Featured Poet - Laura Daniels

HEAL WRITE

I write to heal trauma. 

My healing journey began 

after a cancer diagnosis 

and continues each day. 

It's an exercise in loving self-care.

Namaste.

Note: I chose this as my first poem because these words embody why I write.

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MANIFESTO OF HOPE

I want to make myself 

tiny as a speck of dust 

and visit every person 

filled with despair 

and sprinkle them 

with hope seeds of…

sowing 

  strength

courage

  understanding

    seeds 

      growing 

        hope

I want you to know 

this too will pass

and in its place

light shines again

as the darkness fades.

Note: This poem started as a note to myself and grew into a poem of hope.

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DEEP INTO WORDS

Remember to re-member

arriving back together in tandem 

Disease to dis-ease

disturbing a healthy essence

Sister to see-star

a guiding light through life 

Intimacy to in-to-me-see

beholding lovingly the soul

Coincidence to co-inside-dance

noting nothing happens by chance

Note: I love exploring words in different ways. 

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LOVE POEM

Let it be

a moment

of remembering

how our lives upgraded

to first class

on a non-stop flight

to paradise

that May Day

looks exchanged

needs met

love language

understood

all ways and always

to have

to hold

from

that

day

forward

hearts kissed

souls sang

bond forged

Note: I wrote this for my partner who brings much love and joy into my life.

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WABI-SABI

abounding 

beauty 

mending 

cracked cup

glowing incense

smoldering

drinking tea

simmering 

spicy herbs

savoring

simply 

being

Note: This is a simple poem about being in the moment.

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