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writing (poetry) from inner silence

It doesn’t feel welcoming. Not at first. An empty room in your heart and mind. A place you don’t visit often. It’s openness. Space unfamiliar.

So much fills our moments that when this much is emptied out, cleared away for a bit, we realize we are unused to the freedom that comes from letting our minds and hearts stretch out, breathe in, relax, inhabit a place without limits. What will happen when we give ourselves time and opportunity to regularly be free?

The reason I often write in the morning, usually in the dark, with only a dim light to see, is that I intentionally try to create space for my mind and heart to speak. I seek solitude, without the distraction of the outside world. This helps me listen–heed what it is my heart is feeling. Through this practice of listening to my heart, in a quiet space, I am better able to connect with my deeper emotions.

In these quiet spaces, poetry can come. Words and images will rise that express our heart. In silence, we can better engage with our heart’s attempt at communication, better able to listen and articulate its deepest whispers.

This week’s invitation is simple. Write from the place of mental and emotional wide-open space that comes with the practice of silence and solitude. Write only after first allowing your mind to clear, to relax. Get yourself in a physical area of quiet–or create one for yourself. Stay here and allow your mind and heart to rest.

Be attentive to what springs up after you have been in this space of silence for five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes (how long can you go?) Try not to be physically active. Relax. Breathe deeply. Get comfortable. Slow. Let your mind quiet. And then see what lines form in your mind, your heart. Inner silence is going to speak in ways that surprise you. See what poem rises from this.

And, if you’d like, please share your poem with the Loop Poetry Project community–either by including it in the comments to this post–or by sharing it on social media, using the hashtag #looppoetryproject. (And here you can find us on Facebook.) I can’t wait to read what springs up!

From this one true heart,

jennifer

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11/29/20196 Comments on writing (poetry) from inner silence

6 Comments

  1. Desere Shoemaker
    1 year ago Permalink

    Thank you, Jennifer. I can’t tell you the joy I feel in knowing someone understands this need for quieting in His presence. And I am soooo thankful to know that others know and understand that in all their wealth of words, their poverty of His presence is their greatest need.
    I am encouraged and I am inspired.

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  2. Marquia Edwards
    1 year ago Permalink

    Thank you Jennifer! Reading your posts are so inspiring, especially for a young adult like me trying to find my purpose in His kingdom. Sometimes I insist on filling up my calendar with things I believe will help me, but I just need to find time and space to Be Still.

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  3. Kathy Longe
    1 year ago Permalink

    Thank you for this, Jennifer! It reinforces the approach used by Discovering Prayer, which involves being quiet and silent in the Lord’s presence. It has revolutionised my prayer life, and set me free from lengthy prayer lists and talking at the Lord instead of giving Him the courtesy and respect of simply listening to Him. I can feel another poem starting to burn inside.

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  4. Tiffany C
    1 year ago Permalink

    Thank you Jennifer!
    I am currently undergoing a tremendous
    hardship and i really needed to read and let this sink in tonight.
    🙌

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  5. Laurie
    1 year ago Permalink

    No longer waiting in the shadows
    I feel His light and I am not alone.
    I am still, wanting His spirit with me
    No fear no lies… just truth; like a song.

    L. Turner 12/2/19

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  6. Lu
    1 year ago Permalink

    What christ is doing through you is life changing, for me atleast. You are using God’s gifts for you just the way the lord wants you to. I would like to show christ in me the way you show christ in you. Stay blessed.

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