Welcome to the Abbey’s 64th Poetry Party!
We are making a little departure this month from our usual format where I select an image for you to illuminate with your words.
This month the invitation is to write a poem inspired by your word for the year (and even though that drawing is over, you are still welcome to post your word there – and if you already shared a poem there, please share it again here to have them all gathered together).
I will suggest you make it an acrostic poem which is where each letter of your word forms the first letter of a line of your poem, but all poetic forms are most welcome here. Consider writing a blessing for the year ahead inspired by your word.
Scroll down and add it in the comments section below to share it with the Abbey community. Feel free to take your poem in any direction and then post the invitation on your blog (if you have one), Facebook, or Twitter, and encourage others to come join the party!
On Friday, February 1st I will draw a name at random to win a space in the upcoming online Lenten retreat with St. Hildegard of Bingen.
199 Responses
HEAL
May you be present to hear the whisperings of your soul;
Encouraged and empowered to continue on your journey of awakening,
Accepting what is, and lovingly letting go.
This poem offers such tender strength.
Steady
Stay centred in your
true self, and
even when you are un-settled
always return and
dare to believe in
your-self
This speaks to me of a home to return to again and again.
space ~
stillness calling me
breathing being expanding
aah ~ here i am ~ home
Breathing deeply with you…
My word is create.
Cherishing the Sacred around me,
revelation of the Holy through my life.
Enlivening my
artisan hands to craft and
tend
everyday Holiness.
Thank you for sharing this creation!
REST
Return to Me
Each day of your life,
So that your
True nature can shine forth into the world.
LOVE IT! thank you for sharing
Ahhhh, the rest found in returning.
CHANGE
no more ‘should’ in my life
guilt – no room here
shame – not mine to carry
time for the lights to change
for me to move on through the intersection
Blessings as you move on towards this freedom!
Death
Deep,dark,I-eye spinning in the galaxy…
Encompassing dying spirits in the Great Beyond…
Anna & Anna my New Year is you…
Thankful for your friendship and care…
Hallowing your memory – a speck of stardust
dazzling the night
Such honoring. Beautiful, Sister Rosemarie.
ABUNDANCE
A -Abounding
B -Beauty
U -Uncovered
N -Now
D -Dances
A -Around
N -New
C -Choices
E -Everyday
Beauty dancing in abundance ~ wanting to dance with it now!
What gorgeous work others have written and shared.
EXPANSE
Expansiveness
Xtra gentleness and gentling
Possibility in life, human creativity, and our vast world
Ancestors’ abiding gifts and strength
Nuance and perspective
Silence, and sounds of God’s invisible mesh
Expanded view, expanding of lungs in breath, expansion of love and presence
Xtra gentleness and gentling ~ I’ll add my “yes!” to those words
Feel
Freedom to release into
Essential self,
Emotional intelligence,
Love.
“Freedom to release into…” ~ these words stir something deep in me.