The Collection
Welcome to the Collection
The 'Words to Sit With' Collection is a home for free-to-share contemporary mindfulness poetry and stories.
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The poems are all listed below, beginning with the most recent. If you are looking for a particular poem you can go straight to your poem of choice by clicking on the title in 'The Collection' drop-down menu above.
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Amongst the Trees - May 04, 2020
On Hold - Apr 21, 2020
Together - Mar 26, 2020
Feeling Frantic in a Peaceful World - Mar 26, 2020
This Long Night - Mar 26, 2020
Social distancing (Haiku) - Mar 19, 2020
No longer negotiating - Aug 09, 2019
Bluebell Lane - Mar 22, 2019
The Tree - Mar 01, 2019
When I allow myself to slow down - Mar 01, 2019
Moments of Freedom - Sep 17, 2017
Being - Sep 17, 2017
I Sit and I Feel it - Feb 04, 2019
What the Bonsai Tree Sees - Feb 20, 2017
Moment by Moment - Feb 20, 2017
Home - Sep 02, 2016
Quietly Sometimes - Sep 02, 2016
This Matters - Jul 20, 2016
Sensitivity - Jul 20, 2016
Cursing the Weeds - Jul 06, 2016
Taming the Tiger - Jun 26, 2016
Let my Life be a Bonsai Tree - Jun 26, 2016
Being Me - Jun 26, 2016
The Morning - Jun 26, 2016
The Wall - Jun 26, 2016
Dear Judging Mind - Apr 10, 2016
Thinking about Thinking (What's the Meta?) - May 06, 2016
42 (Haiku) - Apr 24, 2016
Emotional Tones - Apr 10, 2016
How Can I Best Take Care of Myself? - Apr 10, 2016
Inseparable - Apr 10, 2016
Smooth Stones (Haiku) - Apr 10, 2016
Not to Look but to See - Mar 30, 2016
Sometimes it Rains - Mar 28, 2016