Recipe for Conduits
Moonrose Doherty
after Michelle G. Stradford’s “Just Stir”
Stop waiting
rattlesnake resting
for brilliance to strike
you must open your mouth, shake your skin
create a recipe for success
create a home for lightning
Show up for you every day
every sand covered pocket, mesquite hidden moment
at the same time and place
at the same grains and granules
bring your unique talents
let them trail behind, leaving S shapes for eternity mix in
your inner creative
dust clouds of sparks and rainbows
and just stir
break up the clumps of shedded skin
let the magic
unfurl to stardust skies; let the brilliance
of you pour
Let yourself be the conduit
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Author Bio
Moon Doherty is a non-binary human that started writing poetry as a teenager and was encouraged by an amazing teacher at Jefferson High School, which led to getting poems published in Rites of Passage, the school’s literary magazine. They’ve been writing ever since and love to write poetry about nature, feelings, change, water, relationships and connection. The art of singing and painting through words (poetry in their perception) is a deeply personal creating that helps them understand their own body, mind, and soul in ways that they’re joyous has become a realized possibility. They’re grateful for the opportunity to share in community. Moon is deeply intertwined with plants and energies and the astral world and you’ll often find them under stars, in a river or sitting with their rooted, rain-drinking friends.
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