Season of the Sorceress – Melody Lee

Lee paints personal experiences and tragedies elegantly into poetry and prose: life lessons of hope, empowerment, enlightenment. She brings the reader with her on her journey of enlightenment and rebirth. Lee has a magical way of connecting her reader to her stories, her poetry, her heart. She begins with self-reflection, by takings us back toContinue reading “Season of the Sorceress – Melody Lee”

Cuckoo Rising

Greetings, soul-folks, and much love as we groove into the creatively charged and spiritually Roaring 20s! I am thrilled to announce that our crowdsourcing campaign for Ballad of the Cuckoos has officially launched, beneath the gilded magic of tonight’s full moon lunar eclipse. Ballad of the Cuckoos is a short film I wrote and will beContinue reading “Cuckoo Rising”

A Prince’s Welcome

To remix a bit of warmed-over lightning from the immortal good advice of one Mr. James Brown—Now is the time to jump back and kiss yourself, and become best first mate to your own extraordinary soul. The Spiritually Roaring 20s have begun. Pens uncapped, paintbrushes rhythmically swishing, bodies in unison rocking the boogie-woogie, voices raisedContinue reading “A Prince’s Welcome”

Poets of SMITTEN Interview Series: Hoda Essa

Originally posted on TheFeatheredSleep:
Hoda Abdulqadir Essa is a New Orleans native with roots hailing from East Africa. Hoda is a maker, writer, lover, shapeshifter and soul traveler, searching for heaven or hoping to construct it with her own bare hands. How does being a poet inform your views on expressing emotions through writing?  As…