Author: Charlotte Nuessle
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This Moment in Grief: The Poetry of Being Present for What Is
Dear friends, In recently offering This Moment in Grief: The Poetry of Being Present for What Is, a 3-session workshop series through OLLI, participants explored how to engage with grief in meaningful, genuine ways with themselves and with each other. It showed me the gifts I’ve cultivated have found a voice in service of honoring aging,…
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I’m not so good at doing two things at once
Yet my mind pushes the envelope Niggling at me Reminding me to send this text or call that one While I’m sitting here doing this Sitting still even for moments Finding some quiet in the middle Of so much muck in this world It’s like Walking along a thin line A thin place…
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Alchemized
For Will on the 2nd anniversary of your dying and death This morning I feel what it is When pestle is at work The death of what was Into a finer powder of what is Seed, bud, flower, leaves and roots Even the aroma of you The whole plant The scent…
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Voice Whisperer, in process
Voice Whisperer, in process by Charlotte Nuessle I know huge rocks came out of the soil Of my heart You knew them You worked at loving them, tending them Teaching me they were loveable A new flower bloomed in my heart you died and I have no idea how that happens How…
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Growing Strengths from the Inside
Growing strengths from the inside has felt like I’m growing a layer of bark. Bark creates a barrier that keeps moisture in and things like infection out. Tender living parts of a tree grow underneath bark and are protected. Bark is vital for a tree’s survival and health. It’s a home for an entire ecosystem…