Peace Archives - Poetic Earth Month

The Breath of the Woods

2022-04-14 By Hellen Keller Filed Under: Abundance, Awe, Beauty, Birds, Childhood Memories, Education, Flowers, Gratitude, Homeschooling, Hope, Kindness, Meditative, Nature Stories, Peace, Personal Change, Plants, Seasons, Secret Places, Top 4 Featured, Transcendence, Trees, Water, Wisdom, Wonder, Woods, Young Voices

excerpted from chapter seven of The Story of My Life, by Helen Keller. The book was first written in 1902 in magazine form, while she was in college, at the age of 22 For a long time I had no regular lessons. Even when I studied most earnestly it seemed […]

Autumn Leaves—A Meditative Nature Video

2020-11-09 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Beauty, Brain Tricks, Cities, Gratitude, Health, Hope, In Our Lives, Meditative, Peace, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Plants, Seasons, Secret Places, Self Care, Transcendence, Videos

Attention Restoration Theory (ART) is that being in nature, and viewing green spaces, allows the brain to unwind, to notice without noticing. Enjoy this meditative nature video, a small experience of nature that can brighten your spirits, even in town.

Rainy Afternoon — A Meditative Nature Video

2020-11-09 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Beauty, Brain Tricks, Health, Hope, In Our Lives, Meditative, Peace, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Seasons, Secret Places, Self Care, Transcendence, Videos

Enjoy this meditative nature video, a small experience that can brighten your spirits, even on a rainy day.

art gallery: swyers’ silvan cyanotypes

2020-06-30 By Julia Swyers Filed Under: Art Gallery, Beauty, Flowers, Gratitude, Home, Hope, In Our Lives, Peace, Plants, Reflections, Self Care, Transcendence, Wonder

Visit the Poetic Earth Month art gallery and experience the details of botany on deep blue in these cyanotype prints from artist Julia Swyers.

Involuntary Simplicity

2020-04-02 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Articles, Beauty, Gardens, Gratitude, Health, Home, In Our Lives, Peace, Personal Change, Photos by Sara Barkat, Self Care, Technology

Sometimes the small moments announce themselves, whether you want them to or not.

Wake Up! The World is Here.

2020-03-17 By Sara Barkat Filed Under: Abundance, Articles, Book Reviews, Books, Childhood Memories, Ecopoetics, Education, Gratitude, Home, Hope, Hospitality, In Our Lives, Kindness, Love for Others, Peace, Photos by Sara Barkat, Picture Books, Plants, Self Care, Simple Ideas, Wisdom

Frog and Toad Are Friends is a book with something to teach all ages — in its stories, in its art, and even in its ability to make a little space for peace.

art gallery: lilacs of lightest lavender

2019-05-28 By L.L. Barkat Filed Under: Art Gallery, Articles, Beauty, Peace, Photography, Plants, Wonder

Visit the Poetic Earth Month “art gallery” and see the lightest lavender lilacs, from crown and scepter to tiny royal cups.

art gallery: ferns in the morning

2019-05-27 By L.L. Barkat Filed Under: Art Gallery, Articles, Beauty, Peace, Photography, Plants

Visit the Poetic Earth Month “art gallery” and see the ferns sharing secrets in the morning after rain.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

2019-04-26 By • Filed Under: Abundance, Beauty, Peace, Poems, Self Care

The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping […]

Day 26: Peace There

2019-04-26 By • Filed Under: 30 Days 30 Poems Challenge, Beauty, Creative Writing Exercises, Design, Nature Prompt, Peace, Poetry Prompt, Self Care

“Biophilic design can reduce stress, improve cognitive function and creativity, improve our well-being and expedite healing” – Try this poetry prompt about nature’s healing ways.

Day 21: Looking for Loveliness

2019-04-21 By • Filed Under: 30 Days 30 Poems Challenge, Abundance, Beauty, Creative Writing Exercises, Gratitude, Hope, Momentum, Peace, Poetry Prompt, Self Care

Today’s writing prompt is based on the poem Night In the poem “Night,” Sara Teasdale urges us to “look for a lovely thing and you will find it.” Teasdale looked and she found “stars over snow,” as well as “in the west a planet/swinging below a star.” When we begin a deeper journey into earth […]

Day 8: I Pretend

2019-04-08 By • Filed Under: 30 Days 30 Poems Challenge, Abundance, Beauty, Creative Writing Exercises, Gratitude, Kindness, Love for Others, Peace, Poetry Prompt

Today’s writing prompt is based on the poem Today by the Creek I Pretend I’m the Dalai Lama Think of the kindest public or religious figure you know, either in present times or history. Consider their aspect: how they dress (dressed), their looks, their way of walking or other gestures. Pretend you are this person, […]