Poetry & Ponderings with Julia Fehrenbacher

Poetry & Ponderings with Julia Fehrenbacher

Sunday Spark

Week 18, August 10th : "Beginning" by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

SUNDAY SPARK

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All subscribers of my Substack page (both paid & free) are receiving today’s Sunday Spark. I hope you enjoy.

Welcome to Week 18 of Sunday Spark!



Please click on the below link/button to be taken to this week’s audio offering. But first, check out the “Kindling.” (Also below.)

If you feel called to get some ink on the page, be sure to read the writing practice guidelines (found when you click the below link) before you get your pen moving.

After you listen to today’s poem, written by

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
, notice which lines most speak to you. You could also choose a single word from the poem, or begin writing from an image/memory to spark your writing…

This week’s suggested prompt:

Grief arrives with…


Enjoy. And thank you so much for being one of my people.

With an abundance of love & gratitude,

Julia xo

PS: Before you click on the “Week 18” link, please see below for this week’s “Kindling.”

And be sure to scroll down down down for a very special announcement.




Sunday Spark: Week #18


This Week’s Kindling


This week, I am linking you to one of

megan falley
’s very short, but super sweet & helpful videos where she shares one of her great writing tips (on the art of showing vs. telling).

For those of you who don’t yet know Megan (the wife of the incredible poet,

Andrea Gibson
), you are in for such a treat.

Click on the below photo to link to the clip on Megan’s Instagram page.

Enjoy!




U P C O M I N G

E V E N T !

Live writing sessions & conversations with guest poets will be a regular feature for paid subscribers of Julia’s Substack page.



Join Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer & me in what is certain to be a rich & powerful hour of poetry & conversation (Live, Via Zoom).

There will be time for a Q & A with Rosemerry.

If you are unable to join us live, you will receive the link to the recording (via email). The Zoom link will be sent out to paying subscribers before August 21st.

(For paying subscribers of Julia’s Substack page)


Another Upcoming Event:


On Thursday, August 28th from 9:00-11:00 AM (PST), I will be holding a live, Write Yourself Free class for all of my paying subscribers.

If you have taken a WYF class with me in the past (HI!), I’m so eager & excited to write with you again!

If you are brand new to WYF, I can’t wait to introduce you to this incredibly freeing & powerful practice.

Please click HERE for more information.

Zoom link for all events/classes is below. (For paying subscribers.)


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