The way the salt licks the air
It’s all around The way the salt licks the air The pelicans crest the wave The limbs of the guanacaste tree arc against the ocean blue...
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Erin Phillips
- May 4
- 2 min
Meet The Breath
If there’s anything I’ve learned it’s this… Let go. Meet yourself where you’re at. In that, you can meet the around you where it’s at....
Erin Phillips
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Letting Go Isn't Closing The Door
I used to think I was great at letting go I’d close the door and walk away Or move away, whew good avoidance strategy there Dust my hands...
Erin Phillips
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Mountain Dependency
I know you want to run from the way things are down here I know it looks better, even feels better up there Over there Beyond the ridge...
Erin Phillips
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
The Joy Available Within The Discomfort
Your favorite time of the year is here White magic falling from the sky and igniting giggles all around You should be here My heart...
Erin Phillips
- Nov 9, 2022
- 1 min
Your Pain is Your Purpose
I read recently “your pain is your purpose” I feel both the gravity and the light in this When simultaneously Luke died and I tore my...
Erin Phillips
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
It Starts in Here
I know that heart I know the wounding behind the pride The desperate desire for stillness in the drive The seriousness hiding in the...
Erin Phillips
- Sep 5, 2022
- 2 min
I Don't Want You Tattooed
I don’t want you tattooed on my arm Not a new one, not for this I’ve already got one On my left forearm The outline of you and two others...
Erin Phillips
- Aug 5, 2022
- 1 min
Another Version of Ourselves
More death And anger from a friend misdirected at me Another ends his Life One more woman left behind cradling a bowl of love Another...
Erin Phillips
- Aug 1, 2022
- 2 min
Not a Zen Fucking Buddha
Like most people, I’ve known athletes who have had injuries that put them out for awhile I’ve always felt pretty bad for them I imagined...
Erin Phillips
- Jul 24, 2022
- 1 min
What Resilience Really Is
Most of us don’t understand resilience. We think it means burying our heads in the sand or in a bottle and “getting over it” Pushing...
Erin Phillips
- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
Dear Rainier
I’m sorting Sorting my strong feelings for you Even with never having laid eyes on you Only hearing tales and seeing images from Luke And...
Erin Phillips
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Under Ice
Throughout most of my childhood I had recurring nightmares of drowning under ice. I never died in the dreams though Always just floated...
Erin Phillips
- Apr 29, 2022
- 2 min
Space to Grieve
In reading “The Wild Edge of Sorrow” I was learning about how in Scandinavian cultures those dealing with loss honor grief by spending...
Erin Phillips
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
Swans
Today I stumbled upon four pure white swans on the Clark Fork River Delta Grey clouds toped the deep blues and purples of the distant...
Erin Phillips
- Jan 8, 2022
- 1 min
Rebellion is a cage
Rebellion is just as much of a cage as obedience is. Both are a reaction to someone else’s way instead of forging your own. -...
Erin Phillips
- Dec 12, 2021
- 1 min
We Have No Idea How to Listen
The truth is We have no fucking idea how to listen to each other anymore The winds howl louder than our ability to speak and listen to...
Erin Phillips
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Wednesday Night
The veteran is afraid of his anger. Terrified. It’s his turn in the circle to talk "You talk about healthy anger” he goes on to say with...
Erin Phillips
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Stale Air of Pretend
I am at the new in-laws of my friend's house in St. Louis, MO. Oh man this is a gift and a half seeing my own family in the mother,...
Erin Phillips
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Found Little Girl
We found what we were looking for Little girl with the big brown curls And cutest smile You’ve been shoved in a photo album For over 20...
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