Daily Nourishment for September 3, 2024: Know through Writing with Guidance from Susan Cunningham
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 30 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 11-15 minutes
“What keeps me writing is that I can only know through writing. My major sense organ is apparently a pencil.” - Kay Ryan
Prompt.
Read the poem again and ponder:
Write about the shape of one of your losses or what is sustaining you.
Where is one sector of your self stepping in for another in trouble?
To what degree is there a sense that you might feed upon need as upon nectar?
Write about what comes up for you.
Practice.
Write a poem or a paragraph about struggle or need.
Write your perspective on the question of Why? or whether We Must Struggle
Want More?
Read “Because even the word obstacle is an obstacle” by Alison Luterman
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Upcoming Workshops & Gatherings
—The September Co-Writing calendar is live.
—Spiritual Direction for Writers® + Enneagram for Creativity Gathering will take place on Friday, September 27th and Saturday, September 28th.
You can register here. All registered participants will have access to recordings.
—The Great Belonging Project is live here and The Great Belonging Project October Refresh will take place Oct 1-Oct 31. The Great Belonging Project October Refresh is open for registration with Early Bird pricing of $10.
This week’s Throwback Daily Nourishment offerings were originally provided by Susan Cunningham in 2023 before theywere shared on the website. All five of Susan’s offerings honor the poet Kay Ryan, the United States Poet Laureate from 2008-2010. Ryan has published seven volumes of poetry plus The Best of It, New and Selected Poems which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Susan Haroutunian Cunningham is a poet, therapist, soul coach and spiritual director. She specializes in counseling and training survivors of trauma and abuse to bring healing in personal stories of harm.
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