Art by #ValerieKaur
Post by #JuliaFehrenbacher
#Poetry&Ponderings

How Can We Not? A new poem. Scattered thoughts. A date for our January "Write Yourself Free" gathering

How Can We Not?

I want to write a poem,
but instead,
I am stuck here
scrolling
scrolling
scrolling,

watching videos of madmen
with riffles, cowards disguised
as leaders incapable
of telling the truth.

#JULIAFEHRENBACHER

So many souls are howling these days... Lord have mercy 🙏

Breathe Yourself New Maybe today is the day. Happy N E W!

Breathe Yourself New
#JuliaFehrenbacher
Maybe today is the day to remember
that if it doesn’t grow the flame
warmer, truer, brighter, if it doesn’t
feel like a deep dive into this boundless
breath of now, it’s not meant for you—

then lean close in
to your own glorious glow
and breathe yourself new.

Trying to Understand She Will Not Be Quiet: A (mostly unedited) daily writing practice

It's only 9:00 am and, after accidentally
allowing myself to get hijacked
by the news, I have forgotten
that I have a body.

...How, when our planet
is so very, very sick,
do fancy suits strip away the vital
protections that could save this place...

#JULIAFEHRENBACHER