© Ali Grimshaw 2025
Photo taken in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
HikerHaiku – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
renewal
Along the Path of Daily Breathing – poem by Ali Grimshaw
“Because the heart dwells in unattended dark, we often forget its sublime sensitivity to everything that is happening to us. Without our ever noticing, the heart absorbs the joy of things and also their pain and care. Within us, therefore, a burdening can accrue. For this reason, it is wise now and again to tune in to your heart and listen for what it carries.
– Let Your Heart Speak, John O’Donohue
along the path of daily breathing
to hear my heart’s needs
saturation of all to be felt
(all muscles need rest to continue lifting)
I sit inside a song of silence
listening for imaginings of the heart
possibilities of becoming
dreams beyond my thinking
© Ali Grimshaw 2024
Quadrille Monday – Imagine at dVerse Poets’ Pub. Join in the fun HERE.
Wildwood – Poem By Ali Grimshaw
oh goddesses of green grand guardians I pine for you still your assembly of sacred shade moss-softness watercolored pools diving deeply your wild emerald waters left me yearning for freedom like a river rush of riverstones cool slide of ease no thoughts for tomorrow © Ali Grimshaw 2023 Join a welcoming community of poets at dVerse, for Quadrille #182 Are You Pining for Poems? - HERE Photo taken last week in the wilds of Washington state. Thankfully this forest has been spared the wildfires.
Undressing Mistakes – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
is it's weight worth carrying forward does waking up to it spring you forth have you noticed that you stepped into it again it is never too late to go barefoot fresh starts are free don't believe me go toe testing for yourself I dare you to show up differently bare yourself © Ali Grimshaw 2023
Daybreak – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
Each day a chance for new green to reach us for listening to happen in a way that has never happened before. For air to clear. And for us to come together instead of apart. For healing to blossom forgiveness heard, shame shifting to break the cycle of old chains. For mirroring your love revealing how your eyes have seen me forward. For rebalancing of Earth and sky an atmosphere where all living things breathe without fear of suffocation. For dormancy to begin again or throw off its covers to jump out of bed. For someone to return home or find a home or be welcomed to a home for the very first time. ©Ali Grimshaw 2022 This poem first published in, Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women, available HERE (kindle & paperback) This poetry anthology is a testament to both the challenges that women face in our society, and to their power to overcome them. A memorable collection of over 200 poems by more than 100 authors. Thanks to the work of by Gabriela Marie Milton and Ingrid Wilson.
Have you heard? – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
say what you find in the deep moss of your feet a lush immersion of aliveness long forgotten like leaves caressing your childhood cheek follow the movement of this forest vocabulary a language that you have yet to dance with are you willing to give yourself over to sit with the fallen nurse logs to listen for the tall evergreen guardians to days of foresttime absent from hours or minutes ticking filled instead by croaks, sways, gurgles music accessible to the practiced ear you will feel it coming a cooling shift of rainclouds the beginning of your roots being welcomed in ©Ali Grimshaw 2022 Join me on earthweal for open link weekend HERE
Buoyancy – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
dawn goddess celebrator of the hopeful Aurora offers cresting radiance beams definitively sky filled breaking over mountains dim a daily gesture of newness of beginnings yet to be let her shine on you morning overflowing fill your cup with levity walk lightly through heaviness ©Ali Grimshaw 2022 Join me in celebrating the 11th Anniversary of dVerse Poet's Pub, - HERE. Quadrille # 155, Let's Celebrate
Sipping – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
she didn't need to know how to pronounce the name of what grew before her delicately vivid she didn't need to understand how it pollinated or the temperatures it withstood last winter she didn't need to know why it arrived who brought it from afar or how it survived her eyes saw the magenta magnificence drank in the sweet joy of bloom in a cup tasted the miniture petals an elixer of revival ©Ali Grimshaw 2022 Join a friendly community of poets for Open Link Night at dVerse Poet's Pub HERE
Water Heal My Soul – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
My words were inspired by this nourishing song, The River,
written and performed by Coco Love Alcorn. Please give it a listen.
river's spirit sings rhythm without age it knows flow where to go it helps me trust the way with eyes closed, receiving I open to the waterway joining streamlets, runnels, rivulets rushing away Mother Earth's teaching receding or overflow returning is river's way to go ©Ali Grimshaw 2022 Join us at dVerse - Eyeing the Quadrille #147 HERE
Lavender Fields – Poem by Ali Grimshaw
tending melancholy rows of dusk swaying scented thoughts light eases away toward your side of the world barefoot I close my eyes to listen our Mother Earth is singing us home ©Ali Grimshaw 2021
It is my dream to bring writers together from around the world to write together and listen with compassion. Join my for my next writing circle. All voices welcome.
Renewal Through Poetry: Writing Circle Monday, August 23, 2021 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
Register – HERE to write with us. We want to hear your words.
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Round the World – August 5, 2021. – Join the fun HERE.
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