Sunday, January 14, 2018

A Writer's Journey: Shift, Sort, Soften, Surrender

*In the middle of two consecutive yoga classes, the ideas for this poem came to me, repeating over and over the four words, shift, sort, soften, and surrender. This poem is the start of their journey together.


Taking Flight                                                     Catherine Al-Meten Meyers






A Writer’s Journey

Shift. 

Sort.

Soften.

Surrender.


Shift

Conversion

Revolution

Transformation

Metamorphosis

Transmutation

Flip flop

Renewal

To set apart

To  rearrange

To move from one place to another

To change, alter, divide into parts

To replace and change focus.

Sort

Ilk

Type

Kind

Arrange

Separate

Put into order

Clarify

Evolve

Develop

Clarify

Classify
Put into context

Identify with as family

Characterize
Rank

Determine the nature of

Name as kin, friend, foe, object.

Review.

Soften

Ease

Calm

Quiet

Alleviate

Relieve

Soothe

Mitigate

Mollify
Pacify

Allay

Diminish
Dulcify

Diminish

Assuage

Cushion

Quell

Temper

Mellow

Compose.

Surrender

Yield

Abandon

Give in

Give up

Resign

Relinquish

Abandon

Relent

Renunciate

Capitulate

Acquiesce

Submit to the will of
The Divine

Omnipotent

Omniscient

Omnipresent
Creator

Infinite Spirit

God

Allah

the Almighty

Source.

Spirit

Totem

Father, Mother, Creation

Divine Creative Breath

All in All. 

Eternal

Essence.

Being
Kernel
Aspect
Basis
Lifeblood
Nature
Marrow
Nucleus
Soul
Root
Nature
Principle
Backbone
Crux
Nature
Pith
Reality
Structure
Essentia.
The beginning of the journey.

Copyright@2018, Catherine Al-Meten Meyers.

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