by Chris Maddox | Nov 3, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Dear One, The New Moon carries in a satchel full of blessings and creative potential. Can you feel it? We begin this Moon Cycle by walking through a poem of resilience, wilderness & spell making written by Ada Limón, aiming to see the world through her visionary...
by Chris Maddox | Oct 13, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Joy Harjo, of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Poet Laureate of the United States, holds within her name, a message. In Mvskoke, her tribal language, Harjo means “so brave, you’re crazy.” Rooted in the stories, perspectives, and blessings of her ancestors, along with lived...
by Chris Maddox | Oct 5, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Dear One, The Moon is dark again, making her new offering. May we open our arms and receive it. The great creatrix, Joy Harjo, of the Muscogee nation writes: “When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what...
by Chris Maddox | Sep 20, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Spiritual instincts, understanding, and connection flow like water to and through us, nourishing and guiding us, as if by magic, so long as we are open to it. Well, that’s what I have come to believe anyway. A colleague of mine, who is a long time Zen Buddhist...
by Chris Maddox | Sep 5, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Dear One, The Moon is dark, signaling another beginning, or perhaps, an end. Maybe beginnings and endings are one in the same? The late, great Patron St. of Wild Women, Mary Oliver wrote: “Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it begins as did all the fine...
by Nina Paris | Aug 29, 2021 | WILD WOMAN
Dread. Monthly dread. That’s all I can ever remember feeling as my period approached each cycle. I was eleven when I first moved through this transition. I had what the doctor called a “bad period” — ten days long, heavy, exhausting. I had to...
