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MINDFUL MOMENTS POETRY 2023 

I am delighted to have two poems included in this year’s Mindful Poetry Moments anthology, created and produced by The Well, a community that nourishes the connection between the arts and wellness.

Over the four weeks of National Poetry Month (April 2023), we were inspired by readings and meditation with poems by Nikki Giovanni, Leora Kava, Freya Manfred, Caroline Duan and Joy Harjo.

The collection features poets as young as 5 and as old as gorgeously mature.

To celebrate the August 9th launch, The Well will host an in-person and virtual live stream of selected readings. While I won’t be able to travel to Ohio, I was invited to send a video recording reading both poems. If you’re interested, you can register (it’s free!) here.

One of my poems was inspired by Joy Harjo’s “Remember.”

Remember the sky that you were born under,
know each of the star’s stories.
Remember the moon, know who she is.
Remember the sun’s birth at dawn…

Read the rest here

“Remember” invites listeners to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them. To remember our oneness with all that is.

But I took her poem in a different direction. As I meditated on the word “remember”, I began to hear it as “re-MEMBER”  which led me to consider how something might be transformed for connection in a new way; revised, reorganized, recognizing membership in a new context.

 

The Well is introducing a new poetry event, Summer Salon: Words of Resistance and Resilience.

On August 6th from 2:00 – 4:00pm EST, The Well alongside 2023 Wellspring Fellow & poet Elena Estella Green will host an open mic-style salon both in person & virtually, focused on themes of resistance & resilience.

They are also seeking poems, presenters and meditation offerers for the Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 sessions — and a $50 stipend. You can submit/apply here.

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