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Feeling the Roar
This morning I awoke In the final moments of predawn Light filtering through my windows Sourced by a blanket of muted gray My serenade? A...
Julie Rinard
Feb 4, 20241 min read


On Words and Wanderlust
Sometimes It arises in me A wanderlust A yearning to travel To the other side of the earth For an African safari or to Witness the Seven...
Julie Rinard
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Beautiful Things
In a recent Writing Circle, I offered the prompt, "Write about something beautiful in your life that you have wanted to hold onto but...
Julie Rinard
Sep 23, 20231 min read


Ode to Cantaloupe by Julie Rinard
My mother grew up in a farming household in the Midwest and her family grew much of the food they ate. She loved cantaloupe. But with...
Julie Rinard
Aug 20, 20231 min read


Fresh In My Body by Julie Rinard
When it was fresh in my body I felt certain I did not belong When it was fresh in my body My intuition mastered my mind When it was fresh...
Julie Rinard
Aug 20, 20231 min read
Beyond Conversation by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer is an amazing poet whose piece, Beyond Conversation, expresses with precision the safety to express...
Julie Rinard
Aug 20, 20231 min read


Clearing by Martha Postlewaite
Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there...
Julie Rinard
Aug 14, 20231 min read

On Brambles and Self-Compassion
Meandering toward The forbidden Inner landscape I pause For a moment Ensnared by A thicket of brambles I did not anticipate Tangled in a...
Julie Rinard
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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