Category: poetry
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Starcat’s Favorites: Upleveling
How is it that the entire month of October is, well, over? Did it fly by for you like it did for me? I’m sure part of it is that I was away for a week. BlackLion and I finally got to go on our much-awaited vacation to Cozumel Island, Mexico! It was amazing. We…
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Starcat’s Favorites: Hibernating with Books
Here we are at the tail end of January, and it’s my first post here in the new year. Yeah. I’ve been following my intuition, and the message has been to take it easy. Rest. Hibernate a bit. With books, of course. This stack contains my current reads. Does it seem a bit over the…
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A Poem From the Animus
What I Love About You by Nikki Starcat Shields Your willingness to continually Show up for yourself and your dreams. The way we danced the tango last night, tangled in drifts of potential. How clearly you see your fears. The friends you don’t see anymore but still care about. Waking up hungry for more life.…
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I Am Hiding In My Tower
I Am Hiding In My Tower: A Prose Poem (for my Shadow) I’m really good at being unseen. I can walk down the street in broad daylight and not be noticed, if I want to. I can slip through a crowd with barely a ripple. I am the observer, and I see all that goes…
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How to Make Love to a Priestess
I wrote a poem last night. It’s been a while since my inspiration has gone in such a poetic direction. It started writing itself in my head while I was in the shower, and when I got dried off and grabbed my notebook, this is what emerged. How to Make Love to a Priestess of…
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Research and Poetry
This new book I’m working on, The Heart of the Goddess, has me doing research. Well, perhaps it’s more accurate to say that I’m gathering research that I’ve been doing for years, and filling in the gaps as needed. I have stacks of notebooks on a shelf by my bed, filled with notes from my…
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Starcat’s Favorites: Mind Maps & Snuggle Cats
This is the lovely snuggle cat I was cuddling with this morning. I don’t think he wanted me to get up. Sweet Percy Lovecat! He’s definitely on my list of favorites. I’ve also been enjoying spring breezes, chai tea, good sleep, and mind mapping. I’m in the middle of creating a wonderful project that is…
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My 25 Random Things Post
One of my favorite bloggers, entrepreneurs and online personalities is Leonie Dawson. She’s creative, irreverent, funny, and tells it like it is. She recently put up this post, which hearkens back to when she first started blogging. She mentioned 2006, and since that’s the very year I started this blog, I figured I’d play along…
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Notes From the Jungle
My Rob Brezsny horoscope for this week reads: VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I don’t think you’re fully aware of the game you’ve been immersed in. You may even be in denial that you’re playing it. If I’m right about this, please make it a priority to acknowledge what’s going on and identify the exact nature…
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Those Who Are Left Behind
Death comes in many ways.Sudden as a hawkSwooping down.Long and painful,A drawn-out parting.Or soft and gentleAs the tide ebbing out. Those who are left behindTo puzzle things outAre never ready.Not ready to say goodbye,Even if we keep faithThat we’ll be reunited.Yes, even then. We wish one more day,An hour, a moment,With our beloved one.We want…