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Rebecca Cook's avatar

"oh make me backless like a party dress

make me fluid like the water

encasing my secret body

hurtling toward earth inside a padlocked star"

I wrote this in our last session. I had completely forgotten it about because I, like you, am a sprinting forward person. Now these lines seem extraordinary to me. It would be a great loss if I didn't follow up with them. They deserve my attention. And this is what I take from this last letter--I want to attend to the completion of things. Thank you, Alix. Closure doesn't mean the end. It means treating the things I create with care.

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Alix Klingenberg's avatar

Loooove this line and I really loved all that you’ve shared this circle, so thank you!!

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Rebecca Cook's avatar

You mean the world, or rather a kind of world that’s always sprouting up green things and wordy juicy poetry things. A wild world. A world not-quite fixed into place.

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Margo Roby's avatar

I just joined but am happy that I can leave a line and become part of the transition:

such peace exists in that existence

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Alix Klingenberg's avatar

so beautiful, Margo! And welcome - there is much to come!

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Sam's avatar

Recently joined but I love these prompts for transition (life has been full of transitions and thresholds lately!). Glad to share a line, it happens to be a final line too, which feels especially fitting...

These bones are ready to speak

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Alix Klingenberg's avatar

Oooh, it gives me chills. Thanks for being here, Sam!! ❤️❤️❤️

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Anna B's avatar

Happy birthday, Alix! Thank you, I'm looking forward to working with the prompts today: they really resonated. I set aside a few hours every Sat to write at a cafe. 💚 I think the line I'll go with is "I forgot to be afraid of who I'd be with you."

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Alix Klingenberg's avatar

What a beautiful line. I really love that ✨✨✨

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Anna B's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Kate Ballo's avatar

Hi Alix! Loving this post and prompts so much. Thank you. My line: Like the Screech Owl—I may be small, but my voice is mighty, and I am here to hold hands with anyone who seeks liberation from the shackles of emotional, physical, or psychological entrapment.

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Alix Klingenberg's avatar

Thank you, Kate. I love your line - may we all be like the screech owl! 🦉

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Kate Ballo's avatar

Yes!!!

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The Sawyer's Daughter's avatar

The fallout of sinus headache / sinus pressure due to seasonal allergies kept me from participating in the last gathering. I've very much enjoyed getting to know everyone via our Zoom calls and hearing great poetry throughout. Thank you, Alix, for facilitating these Seeds of Poetry!

Here's something I wrote from our first session ~

"Step out of your room, the body

that oh, so well, contains and holds you.

Walk the darkened hallways,

steer toward the gray light

of morning. Step out of your room,

into the life that beckons..."

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Tanya Levy's avatar

Here is my one line: "my nervous system freezes at the door to change, frozen sold, I seek ways to warm myself"

Thank you Alix for the writing space you create, I always feel, seen, heard, understood, and loved.

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Alix Klingenberg's avatar

I seek new ways to warm myself. Yes ❤️❤️❤️ I love you so, Tanya and am so glad to be traveling with you in this life

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Tanya Levy's avatar

I love you so too and honored to travel with you.

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Libby Walkup's avatar

Is that where that quote comes from?! I can only hear the song! That I can’t title right now.

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Alix Klingenberg's avatar

closing time!

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Keith Fey's avatar

Love.

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Caitlin Gemmell's avatar

Happy birthday, Alix! Thanks for the prompts. I’m planning a big journal writing session today and will definitely use them.

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