***Tell Your Story*** I'm heading over to the Surrey International Writing Conference in Vancouver today! A whole weekend of workshops on storycraft, talks with agents and editors and lots of reconnecting with writers from my visit last year, as well as new people this year. Have you ever been to a gathering of writers? People say the full moon makes for wild nights, but put rooms of writers together and you have creativity begin to live and breath like a fully formed human. Prompt for today is from @tealmoonpoetry and @_geothepoet_ #abcmoonoct18 #quaesitum. ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #amwriting #mythandlore #findmymagic #artlixirfresh #penguinpoetry #poetrycommunity #writers_den_ #poetrylovers #instapoetry #wordswithqueens #writersnetwork #words #storyoftheday #alchemy #mythology #magic #magick #nature #storytelling #philosopher #myth #folklore #spilledink #creativelife #creativewriting #manifestyourdream #manifestingdreams #herheartpoetry #veinheartartisans #untwinemecanada (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpE9DTKBB5z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r5n5l3r747a9

***Remember Who You Are*** Sometimes our innate stubbornness means we make our lives more challenging than they need to be. If we surrender, believe and trust in ourselves and the Goddess, the Universe, physics (whoever or whatever you apply to the force of the world), you will succeed. You are a child of the earth, the air, the stars and the fire which sparked and sang our stories into being. Prompt from @tealmoonpoetry and @_geothepoet_ #abcmoonoct18 #opsimath ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #writingprompt #writinglife #writerslife #imagination #amwriting #writerscommunity #poetrycommunity #writers_den_ #artlixirfresh #untwinemecanada #veinheartartisans #goalsetting2018 #spirituality #spiritualfeminist #wakethewitches #poetryisnotdead #silverleafpoetry #thoughtoftheday #mothernature #goddessrising #goddessenergy #naturespirit #naturalmagic #naturelover #findmymagic #mythandlore #mythology #astrology #venusrising #morningstar #eveningstar (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAGNurBMKG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mok45ga1i0bm

***In Nadryv*** Today's post was wholey inspired by the prompt of #nadryv from @tealmoonpoetry an @_geothepoet_ #abcmoonoct18 which doesn't translate from Russian well but can mean "self-laceration or tear." You are your own worst enemy. ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #writinglife #artlixirfresh #poetrycommunity #writers_den_ #poetrylovers #instapoetry #wordswithqueens #writersnetwork #wordporn #poetryisnotdead #thoughtoftheday #self #selfidentity #environment #earthyfriendly #selflove #selfesteem #trust #loveyourbody #poetryofig #writersofig #penguinpoetry #silverleafpoetry #veinheartartisans #globalagepoetry (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9Tda_BWVf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t9n2b2hbbkkm

***To Honour and Cherish*** I can never give enough gratitude and thanks to nature so here is yet another verse inspired by my many walks along the waterfront and the wild cemetery I live beside. (Kinnikinnick is a local First Nation's name for one of the native plants mentioned here which translates to "bearberry.") Prompt used from @tealmoonpoetry and @_geothepoet_ #abcmoonoct18 #lagniappe ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #writinglife #artlixirfresh #poetrycommunity #writers_den_ #poetrylovers #instapoetry #wordswithqueens #writersnetwork #wordporn #poetryisnotdead #naturelover #westcoast #oceanfront #nativeplants #magick #mothernature #goddessrising #goddessenergy #naturespirit #naturalmagic #spiritualfeminist #yourheartbeats #meditation #poetsofig #untwinemecanada #penguinpoetry #herheartpoetry #veinheartartisans #silverleafpoetry #environment #thoughtoftheday #ourpoetryjourney (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BozQDzpn915/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a81jz5adgcfg

***Let Go and Fly*** Inspired by a bad habit of mine to make things a lot harder than they should be. Every day I remind myself to breath, I walk in nature and remember we only get one body for this lifetime, only one mind and must be kind to ourselves. Your pace and your mountains are not what someone else must climb and sometimes those mountains are all in your mind and you just need to trust, let go and fly with your dream wings. Prompts used from @blcklns_aj18 #bottledupmemoriesblsd18 #stuckintheundertow @tealmoonpoetry @_geothepoet_ #abcmoonoct18 #jumar ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #thoughtoftheday #meditations #selfconfidence #poetryofinstagram #writersofig #naturespirit #loveyourself #naturalmagic #spiritualfeminist #yourheartbeats #motivation #motivational #hope #trust #relax #breathe #outdoors #nature #environment #writerslife #artlixirfresh #poetrytribe #lightworker #spirituality #bestrong #poetryisnotdead #dreams #penguinpoetry #herheartpoetry (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bowpz66BQW-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h8kyquf1urq0

***Raidho Hopes*** Raidho is a rune of the Elder Furthark, Norse alphabet which literally means "ride ho." In psi and divinatory use it means journeying, taking action and becoming aware of the storied self. (The stories you tell yourself which have formed your self-perception and reality). I have used it in this poem to refer to its use as a charm for travelers. I personally keep a Raidho stone in an inner coat pocket whenever I go somewhere. Prompts used from the following: @blcklns_aj18 #bottledupmemoriesblsd18 #chasingunicorns8 @tealmoonpoetry #abcmoonoct18 #haematic ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #writinglife #artlixirfresh #poetrycommunity #writers_den_ #poetrylovers #instapoetry #poets #divination #writing #traveler #adventure #travellover #journeynotdestination #writingcommunity #herheartpoetry #unicorns #magick #runedivination #runemagick #norsemythology #futhark (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BorbfvTB1o0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=olsf8byjpvbx

***For All the Women Before*** A poem greatly inspired by the prompt from @_geothepoet_ and @tealmoonpoetry #abcmoonoct18 #gynarchy (a government of women) and to all the women who fought to be heard, who walked their own paths and fought to change the world and to those who still do that today. We are powerful. ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #wakethewitches #spiritualfeminist #spiritualwarrior #spirituality #activism #environment #poetryofig #writersofig #artlixirfresh #worldofpoets #silverleafpoetry #herheartpoetry #veinheartartisans #penguinpoetry #nature #thoughtoftheday #feminism #feminist #wakingupintheworld #patriarchyproblems #goddessrising #goddesspower #mothernature (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BopBtl7BovW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k58bgmo0vw03

***Heritage*** Getting in the mood for Samhain and I finally had a chance to get my hands on a copy of the poetically gorgeous prose of Robert MacFarlane's writing; specifically his book "Landmarks," which is full of his exploration of Britain's linguistic and literary terrain and the links to the natural landscapes. A lot of these words are nearly dead and most no longer are in dictionaries, since our world is so much less in tune with nature and more and more globally citified. Various words used today came from his collected lexicon as well as two prompts: Terra nullius is Latin for "nothing land" Landskein is from the Hebrides and means the blue horizon lines over hills on a hazy day. Wolfsnow refers to a dangerous sea blizzard also from the Hebrides area. (The Hebrides are islands on the western coast of Scotland). @tealmoonpoetry @_geothepoet_ #abcmoonoct18 #fremescent @blcklns_aj18 #bottledupmemoriesblsd18 #sleepingsoftly ***Text and background by @a.r.reynolds*** #writinglife #artlixirfresh #poetrycommunity #writers_den_ #poetrylovers #instapoetry #writingcommunity #herheartpoetry #veinheartartisans #silverleafpoetry #environment #thoughtoftheday #words #wordprompts #naturespirit #naturalmagic #spiritualfeminist #yourheartbeats #britain #poetsofig #adventure #outdoors #linguistics #language #heritage #ancestry #penguinpoetry (at Victoria, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BomTK1Oht3H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b7ncnlumgalt