person who is making introversion ‘normal’. In one of her recent posts she shared Jack Gilbert’s poem below ‘for those … Continue reading →

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