To everyone who shared their poetry and stories in the call for collective creativity here on the ‘stack, THANK YOU! It is a tremendous honor to watch people share parts of their soul. Know this: You have gifts that only YOU can give to this world. This is why your art is so important.
Now let us get into it! And I told y’all I wouldn’t be a hypocrite, so I will share one or two of the things I created this past week as well.
To recap from the last post where I dared everyone to share:
To the 85%, those are damn good numbers and I salute you!! To the 16%, it is never too late! We are still eagerly waiting on you!
First we have the raw warrior poetry from
— the work you do is so needed, thank you beautiful:Next up we have a spoke word poetry piece from
— be sure to tap in with him for real talk, excellent reflections, poetry and all things Natural Law:Now we have
and his 2nd chapter of his story, The Curse of Immortality (Chapter 1 is linked in this post as well!) This is beautiful work! is up next, a prolific writer, enjoy his story here, The Devil In The Vine:we also have a second entry from
! Check it out and tap in with him for Freedom Music Fridays!Now we have the heart-piercing poetry of
. Nothing I say can do her poetry any justice, you must experience it. This is the type of lyricism and Soul-Voice that sears itself into your mind after reading only once:A beautiful entry here by
‘s Soul to Soul stories. I love this. She talks about the utility of art in recovering from abuse, and the magic that happens when we come together to share our stories. I can testify that she speaks the truth, this has been medicine for myself and countless others I have witnessed. Thank you !Next we have
, a phenomenal artist and one who has lived a very interesting life. If you are new to his Substack, unless stated otherwise, all of the art yo will see is his works. I am blown away by people who have this ability. This is a memoir of his, accompanied by his beautiful paintings and drawings. Highly recommend checking out his Substack!There is one other who created art but I do not have a link for it yet. I will wait as long as I can before publishing this Sunday AM (I’m writing this Saturday night) and hopefully I will be able to include the works of
! If not, whenever you are ready, we are ready for you :-)I’m honestly blown away by how brilliant you all are. We absolutely will be doing this again!! I love you all and thank you!!!! Everybody tap in with eachother if you aren’t already linked!
Oh yeah and me not being a hypocrite, here are two poems / proses I wrote this week that I shared to Substack today:
Until next time frens. XO
There is beauty in silence. Beauty is all around us. Love every chance you receive and show gratitude daily in order to have true joy.
Tess, this is so kind, thoughtful, and generous of you. I usually think of you as a warrior, but you could say, it is a disarming weapon! : )