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Up all night

Up all night

PoetryJennifer PhillipsSeptember 19, 2024hope, sleep, uncertainty, wildness, unknowing, unfolding

The doctor is in

The doctor is in

Poetry, NewsletterJennifer PhillipsJanuary 24, 2024poetry, florilegia, change, attention, life, process, neighbor love, imperfection

Ties that bind

Ties that bind

Poetry, NewsletterJennifer PhillipsJanuary 9, 2024poetry, florilegia, stillness, breath, change, interdependence

Riding the wave

Riding the wave

Poetry, LifeJennifer PhillipsAugust 17, 2023poem, baseball, water, waves, ambition, neighbor love

When lost in fog

When lost in fog

PoetryJennifer PhillipsMarch 2, 2023seeking, lost, Rilke, listening, rest, enough, uncertainty

Post-Roe, I'm following...

Post-Roe, I'm following...

Justice, Life, PoetryJennifer PhillipsJune 30, 2022art, poetry, justice, freedom, autonomy, collage

A blessing for sending a child you love to school

A blessing for sending a child you love to school

Life, PoetryJennifer PhillipsMay 26, 2022blessing

Things that will not be hurried

Things that will not be hurried

Poetry, CreativityJennifer PhillipsJanuary 26, 2022Slow Thinking, Time, Snails, Whales, Barbecue, Tides, slow, uncertainty

Don't worry

Don't worry

Work, Life, PoetryJennifer PhillipsJanuary 11, 2022mary oliver, perfectionism, late bloomers

Jazz hands

Jazz hands

Poetry, Life, MusicJennifer PhillipsDecember 17, 2021Alan Watts, Buddhism, dance, music, song

Two-fer (poem)

Two-fer (poem)

Poetry, JusticeJennifer PhillipsApril 21, 2021Antiracism, Racial Justice, Justice

Blessing for perfectionists

Blessing for perfectionists

Poetry, Life, WorkJennifer PhillipsMarch 25, 2021

Séance (poem)

Séance (poem)

PoetryJennifer PhillipsMarch 23, 2021Mr. Rogers, self-acceptance, perfectionism

Poem: A Meteor Goes to Work

Poem: A Meteor Goes to Work

Poetry, LifeJennifer PhillipsFebruary 18, 2021poem, stargazing, stress

Seriously

Seriously

A silly poem about taking ourselves too seriously.

Poetry, HumorJennifer PhillipsOctober 18, 2019

"Live the questions now."

"Live the questions now."

Are you wading through uncertainties in work and life? Live the questions.

Poetry, Strategy, PhilosophyJennifer PhillipsJuly 27, 2017Rilke, Strategy, Philosophy, Privilege, uncertainty

"What, to the American slave, is the fourth of July?"

"What, to the American slave, is the fourth of July?"

Frederick Douglass's famous speech is as relevant as ever.

Enrichment, Justice, Philosophy, PoetryJennifer PhillipsJuly 3, 2017Frederick Douglass, Fourth of July

#limericksforjustice

#limericksforjustice

A poem to commemorate the 2016 Electoral College vote.

Justice, PoetryJennifer PhillipsDecember 19, 2016Justice, Limericks

Haiku: Vacation

Haiku: Vacation

I'm shutting down now.
Ciao, laptop! Bon voyage, me!
The air smells sweeter.

PoetryJennifer PhillipsJuly 21, 2016Haiku, Balance