by Xianna Michaels | Oct 5, 2016 | Editorial
A meaningful Yom Kippur to all. May all our prayers for the coming year be answered. In these High Holy Days of contemplation, I am thinking of a poem I wrote in a special moment of connection with G-d. In these High Holy Days of contemplation, I am thinking of a poem...
by Xianna Michaels | Mar 15, 2016 | Editorial
verse "For the land beyond the Lower East Side And New York's endless stone and steel, Where the other shore was three months' ride— California, where the gold was real. The north was booming, but the southern part Was the place that captured Lily's heart. A place...
by Xianna Michaels | Jan 6, 2016 | Editorial
Editorial January 22nd is National Handwriting Day. Now, I am well aware that many people might consider such a day a relic in the age of the iPhone and the ubiquitous keyboard. Who actually picks up a pen anymore, or connects their letters in what used to be called...
by Xianna Michaels | Sep 2, 2015 | Books
cocoon Cocoon Circuits shorting; ceilings falling; Chaos doesn’t cease! Dimly I hear Spirit calling – I’ll write when I have peace. Or is it just the opposite, Distractions sent to me Until I write in spite of it, This lesson meant for me: To be impervious, cocooned,...
by Xianna Michaels | Jun 1, 2015 | Editorial
lesson The Alchemy of Illuminated Poetry® process began as a daily meditative practice that I developed for myself. Every morning right after I would pray and recite Psalms, I would go into my study. I would light a candle, turn on soft music, pick up my pen and go...
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