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Poetry and Ritual: Interwoven Art Forms

“For just that moment of speaking, whatever you say is there, briefer even than the taste of gelato or the light on the frescoes at San Marco.” 

– Angie Estes, “Want” in Poets on the Psalms 

A most powerful insight that has developed for me over time is this: words, rituals, do in fact have power over humanity- power to heal and power to transform- perhaps only in the moment, perhaps over a lifetime.

I recently wrote about the power of ritual to harness our both intention and attention toward honoring the moments of our lives.  Because this topic of ritual has been on my mind, I used the inspiration to create a writing prompt for my writers group made of amazing women whom I know through either the Columbus Area Writing Project or the Pages program.

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