The Message

A poem for your Wednesday & special guest writer announcement

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Hello Beauties,

Happy September!

Below is today’s (mostly unedited) poem. I am proud to share that today is day #196 of this daily writing/sharing.

Also, see below to see who my guest writer/poet is this month. I hope you are able to join us!

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PHOTO BY MY DEAR FRIEND, JENNA WHITTAKER

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Jotting from my Journal. Day #196 of (mostly unedited) daily writing/sharing

The Message

It has never been out there, that thing
you've been looking for. And, it turns out,
you never had to look. 

It would be like looking 
for your own eyes, your own toes, 
your own breath,

like the peony searching 
for its own petals, like the wave
chasing after the ocean. 

It has always been tucked 
in the seams of your insides—
winking, watching, waiting,

no, not waiting—resting, trusting, no—
not trusting—knowing
that the clouds 

have never 
been separate 
from the sky—

and that you, precious peony,
have always been the waves and the ocean, 
the clouds and the sky—

and that you can't help 
but one day
arrive.

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POETRY & CONVERSATION

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NEXT UP: I’m so excited to share that my September guest will be the amazing writer/poet Julie Barton (author of “Dog Medicine”).

More details coming soon about my next writerly conversation and “Write Yourself Free” class.

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For those of you who were unable to make it to my live “Write Yourself Free” class (the very first via this Substack platform), please enjoy the recording. I hope you will write alongside us!

For those of you who joined me for the live class, oh, what joy it was to write with you. Thank you. Thank you. xo

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To listen to my conversation with the amazing woman & poet, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, click below.

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