There are moments when that solo walk across mountains Floats back to me My feet Following the dirt paths beside verdant fields Through ...
These Days
Written while in residence at The Hermitage Artist Retreat, August 2023 and Performed at Art & Soul's Poetry Night August 25, ...
Ella’s Return ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
In March 2020, our daughter came home to Nashville for what was supposed to be a two-week visit that turned into months. This was written in July, ...
My Local Camino ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
Its pedestrian start is heralded by the crunch of driveway gravel, soon giving way to the dull thud of sole on asphalt. This is not the walk I ...
Before the Dandelions Go to Seed ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
Before the dandelions go to seed Let us revel in this luscious sun Let us walk barefoot in the grass Plant seeds And drink in the elixir ...
Dear Art & Soul, ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
I feel your energy when I cross your threshold Palpable Washing over and through me. Residue of the soul work The breaking open The ...
It’s A Thing ~ by Jill Massie
“Step on a crack, break your mother’s back”, perplexed her as a child. Her mother was already dead. But the warning seemed tremendously important. So, ...
On the Tracks ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
“It feels like a slow apocalypse.” My 19-year-old daughter, on a short trip home from college for Thanksgiving, put words to the lurking cloud that ...
Moonlight Quilt ~ by Amanda Cantrell Roche
This is where we walked. Where our feet left imprints of the stages of our lives. Where the earth resonates with who we were, and speaks ...
What the Egg Says ~ by Jill Massie
What the Egg Says…. ...