This poetry book came into being from dreams and meditations. Below is an excerpt from the introduction and a reading of Sacred Land of Wishes and Dreams.  Each stanza stands on its own and the last stanza in the book brings the entire poetry collection together.

FOLLOW: Akashic Dreaming Through Time captures the essence of life and its difficulties in continuing to pursue our beliefs even though they might no longer serve us throughout our lives.

Every stanza emulates the traveling soul.  The individuals’ experiences from anger to forgiveness and acceptance which guides us home.

Sacred Land of Wishes & Dreams

Grinding of mortar and pestle matches the passing steam engine train’s sound. Healing herbs swish in frantic anticipation of healing the starburst wounds of paleface rifles. The humble love of Earth while land condenses under other’s domination. Sorrow for sacred land of wishes and dreams. Mix Trail of Tear's elixir into the unknown earth. I followed.

Amazon direct link to FOLLOW: Akashic Dreaming Through Time

Music Credit:

The River Song by Michael Longrider

Album: Water is Life – Mni Wiconi

Native American Music Awards

Lester Seven Star Greenwood & Michael Longrider

https://nativeamericanmusicawards.com/free-music

Thank you and welcome to season one recap. This has been a great and knowledgeable season. I started doing this podcast to help others ask self-reflecting questions and in interviewing the amazing guests, I’m the one that has acquired knowledge. I want to thank all my listeners for tuning in to the Poetic Resurrection Podcast. It has been a blessing on the great response we’ve had. I’d like to thank the following podcast guests who have made the podcast informative and I appreciate their expertise.

Nancy Hinman

Martina Reisz Newberry

Barb Moses

Luis Javier Rodriquez

Dominey Drew

Corine LaFont

Isabella Lozada

Evelyn Lozada Eccard

Maryam Ghouth

And Lindani Njie 

Please stay tuned for season 2 where we will discuss the soul and the passion associated with art, writing, spirituality, and life.  In the meantime, please enjoy the weekly poetry readings.

Poetic Resurrection is honored to have leadership advocate and poet Lindani Njie. We had a great conversation about leadership and how with poetry life can be empowering.  Lindani reads his powerful poem The Shadow Leads -is an attempt to expand on leadership outsides the narrow definitions that exclude women. He wanted to touch on transformational leadership, inclusive leadership, leadership as a software, and the leadership that matters. This creative piece is intended to recognize the role women play in society and recognize them as leaders, change-makers, and innovators.

On May 25, 2021, the Voices of Victory album will be released. Please check out the event at: https://www.iamlindani.com/events

This is a direct link to The Shadow Leads video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZilaDbNHZE

Lindani Njie is a youth and leadership advocate, writer, speaker, and creative. At the core of his work, he highlights

Lindani uses his voice, ability, and creative eye to uplift and bring awareness to issues affecting his culture and the

Connect with Lindani Njie at https://www.iamlindani.com

Instagram @iamlindani

Twitter @iamlindani

Tiktok @iamlindani

Clubhouse @iamlindani

Written by Lindani Njie

Produced by MDK Media

In this episode, we discuss the three-part poetry film Journey of Becoming. A reading of the poem Your Autonomy,  (part I) of ‘The Journey of Becoming’, which is a series of philosophical poetry films about self-realization. The purpose behind this film is to describe the struggles we face when we step away from the trodden path to follow our own unique path. 

Maryam Ghouth is of Persian, Saudi, Scottish heritage and leads a quiet life in Dubai where she spends most of her time reading, writing, recording, and creating poetry films. 

She composes and narrates stories about different facets of the human experience in collaboration with musicians, artists, and filmmakers to create immersive audio tracks, poetry films, and experiential art. 

The topics she covers range from existential crises to love and the fear of loss. She combines the tenets of psychology with the big questions of philosophy, challenges social narratives, ponders existential unknowns, and gives voice to the raw emotions undulating the human condition.''

https://www.maryamghouth.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7fngt9nIec  (direct link to the poem film Your Autonomy.)

https://www.instagram.com/maryamghouth/?hl=en 

Knowing yourself and how to address others in various facets of life is what this week’s episode explains. Evelyn Lozada Eccard discusses how to choose the correct job/position which works with your personality. We discuss various topics from employment, and how to prep yourself with knowledge and understanding to help you on your next job interview. An informative episode for job searchers or a better work environment in their current position.

Evelyn Lozada Eccard is the founder of Bravo Leadership International.  She named the company after listening to a friend continually yelling out "Bravo, Bravo" at a tennis tournament.  When the player won, she purposely looked for that solo voice yelling "Bravo" and rewarded him by tossing him a tennis ball.  She appreciated him and his encouragement throughout the game.  That's when Evelyn knew the name BRAVO was perfect for her business.  Evelyn states "My intention is to up-level people's mindsets through training and coaching and helps them become a better version of themselves.  I want to cheer them on.   Bravo!  Bravo!"

Evelyn is a certified John Maxwell Team member and has been a Trainer, Speaker, and Coach for over 20 years.  She specializes in coaching, leadership, and communication training.  

Bravo believes in maintaining a positive mindset, creating long-term partnerships with a purpose, developing all levels in an organization, and always striving for significant outcomes. When working with Bravo, you should expect a collaboration with transparency and consistency. 

https://www.bli.life

As an actor and singer for many years there’s been a trend. I practice and memorize my lines to give a performance. I sometimes nail the audition and wonder what went wrong when I don’t book the job. Self-doubt and the array of questions. Am I too short, too overweight, too skinny, too tall, am I talented? I need the job to pay my bills/rent. As Matthieu Ricard writer and Buddhist Monk state: Anyone who enjoys inner peace is no more broken by failure than he is inflated by success.

We ask so many questions about an audition and yet, we have no control over the outcome. If we did our best and were true to ourselves and the character – this is where our commitment ends. We are enough. We’re empathic beings putting our heart and soul into our art. If we continue thinking, how could I have done the performance differently we dwell in the past. We can’t change the past. The pandemic caused many of us artists, to evaluate our decisions, our passions, and our worth. Know that you are enough. You have value and you are powerful. Keeping your power and relinquish the perception of what life should be. Life is smoother if you allow it to thrive. Quiet the mind and allow your soul to speak. What happens will happen – our will can only cover our own lives.

Two quotes From The Diary for Life

To be happy you don’t need to be perfect. You just need to be real and accept yourself as you are because you are already enough. Don’t lose your today while chasing your forever.

Make sure you’re in a quiet place where you won’t be disturbed. Take a deep breath, hold for the count of four and release to the count of six. Repeat three times.

I am enough

I feel I am enough

I have value

I feel my value

I am powerful

I accept my power

I am passionate

I feel passionate

I feel the soul of the character

I am the soul of the character

I am Joyful

I feel joyful

I am happiness

I feel happy

I am compassionate

I feel compassion

I am a pure soul

I feel my soul is pure

If your mind starts to wander bring it back to the breath.

Repeat 2 more times

Much love and blessings.

Music by:

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode, we interview my niece Isabella Lozada.  I wanted to get the perspective of a teenager and their thoughts regarding the pandemic before and after.

Isabella Lozada is a sophomore in high school. She enjoys playing lacrosse and hanging out with her friends. Her interests are in advertising and acting, and she plans on further pursuing them.

In this episode, we discuss perceptions of the mind and how our thoughts create our behavior. We visit the soul and how our beliefs can block us. Some suggestions on exploring your perceptions. The poem Alone from Inspire Me: Perception is read.

Sitting on a solid branch

There’s clarity and confusion, just staring out

No movement in the muddled-

Beauty of branches and options

Perceiving thoughts of entangled leaves

Do I proceed into the unknown?

Can there be escape, once entered?

What’s there?

The mind tangles the web of life for us

Clarity holds thin branches, which

Negates the weight of experiences

Therefore, I sit still—frozen

Loneliness, chirping for attention

No sounds, utters, or voices

Ignored

Then movement

A lonely soul approaches

Understanding the perched cry

Holding strong on the solid branch

I’m heard, companion approaches

Kind eyes of sympathy

Warm white glow of self

Listened to anger of

Discontent and fear

Flying away

Above the tree of misperceptions

Where it’s all clear

Where the heart breathes

Music by:

Sincerely by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5033-sincerely

In this episode, we take an in-depth look at Corine LaFont’s experiences and how she overcame toxicity in her life with self-acceptance and self-compassion.

Corine La Font is a PR practitioner, Speaker, Podcaster, Author, and Business Coach. She's an island girl to the core and resides in her home country of Trinidad and Tobago after living in Jamaica for 21 years. She loves dancing, Latin, and Ballroom and believes in living life in its full glory!

You can listen to her podcast on Anchor and Spotify

https://anchor.fm/between-the-lines-network

https://open.spotify.com/show/6p3JZrz42hrRhUkVTzYl6J?si=_82tUyVFT8OsC4-bownzVQ

This week's guest is Dominey Drew. Listen to this fun and informative episode.  We discuss experiences and expectations in relationships. We talk about various gender misconceptions and stories that might derail a relationship.

She has offered a free call to our listeners. Let her know you heard her on Poetic Resurrection.  Contact her at DomineyDrew.com.

Dominey is the premiere in personal and relationship coaching.  Her direct, intuitive approach is unlike anything else in the industry - she solves in mere minutes issues that people have struggled with for decades. She's been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, and ThriveGlobal for her work, and loves nothing more than facilitating powerful transformation for her clients. 

Over her 18 years of experience and research in this field, Dominey has discovered a powerful, proven process to eradicate negative patterns in a matter of weeks. By using it herself she has transformed more completely than even she ever thought possible. Everything from her mindset, negative self-talk (completely gone), happiness level (from a 3 to a 10), physical body shape (weight loss), self-confidence, and success of both relationships and business was wildly transformed. 

Most people spend their lives struggling unnecessarily, never realizing that their struggle is self-created, or how to stop it.  They are frustrated, lonely, unable to move past the glass ceiling that’s holding them back. When in reality, one simple inner shift can shatter it and launch them forward into effortless success. So after using this process herself to overcome the most profound insecurities and self-sabotaging habits, there is no problem Dominey isn’t equipped to solve. 

Today, this is her passion and her life’s work. Welcome, to the next step of your evolution. 

https://domineydrew.com/