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A little neighborhood river work -- It’s raining today. In Oregon. In November. Surprise.
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The year we give differently
A poem on holiday gifting + holy imagination -- we’ve been thinking about christmas gifts during a fascist takeover
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When darkness turns gentle
On candles, winter mornings, and the quiet courage of light -- When do you like to put up Christmas lights and decorations? Maybe it’s the moment the…
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Didn't see that coming
A little justice sensitivity + a surprising ranking -- justice sensitivityit’s ironic that people with government titles think they can solve autism
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Gently Fierce is here!!!
New book alert! -- When every facet of who we are as a collective is disintegrating, “Gently Fierce” listens for the rhythm of the sacred. These poems…
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world
A love letter to those who rage and rest -- I’ve long been fascinated by opposing forces that need each other. Growth and rest. Expansion and…
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Didn't plan this. Doing it anyways.
A new book is coming! -- So. A few of you asked if I’m planning to publish a collection of poetry around the theme of resistance. I’ve been moving…
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America goes to therapy
A poem on everyone just wanting to feel safe -- We welcome our new friends to the Thread community! It’s pretty free-flowing around here. Some weeks…
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Dance practice + Costco runs
A poem on the beauty + horror of it all -- i hate that it’s become normal to process inhumane violence before my costco runi see an international…
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Love is always making something new
The fierce hope of unraveling what no longer works -- I stumbled across this statement recently and wrote it down right away. My heart and mind flashed…
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Together is the way forward
A little poem that went viral this week -- I went for a walk on Tuesday morning before taking my son to school. Hoping my shoes on the pavement would…
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The house that held us
Grief, awakening + the courage to let go -- We pay two mortgages on the first of each month. One for a home in Oregon that we live in. One for a home in…
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The Thread with Jenny Smith
The Thread with Jenny Smith
Untangling the stories that make us who we are so we can show up to our lives with spacious presence, brave honesty, radical love & wild curiosity.
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