by Chris Maddox | Jan 29, 2022 | WILD WOMAN
Dear One, We stand at the threshold between one moon cycle and the next. It is a particularly good time to take a little pause to retreat inward, just as the Moon seems to retreat behind the night’s sky. Poetry helps us with such things. Today we have the...
by Chris Maddox | Dec 31, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Happy New Year & New Moon to you! Today, we reach back through time to find a short, yet potent, poem written 1000 years ago in Japan by the great Izumi Shikibu. In it, Skhikibu expresses what so many of us have felt standing underneath the moon. Feel free to...
by Chris Maddox | Dec 17, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Maya Angelou, in all of her many artistic & Soulful expressions, was as radiant as the Sun. To read her poetry acts as a kind of light transfusion. One walks away, no matter what the subject of the poem, walking just a little taller, burning just a little...
by Chris Maddox | Dec 3, 2021 | Heart-Centered Leadership, WILD WOMAN
Dear One, How’s your heart this New Moon? I have a treat for it ♥️, for you: a poem of self-love, respect & celebration written by the phenomenal wild woman poet, singer, dancer, activist, mother: Maya Angelou. Feel free to make yourself cozy &...
by Chris Maddox | Nov 26, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Twenty-one days ago I received a soul-jolt, a rattling, a kind of wake-up call from within. Maybe I’ll tell you about it sometime, or maybe not, we’ll see, but I bet you know what I mean. My mind, heart, and body sent out a call I could not ignore. Anyone walking on...
by Chris Maddox | Nov 17, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Sitting in my old office, in my old house, pen in hand, I took to the first pages of a brand new journal, given to me by the couple I was to wed in just a few days. Bound with light brown leather, embossed with an illustration of a compass, I carefully wrote down the...
