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These posts were all written by someone in a Soul Writing group or workshop in ten minutes or less—really!

Not only that, what you read is virtually unedited from the original, timed writing. Several pieces often have the same title since groups write together on one prompt. Join us anytime to try it out for yourself. For now, happy reading.


Tisha Oden Tisha Oden

On the way up

Each step is unknown, unfamiliar, and new—a delight, a wonder.

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Michelle Hynes Michelle Hynes

At the center

What happened to all the pens that were sprawled at the center of my desk just a moment ago? I think I had some fleeting thought about cleaning up.

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Shailla Chand Shailla Chand

Build a bridge

The gap is getting wider // The water filling the space growing more tumultuous // It’s getting harder to see how we might build a bridge // Questioning whether we even want to

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Michelle Hynes Michelle Hynes

A handful of dirt

I want a handful of earth to offer life and promise and hope. I yearn for possibility.

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Jan Martinez Jan Martinez

An offering

I thought I’d struggle to pull the box down off the high shelf. I could barely reach it from where I stood—the white and red copy paper box with its perfectly fitting lid.

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Emily Simmer Emily Simmer

A handful of dirt

Maybe water is just water – magical enough on its own without needing to be festooned in ribbons or metaphors.

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Helena Wagener Helena Wagener

Behind me

Flashes of inner peace and acceptance are behind me now as my mind jumps in front of my heart, taking the bullets of regret…

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Alan Eustace Alan Eustace

Behind me

Behind me, I hear a chair scrape across the floor and a heavy footstep, followed by three or four more…

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Eve Lindi Eve Lindi

From within

I practice now, descending on five breaths to touch bottom, ideally having shed topside mind and any thoughts that feed on my untended wounds, to find her…

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Michelle Hynes Michelle Hynes

Countdown

The other day, I took down my 2024 calendar. Then, superstitious, I kept the December page.

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Hao Tran Hao Tran

Doing time

That’s where I would find them, walking the path that’s perfect for me.

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Emily Simmer Emily Simmer

Stand by

“Stand by,” whispers my dream. “You’re not ready yet.”

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Michelle Hynes Michelle Hynes

Nothing

The hydrangeas may be beyond hope, as the planet warms and the winters get wetter. Voting for hope, though, that's something we can do.

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Allison Roberts Allison Roberts

I pretend not to…

There is a delicate thread when you are performing that you must pay attention to. Don’t tear it.

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Eve Lindi Eve Lindi

A conversation with myself

Looking down the years, along the thread my heart has measured, beat by beat, this question has come up occasionally…

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Michelle Hynes Michelle Hynes

The power of…

The power of sharing food is so simple. Plucking one ripe berry, or a dozen, from the bushes in the back yard.

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