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.

If you are looking for poems or stories on a particular theme, use the search function in the top right-hand corner.

Contribute

If you would like to see your original poems or stories featured on the site, then feel free to send them in.

When is the autumn leaf no longer part of the tree? - October 2026

Surface Detail - March 2025

Internal Peace - Jan 28, 2022

Welcome - Jan 28, 2022

Tree - Jun 18, 2021

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

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