A message for you… ✨ “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison I just downloaded a little AI tool to inspire me, and this was my quote for today. I think it’s a good one. 🖤 So… What book would you write? 📖✨ #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #StepIntoYourFlow #ToniMorrison

The Body Remembers Think about a poem you have performed, memorised or spoken aloud. Notice what your body remembers that your mind doesn't necessarily have to think about. Where do your hands move? Where does your breath change? Where does the rhythm carry you forward? Where do you pause? Where does your body already know what comes next? Now write a poem from that physical memory. Don't worry about making it perfectly grammatical or polished. Let the poem find its own rhythm through your breath, your hands, your mouth and your movement. Think about the poem as something somatic and unsomatic: What happens in the body? What happens beyond the body? What can you feel physically? What can you feel emotionally, energetically or intuitively? Let the structure of the poem become something you can almost move through. Write it once on the page. Then read it aloud. Notice where your body naturally wants to move, breathe, pause or repeat. Read it again and allow those movements to become part of the poem. The question isn't only: What does this poem say? It's also: How does my body know how to say it?

There's a chillness in the moment The chill of the unknown It used to be the moment Was the thrill yet to be shown We could take on anything Adventures to be had! Seems options start to dwindle When the options may seem sad With options, always choices Choices ours to realize Ours to see the outcomes From perceptions in minds' eyes The path we choose is narrow Or as wide as it can be When we can see the options Leading to eternity 09.12.2026

📰 One of my favourite resources for writers: Mslexia. If you’re a writer and you haven’t come across Mslexia yet, I highly recommend checking it out. It’s a brilliant magazine for women writers, packed with inspiration, writing advice, competitions, opportunities and calls for submissions. I’ve found it a really useful resource over the years, so I thought I’d share it here as part of our Competitions & Opportunities section. I’ll share opportunities I genuinely think are worth knowing about, whether that’s competitions, magazines looking for submissions, funding, publishing opportunities or other useful resources for writers. Definitely one to bookmark! 𝗠𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 — 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. Mslexia I’ve been lucky enough to be featured in Mslexia, where I chat about creating STEP INTO MY FLOW, my debut book of poetry exploring healing and manifestation. I also talk about my documentary @goodenoughdocu about @toria.garbutt, along with the awesome Faber & Faber poetry course run by Richard Scott and Rachael Allen. My poetry development was funded by the Arts Council, with invaluable support from Toria Garbutt. So, if you’re a writer, definitely have a look. You never know where an opportunity might lead. 💛✍️

I'm Eva, from Portland, Oregon, USA. I'm a poet, musician and philosophizer. An observer of myself relating to how I observe my perceptions has been growth on a large scale throughout the awareness of my existence. I'm very visual, as well. My poetry usually begins with a comprehensive thought, the point, that presents as I've worked through hypotheses sorting confusion to match conclusions of Truth. Poetry is how I prove and validate the point further to myself in written form. It comes forth as a stream through my conduits with a pen or an instrument. I start writing what has popped in my head and it flows out until the circle is complete or the point sufficiently made! My visualizations are in my head and music is a very important basis of Truth for me. My time is quite limited as my husband is terminally ill and now on hospice, but looking forward to participating more fully as I can. Nice to be here and get to know you. Thank you🙏🏼