Poetry Archives - Soulfire

Poetry

Presence

April 6, 2026April 6, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I am with youI feel your needNot to be conceived or decipheredBut carefully metA nearby presenceUnobtrusiveYet clearing awayKeeping at bayThat which might disturbOr cause unrestI

Poetry

Dissociate

April 6, 2026April 6, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I don’t know if I’m realThough I think and I feelI touch and I seeI breathe and believeAnd engage and doThen a moment comesA pauseThat

Poetry

Purging

November 4, 2025March 11, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

A clearing poem for the disenfranchised grief of childhood woundsRead here more about this disenfranchised grief. One came from those carrying knives, they were trained

Poetry

Look, See

November 3, 2025January 3, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

You look differentI don’t mean the way you appearThat is neither there nor hereI mean what lies behind your eyesThat which peers out of youPerceiving

Consciousness Poetry Therapy

Healing in Poetry

November 2, 2025December 20, 2025 by Katie Ellyn

The engagement of art in therapy is an established practice dating at least back to the 1940s [1]. While we might often think first of

Poetry

An Unknown Wind

September 23, 2025October 17, 2025 by Katie Ellyn

I hear you speakYou do not whistle you do not roarNor whine nor blowYou rise and fallLike waves on the shoreWhat word to describe that

Poetry

Still Water

April 20, 2025May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I go down to the water and my mind falls stillNo thought can enter inI went with the intent to writeOn the most significant of

Poetry

First Light

December 21, 2024May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

There is poetry in the unfettered bushIn the sun in the breezeIn the grass in the leavesIn the bushes and the treesFurry body scurrying feetSinging

Feminine and Masculine Poetry Soul and Ego

Madness

October 27, 2024May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I wouldn’t argue that these ‘madnesses’ manifest strictly along gendered lines, in fact I would argue they show in both, though maybe seen unequally. But

Consciousness Poetry Spirituality

Awaken

October 20, 2024May 31, 2026 by Katie Ellyn

I awoke one morning To a strangeness in my head Something that called clear to me As I lay upon my bed Words spoken soft