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Ocean haiku
Plunging abandon The burdensome weight of fear Melts in sapphire blue
Jacqueline Sheridan
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Butterfly
Such intricate form Dazzling beauty for just a breath of time. We too.
Jacqueline Sheridan
Nov 9, 20221 min read


Lilac Lace
Strings of lilac lace Hang down around my door A delicate adornment An elegant decoration As if in celebration Or preparation for Salient...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Nov 5, 20221 min read


Fig Tree Spring
A spring has sprung From under the fig tree After the torrents of rain last night When the water table rises So I’m told The once...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 27, 20221 min read


What is it that I truly want? (Long form!)
I have been thinking a lot these past weeks about the notion of “doing what I want to”, as opposed to what I should do, or have somehow...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 26, 202210 min read


What I truly want (poem)
The joyful play The easeful flow Of knowing what I want The tumbling truth Of raw desire Lies still, as if missing But its not It’s just...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 26, 20221 min read


Just about to Jump
I’m reaching for things To put in my mouth An insatiable hunger For a comfort I can’t quite name But am desperate to fill The wide-eyed...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 25, 20221 min read


Hope
May I taste The luminous vision That seeks me Which is to say May I stand still And open my mouth The sanctity of my senses To risk an...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 25, 20221 min read


Help for Remembering
Another ending delivers me back Into the wide open field of liminal space A silence of unknowing A fullness of emptiness that denies my...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 24, 20221 min read


Longing
I feel the wild longing For sanctuary That place of quiet knowing Where the souls of my feet Feel the soft touch Of Love Rising to meet...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 24, 20221 min read


Hanging on
I don't want this day to end This day that is still yesterday I yearn to give myself to the waiting arms of sleep but bid you leave my...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 14, 20221 min read


Faith or Folly?
I'm losing my nerve It comes in waves Can feel myself - the parts who dared believe and got me this far - wobbling at the knees A...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 14, 20221 min read


If I remember...
If I remember… that there is no way I can get this wrong, no way for me to fall off ‘my path’ for it is a path I make by walking… If I...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 11, 20222 min read


Here, not There
I have been so committed to “the path”. For so long it has been my primary dedication, my passion, my conviction, almost my obsession, as...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Oct 11, 20223 min read


Ancient waves and wounds
Dear ocean wave With your patient force Please wear down the Fossilised grief Set in ancient stone one atop the other The beautiful agony...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Sep 28, 20221 min read


Spring Equinox
Light and Dark Poise the scales in temporary balance For three turns of the earth Each trip around the sun Their gifts are Equally...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Sep 24, 20221 min read


Refuse
Sometimes I’d love to simply refuse To fully embody the pouting fiery child Flopped to the floor Wailing, wild and wilful in the need to...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Sep 24, 20221 min read


If I soften...
If I soften leaning in to all the ways I am holding Breathing in to the clenched fists of fear or shame that work so hard to save me If I...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Sep 24, 20221 min read


Watery Ceremonies
Tears today A watery ceremony for the aches and shames of my humanity The Contracting Ones bracing for safety the Mistrusting testing for...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Sep 24, 20221 min read


Light in the Dark
Fire dances within the circle of this rusty old barrel Gathered many a folk around her before, I'm sure But tonight it's just me with my...
Jacqueline Sheridan
Sep 15, 20221 min read
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