Wild & Free
Poetry of Living, Loving & Letting Go
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Knots Fibers intertwine weaving over and under under and over creating habitual patterns of movement until there’s no wiggle room and advancement ceases The more they try to move the tighter they become no longer resembling the vibrant strands that organized around their casual current They seize What is it they hold in the unyielding spaces in between? Crusty bits flake off in the effort made to untangle un-strangle The structure matters not necklace shoelace under the left shoulder blade in stomach’s hollow patterned on a wooden floor or in the trunk of your favorite tree Knots are knots are knots some easier to unsnarl than others Unflappable fingers can comb through the web of confusion as breath and awareness can soften the resistance around knitted connective tissues Those in lumber’s grain can serve as a focal point to unwind the mind I sit with the pit’s gnarled seed in my gut gazing hazily on the planks that make up my floor Small swirly knots on the surface reflect the process I must endure to uncoil unravel to loosen what has constricted around my flow
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About the Book
This is the third book in the Wild series of poems, which explore themes of love, light and shadow, nature, and finally, living, loving, and letting go. This collection was written during a particularly potent time of impermanence, living through lessons requiring action as well as the discipline of bearing witness. These poems are heart-driven and accessible to a wide range of readers.
About the Author
Sherry’s dreams have always included a need for authentic connection and aspects of healing, educating and entertaining. Whether it was on stage, answering phones, collecting cover charges, checking coats, demonstrating cookware, writing or teaching yoga & meditation, these qualities have remained steady. Moved by a vivid imagination and deep reverence for the role of witness, Sherry is in a constant state of creativity and inquiry. Wild & Free – Poetry of Living, Loving and Letting Go is the third and final collection in her “Wild” poetry series (previously published by Balboa Press, Love’s Wild Journey – Poems from an Untamed Heart & Wild Fire – Poetic Prisms). Other published works include inclusion of two poems (Silent Sounds & In the Moment) in The Poetry of Yoga – A Contemporary Anthology Volume 1 (Edited by HawaH), as well as articles in local papers and online magazines. Sherry lives in Bucks County, PA with her husband, three daughters, dog and two cats.