Welcome back to “Creative Process" - a month-long journaling series from members of the Lady Brain Collective. Today we'll showcase several poems from poet Lizzie Wann: image description: colorful writing pens overlaid on photo of Lizzie Wann reciting poetry at a live event. “Global Mourning" by Lizzie Wann another shooting another fire another politician throws thoughts & prayers upon the pyre cold’s getting colder warm’s getter warmer will shouting become a murmur or will rage sustain until there’s a reformer I want to keep safe people who are erased I want to be shelter for those who fear their protector let’s bury the guns before another one wielded by another white guy kills for fun or for hate let’s eliminate the industry that arms bigotry those ‘bad apple’ cops afraid they won’t get the drop so they shoot first it can’t be reversed another unarmed brown or black person is harmed another dream burst another black hearse another soul to the universe keep the press free to report every atrocity let journalists write & think for themselves not stick to party lines or be compelled to cover up presidential crimes and what of medicine & science as others rally around noncompliance while thousands continue to suffer & die some people can’t seem to be bothered because it’s high time we beautify they want to forget face masks and distance but I’ll remain resistant so I can keep my existence recognize beauty in and of the world the way a new language can get twirled on your tongue, in your brain the way different foods can taste when you let your mind embrace the adventure that is unfurled fuck your white nationalism fuck your ugly racism fuck your domestic terrorism I’ll create a life of global tourism of dynamic feminism of passionate egalitarianism until the end notes of my lyricism am I mourn, I triumph I grieve, I glory I bleed, I laugh I rejoice I rejoice I rejoice We are the night ocean filled with glints of light. We are the space between the fish and the moon While we sit here together. - Rumi “Safe Passage" by Lizzie Wann a journey begins whether it is your day-to-day or a new adventure each day brings opportunities you can mend a broken heart celebrate a new start create your art stand apart sometimes it’s hard enough to just exist but when you have it in you when you’re ready you can resist you can persist you can untwist your insides until all you find is love your fellow voyagers carry their own histories stories that are bone-deep, blood-soaked, and built on those from before and before when you listen and seek love you will learn from them for their wisdom is food for the soul throughout your travels you will experience peaks & valleys adversity & advantage smooth seas & rough waters there will be times when you will be lost but here’s some real-life magic wind is power adjust your sails and get moving water is a conveyor your path is untraceable clouds are inspiration let your mind get carried away rain is music a sweet song to lift your spirits and the sky is a map a constant reference point find your North Star and follow it unfailingly track the sun & stars from east to west chase the phases of the moon to mark time finally remember that when your own course is straight & clear to help those who are adrift every one of us deserves safe passage “Murders, Unkindnesses & Other Winged Things" by Lizzie Wann
(from The Hospice Bubble & Other Devastating Affirmations) I’ve got a thing for birds not just any birds, but certain ones those steeped in mythology or magic the ones that signal omens & fate that said, most birds frighten me I have only recently begun to enjoy whoosh of hummingbirds as they dive & swoop toward feeder in my parents’ backyard their impossibly fast and tiny wings fluttering like a feeling my heart used to know but when a hummingbird is still it’s like being let in on a secret birds of prey are magnificent hawks, falcons, owls enormous wingspans & mighty talons even Zeus chose an eagle as his companion but always crows & ravens have enchanted me even their collective nouns conjure mystery a murder of crows bringers of light & death godlike & wise but always up for a good joke they hold memories of other worlds their familiar caws make my mornings an unkindness of ravens known to pick on other species as a group if necessary highly intelligent symbolic of mind & thoughts straight from the myth of Odin I have dreams where I fly I am neither crow nor raven but the higher I go, the lighter I feel to escape from daily murders & unkindnesses that we know that we mourn that we rage against that don’t go away when we close our eyes
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