by rachel
Original post with full written text is here.
Categories: audio, body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: higher consciousness, new paradigm
by rachel
I have carried this song in my heart for more than 10 years. It came to me on a Labyrinth I walked for healing after a rollover car crash and subsequent mild traumatic brain injury. It always feels like Home to me. The painting by artist Judith Shaw feels like Home, too.
Categories: audio, body mind & spirit, inspiration, planetary shifts, spirituality, transformation, women • Tags: goddess, healing chant, labyrinth
by rachel
The full written text appears here.
Categories: audio, body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, poetry, spirituality • Tags: awakening, surrender, wisdom
by rachel
Earlier this evening, I was the speaker at the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner for a Hospice organization in my region, and I read my late 20th-century piece, “The Caregiver’s Promise.” It felt good rolling off my tongue, so I decided to record it (regular voice, no Echoes of the Deep Void) for all of you out there who regularly bring care, comfort, peace, love, and dignity to those among us who need it most. “Tell them they’re not angels!” a small […]
Categories: audio, body mind & spirit, health/healing, inspiration, personal growth, spirituality • Tags: caregivers, caregiving, empowerment, self-care
by rachel
Last week, I was called to visit Santa Fe, New Mexico, one of my favorite places. I loaded up my trusty, old Jeep and headed down a highway amid gusty winds and blowing dust. Directions to an Open Mic Night lay on the seat beside me. I went and found myself in the company of “strangers” who instantly felt like Home. Courageous souls with open hearts, radiating their gifts of word, song, music and spirit. I read several pieces of […]
Categories: audio, body mind & spirit, inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality • Tags: new paradigm, peace, prayer, unity consciousness
by rachel
say hello to the new For words in print, visit here.
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by rachel
i suppose we are here for each other
Categories: audio, inspiration, love, poetry, spirituality, transformation, Words Divinely Wrought • Tags: consciousness
by rachel
I’m Not Telling You Anything You Don’t Already Know Still learning the audio thing. Not sure where those little noise blips come from.
Categories: audio, inspiration, personal growth, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: higher consciousness
by rachel
This is my first attempt to record my poetry. Technical or other feedback is much appreciated. No Time For Timid Hearts
Categories: audio, body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, prose poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: consciousness, empowerment
by rachel
in all things, may i travel unarmored and unafraid, settled into a quiet cradle whose gentle sway bears the mark of the mother’s hand let my mind be emptied of false truths and accusations stripped free of nagging encumbrance my essence naked and alive in original, unswaddled glory if i am called to a gate that refuses to open, let me turn peaceably in another direction and be piloted by the stars that illumine my oft-weary soul if the storms […]
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by rachel
Thank you, Julie, for pointing me toward this powerful tribute. The featured image on the homepage grid is a 17th-century sculpture on a tomb in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Amiens, France. The Weeping Angel (L’Ange de Pleureur), by Nicholas Blasset, was popularized on postcards during WWII and often carried by British soldiers.
Categories: inspiration, love, spirituality, video • Tags: life, prayer, sandy hook, three dog night
by rachel
I first wrote and posted this in February 2010. i will live a life without limitation ~ or i will not live at all i will love without restraint and eschew anyone else’s small cobbled version of love ~ or i will not love at all i will choose to be awake in every moment aware of every possibility conspicuously driven by an impeccable conviction of the heart ~ or I will lay myself down in a meadow of columbine […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: ascension, empowerment, higher consciousness
by rachel
I never thought that my lifetimes of healing, my years and years of digging deep and releasing, my commitment to service, my twisting and gnarling and gloriously torturous path, and my unwavering trust in Divinity… …would lead me, in the days and weeks running up to the Great Shift of The Ages, smack-dab into retail! Yet here we are and here I am, unable for months to delve into my poetry or move forward (for now) with the Words Divinely […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, spirituality, transformation, video • Tags: love, Matthew Andrae, opening heart
by rachel
I have been attempting for days, weeks! to update you on my twisting, turning journey the last couple of months. Now, of course, it all feels prehistoric — with a “Who Cares?”quality attached to it. For today – and the days to come – “this is no time for timid hearts.” ‘Nuff said. Do what makes your heart happy. No matter how it looks on the outside; no matter whether others understand or embrace you for it. The stirrings of […]
Categories: inspiration
by rachel
The energies are settling, so (not surprisingly), today’s poem presented itself in rhyming form after being inspired by this backyard photo. Tomorrow, I’ll tell you a bit more about what I have been up to for five weeks. Stay true, stay clear, my precious friend. Pray tell! What seer doth divine In soggy tea leaves, curdled wine These ancient rhythms pulse, now bore In loosening of the golden cord ~ A harlot, a jackass, a tune unsounded The tale of […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, love, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation • Tags: consciousness, empowerment, mysticism
by rachel
for everything now fallen away i bear responsibility for every delicious return to the table of earthly delights every soul-numbing morsel of dispossession inhaled, imbibed, every dark and slithery corner into which i stumbled and every moonlit mesa i traveled in the company of the all-knowing sky, i tell you now that i held the key, i turned the lock, and this I lay at the feet of no one save myself if I was led astray by so-called inner […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, poetry, spirituality, transformation, writing & creativity • Tags: empowerment, higher consciousness
by rachel
I freely admit it. For all of our talk about non-attachment, I would love to receive notes from “Finders” who have been touched by our poetic offerings. One of our poetry emissaries sent me a most evocative rumination on this topic. I share it with permission and with great respect for the honesty and consciousness portrayed therein. You will understand why this person has no wish in being identified in any way. “I had the idea to leave the poem […]
Categories: inspiration, personal growth, poetry, spirituality, transformation, Words Divinely Wrought • Tags: higher consciousness
by rachel
While our eyes and hearts turn to the Caribbean, Canada, the Ring of Fire, and the eastern third of the US, let us remember that small gestures of faith, trust, love, and unity continue to unfold across the world. I have been navigating my own personal surge, doing what I can to remain grounded, balanced, and true in these times of great change. I feel myself lifting up and out of old fogbanks as veils and shrouds waft away for […]
Categories: inspiration
by rachel
I don’t mean to lead anyone astray by posting this 16th-century image of a Persian Angel (which now resides in a London museum) as prelude to Akasa WolfSong‘s tale of placing poetry at a tourist attraction in the American Midwest. Bear with me, though, and you’ll soon see how the story comes together. Akasa, a Wisconsin resident, has lovingly and enthusiastically followed my blog for a number of years, and leaped into Words Divinely Wrought as soon as it began. […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, Words Divinely Wrought • Tags: angels, faith, unity consciousness
by rachel
Yes, I’m talking about the Words Divinely Wrought Global Poetry-Share… …and Yes, I’m talking about each of us who has chosen the oft-arduous, frequently frustrating path of awakening/ascension during this pivotal time in the evolution of humanity. First, poetry. I offered up the invitation for Words Divinely Wrought participants in this post on August 5. Since then, 20 people have joined our adventure and poems have been placed in Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York, California, Oregon, and Virginia in the US; […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: awakening, higher consciousness, unity consciousness
by rachel
When Julie M told me she wanted to put a poem in a bottle and toss it into the Pacific Ocean, I never doubted that she would do exactly that. And, of course, she has: “I finally made it and had a glorious upgrade of body and soul via the inimitable Oregon coast. I have attached some pictures to accompany anything you may wish to post… “The original ‘message in a bottle’ idea seemed wholly appropriate based on the energies […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, personal growth, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: faith, mysticism, sacred places, unity consciousness
by rachel
I can scarcely express what a thrill it is to receive and post updates from the stouthearted souls gently placing Words Divinely Wrought poetry in intriguing spots around the globe. It is not overstatement to say that these moments often comprise the best part of my day. They allow me to deeply center myself in the palpable connectedness we all share beyond so-called barriers of time and space. I breathe in every picture and every word and I am born […]
Categories: inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: prayer, sacred sites, unity consciousness
by rachel
“At last a poem has found a place in Paris!” So writes Christine Whitelaw of New South Wales, Australia, who has now stamped Notre Dame Cathedral in her Words Divinely Wrought Poetry Passport. Once again, the featured poem is Prayer for Inclusion. Christine writes, ” I walked with the usual crowd into the cathedral this afternoon, shuffling along …. until we reached my favourite part. …. a statue of Mary and Child that always has a wonderful vase of white […]
Categories: inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity
by rachel
(Note: If you have stumbled upon a piece of our Words Divinely Wrought poetry anywhere on the globe or if you would like to join our band of Divine Poetry Emissaries, please make Contact via the link on the left-hand sidebar. Simply put, we are transforming the heart of the world via 12 poems and as many individuals who wish to participate.) UK resident Jane P continues to astonish me with her imaginative poetry-planting sites. Once again, I must register […]
Categories: inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: peace, sacred sites, unity
by rachel
Although Equinoxes (Autumnal or Vernal) are days of balance, they can also bring a bit of wobbliness. Think of a tightrope walker in those moments before or after that perfectly executed step. Balance is not bestowed as much as it is earned. So, if you or someone you know is wobbling right now, take heart and drink up these Words Divinely Wrought global poetry updates. Even though we have not yet received a poignant or lovely note from someone who […]
Categories: inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: new paradigm, peace, unity
by rachel
For a change of pace, rhyming political satire. Originally posted here (twice!) in 2011. This, too, my friends, is the journey of human evolution. When speaking in verse of the human condition Must one always rely on high-toned erudition? For truly, are we not mere clowns playing life In rapture phonetic laced with angst, grief and strife? Wherein lies the humor, the repartee comic? She pines to stand tall midst the ethos ironic A pratfall, fair guffaws, a pie in […]
Categories: humor, inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, writing & creativity • Tags: political humor, political satire
by rachel
I have been savoring the dispatches from Christine W, who lives in New South Wales and has been traveling with her husband in Europe. As you may recall, Christine’s original poetry package took some unscheduled twists and turns and never made it to Australia prior to the Blue Moon departure date August 31. We moved quickly to Plan B (print something off the computer) and Plan C (send poems in their “official” presentation to a son in Paris, which arrived […]
Categories: inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, Words Divinely Wrought • Tags: Ireland holy sites, unity
by rachel
Some lovely Words Divinely Wrought updates are waiting in the wings… …though I am right now giving my attention to local happenings. I will post the updates when I can focus on them as they deserve. In the meantime, please take four minutes and 29 seconds to visit (or revisit) this video rendition of my poem, “you are the river of love’s tenderness.” Just in case you forgot or have entertained even a moment of doubt. When you reach out […]
Categories: inspiration, love, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, video • Tags: awakening, peace
by rachel
I’ve heard through the grapevine that it can be overwhelming to navigate the Words Divinely Wrought archives if you’ve just stepped off the boat, so to speak. In an attempt to address that, I have created a more concise story about the origin and intent of our Global Poetry-Share project, along with a standing invitation for new participants to join in. The link is in the left-hand sidebar. If you are intrigued yet not quite up to digging out the […]
Categories: blogkeeping, inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: faith, unity, wisdom
by rachel
Twenty individuals have joined our global poetry-share community so far, and only one of them is a male. That’s why I was particularly delighted to receive an update from Doug in Ontario. His blog, Valley Road Rambler, carries the subhead, “life, love, loss, and a whole lotta soul,” and I guarantee you his truth in advertising is impeccable. Here’s a synopsis; you can read his entire Words Divinely Wrought story right over here. “Mine was one of the first packages […]
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by rachel
In August, German-born, English-passported, self-identified new Peruvian gringa and poem faery Rose Mary Boehm sent me this message: “I received your URL from a friend in London. We are on the same wavelength as you. I immediately read what you had to say and was keen to be a part of the beautiful enterprise. But after reading how this is to be carried out I have two very important doubts of a rather more mundane nature: In Peru most mail […]
Categories: inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, spirituality, transformation, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: empowerment, unity
by rachel
While I finish up the latest update on the Words Divinely Wrought Global Poetry-Share, here’s a comforting dose of balance, calm, and wisdom from Lee Harris. I love his no-nonsense, quiet, intelligent way of speaking about the larger energies that are now affecting everyone, albeit in different ways. Definitely worth investing 15+ minutes of your day or night; then we’ll return to the poetry plantings now transpiring around the globe. (Archived posts may be found toward the bottom of the […]
Categories: body mind & spirit, inspiration, love, personal growth, planetary shifts, spirituality, transformation, video • Tags: higher consciousness
by rachel
If you have been following the unfolding of our global poetry-share, you may recall SS of Brooklyn, who was the “woman eating lunch” at the Battery Park Labyrinth when the very first copies of poetry were placed in Manhattan back in July. Here she is now, with an update on her own poetry planting… “…Yesterday I placed ‘Arouse From Your Slumber’ on the pedestrian overpass I walk over at least twice daily to get to and from the subway. Two […]
Categories: inspiration, planetary shifts, poetry, Words Divinely Wrought, writing & creativity • Tags: faith, new paradigm, unity
