I Feel I’ve Always Been a Writer

Xianna on how she began writing as a very young girl, with poetry, then as now, her primary medium of expression.

Writing While Walking

Xianna talks about how story ideas and lines of poetry come through her on her morning walks. Includes shots of her walking in her Los Angeles neighborhood.

Bringing Light into the World

Xianna on how she wants her work to bring joy into the world, hoping it will uplift her readers in some meaningful way.

Composing Poems

Xianna on writing poems and how each one is an expression of pure essence in which every word must count.

Constraints Spark Creativity

Xianna on her belief that traditional poetic structures such as meter and rhyme bring a kind of magic to her writing process.

Mindel and the Misfit Dragons

Xianna reads from her children’s book about Mindel and her special dragons, a labor of love for her grandchildren.

The Alchemy of Illuminated Poetry®, Part 1

Xianna demonstrates part of the process described in her book, including some of the drawings and meditative writing. Part 1 of a 2-part film.

The Alchemy of Illuminated Poetry®, Part 2

The second part of this small film in which Xianna talks further about the book and the meditative poetry writing process she developed.

A Poetry Reading

In the entryway of her old Spanish hacienda, Xianna reads a number of her poems, including some in the genre of healing song.

Xoems®

Xianna discusses the Xoem®, her original, trademarked short verse form, and reads some favorites.