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From: Crystal Brunelle <brucr_at_onalaskaschools.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:54:53 -0500
There were so many poems in What the Heart Knows that spoke to my own heart. I truly appreciated "A List of Things That Will Set You Free." I had an almost immediate response of writing a list of the things that set me free and the list was poetry after a fashion. The part about what we say to ourselves is the most powerful for me. I can see this being something that readers of any age can relate to. And I know I need to memorize the
"Invitation to Lost Things" so I can chant it daily.
I am thankful for this collection of poems that resonates with me. Like Emily, I found myself wanting to share some of them with others - which I did - and others I wanted to hold tight and meditate on by myself. Some made space for grief and sadness and some made space for laughter and joy. I really appreciate "Starting Now" as an encouragement to begin the work that our hearts are crying out to do.
A question for Joyce: I'm curious as to how the book came to be. Were there poems and chants that you already had written & then you noticed that they had a theme or was it a plan the whole time to have a few of each for the four different sections?
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 10:54:53 -0500
There were so many poems in What the Heart Knows that spoke to my own heart. I truly appreciated "A List of Things That Will Set You Free." I had an almost immediate response of writing a list of the things that set me free and the list was poetry after a fashion. The part about what we say to ourselves is the most powerful for me. I can see this being something that readers of any age can relate to. And I know I need to memorize the
"Invitation to Lost Things" so I can chant it daily.
I am thankful for this collection of poems that resonates with me. Like Emily, I found myself wanting to share some of them with others - which I did - and others I wanted to hold tight and meditate on by myself. Some made space for grief and sadness and some made space for laughter and joy. I really appreciate "Starting Now" as an encouragement to begin the work that our hearts are crying out to do.
A question for Joyce: I'm curious as to how the book came to be. Were there poems and chants that you already had written & then you noticed that they had a theme or was it a plan the whole time to have a few of each for the four different sections?
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