HeyJaredMystic Musings & Passionate Ponderings
Passionate poetry and ponderings. Inspirational essays on living and loving mindfully, heartfully, joyfully, ecstatically & gratefully. Writing as healing, magic & legacy. Motherhood/mother wound. Aging with feist + grace. Making love with life!
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Ode to Whoever First Thought of Putting Ribbons in a Book (opens the original)
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Oh, you clever one!You bibliophile!Man or woman of letters, ideas, pleasures, and the kind of magic only found in books.No one remembers your name now.Perhaps you ran a fancy printing shop in London in 1826Or maybe you were a lowly apprentice Or a crafty wife surprising her husband (I rather fancy that).But this notion caught onAnd here we areHundreds of years laterTouching your cleverness.©️2026 Sage Taylor Kingsley S
A Voice from Nowhere, and Everywhere (opens the original)
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Have you decided to be kind to yourself yet? Well. Isn’t that a given? I mean, isn’t that obvious?Not from where I’m, shall we say, viewing you from. Hmmm. And where is that, exactly?Everywhere. Nowhere. Right here. Ah. I wonder what being kinder to myself would look like. Sound like. Feel like. BE like… I wonder…That’s a start. Keep wondering. Giving yourself permission to imagine is how everything truly wonderful begins. Right. Like this … conversation?You already know what you know.
Poets on Poetry: Definitions from Classic to Modern (opens the original)
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What IS poetry? Have you ever wondered what distinguishes a poem from, say, prose that is laden with descriptive imagery?As a published poet and lover of poetry since I was knee-high to a grasshopper (half a century ago, but who’s counting), and as a professional curator and editor of poetry collections, I eat, breathe, drink, dance, dream poetry.I compiled 13 definitions from famous poets, added 2 of my own, then thought, “Why not ask my poetry community on Substack what THEY feel poetry really
LION'S GATE: 8 Sacred Lessons from My Shamaniversary! (opens the original)
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Happy Lion’s Gate 2026!Today is one of the most auspicious days of the year for MANIFESTING!!!Focus on what you are calling IN with …AffirmationsVisualization/Intention SettingVision BoardingVision StatementsCeremonySacred MusicMake it real, make it happen, step into your Lion’s Gate Portal!!!!<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87OA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb561c106-5c6b
4th of July BLUES? Read these! (opens the original)
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I get it. I feel like giving our so-called “leaders” the middle finger today more than waving a flag or watching fireworks. But here’s what we need to remember:America is not its current government.America is this beautiful land, and millions of amazing humans of every color, creed, sexual orientation, age, abled-bodyness, and origin. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WHk8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-pos
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