Open to the irritation, grit forms a pearl it’s been said. Fish for mermaids, dive for pearls . . creativity@maryannmoore.ca

Mary Ann’s wisdom and gentle guiding opened the group’s creative heart. Before we knew what happened, she had us writing our own poetry. In the stillness, reading inspirational poetry, and nudging us to explore, we wrote as if ”packing for our future.” Encouraged to share our creations, powerfully insightful poems unfolded. Mary Ann Moore’s love of poetry sparked our creative spirits.

Jo Ann Mast

Master Labyrinth Teacher

Poetry Circles

Let’s Make Some Poems!
March 6, 2025 on Zoom + April 2, 2025 in person

with Mary Ann Moore

Let’s Make Some Poems!
a women’s writing circle on Zoom wherever you are
on Thursday, March 6, 2025, 10: 30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pacific time
Fee: $60 payable via e-transfer to creativity@maryannmoore.ca
or by cheque sent to Mary Ann Moore at 76 Colwell Road, Nanaimo, B.C. V9X 1E4

Poetry offers a doorway in and a welcome home. Let’s do some reading, listening, reflecting and the making of some poems together. Don’t worry if you’ve never written a poem: “This isn’t / a contest but the doorway / into thanks, a silence in which / another voice may speak.” (from “Prayer” by Mary Oliver.) That voice may be spirit or your own voice, neglected until now.

Please email Mary Ann to let her know of your interest or if you have any questions.

Let’s Make Some Poems!
a women’s writing circle at Mary Ann’s home in Nanaimo
on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $60 payable via e-transfer to creativity@maryannmoore.ca
or by cheque sent to Mary Ann Moore at 76 Colwell Road, Nanaimo, B.C. V9X 1E4
Poetry offers a doorway in and a welcome home. Let’s do some reading, listening, reflecting and the making of some poems together. Don’t worry if you’ve never written a poem: “This isn’t / a contest but the doorway / into thanks, a silence in which / another voice may speak.” (from “Prayer” by Mary Oliver.) That voice may be spirit or your own voice, neglected until now.

Please email Mary Ann to let her know of your interest or if you have any questions.

 

 

 

Poetry Circles take place on Zoom and in person in Nanaimo, BC

Future dates TBA. Be in touch with Mary Ann to be added to her email list.

Intent

  • To provide a safe place for people to tell their stories.
  • To find the still centre of ourselves and of the circle.
  • To write what has heart and meaning for us.
  • To realize our role as leaders in a circle of leaders.
  • To remember the divine feminine and
    embrace our female and male teachers.
  • To becoming a community of peers
    slowing down to a natural rhythm

Passion

I bring my passion for poetry and for writing as a spiritual practice to all the writing circles I offer. Poetry offers a doorway in and a welcome home. Practices in the circle help to root us in the present. Memories recalled are integrated into the here and now. We plant seeds of self-compassion along the way, so we may learn to love the evolving parts of ourselves.

Come and open to the gifts of poetry and writing in community and a return to “a sense of reunion” with yourself.

Poetry and Other Books

Mending

A chapbook of poems by Mary Ann Moore published by house of appleton (April 2023)

Writing to Map Your Spiritual Journey

Mary Ann shares her expansive knowledge of earth-based practices and goddess spirituality to connect you more deeply to your writing and your own story.

Fishing for Mermaids

Poems by Mary Ann Moore

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