Witches – When Poems Burn

by | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

Hey.

So, I wrote a new poem…

Wow. So almost 3 days ago (it was about 7pm at night) I recorded a Facebook LIVE of me doing a poem I had JUST written. I just needed to speak it, it needed to be out. It was like my body was burning every second I kept it inside.
It’s now had almost 5,000 views and over 60 shares…I am blown away and deeply grateful, and I wanted to share it with all of you too.

So this is how it happened: It had begun pouring into me around midday when I was driving to meet a dear friend for chai. It was coming in so fast I was having to memorise every line before the next one hit me. In the end, I said out loud “Look! If you want me to have this poem, you’re going to have to wait. I’m busy!” (A technique I learned from the incredible TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert)
Later It started pouring in again while I was on the toilet at the cafe. I ran back to the table, jotted it down and once again reminded it that it wasn’t good timing. Please wait till I was ready.

I left the cafe and drove home, by the time I was at my computer it was pouring into me. Line by line. Whole paragraphs.

I wrote it all down… Looked over it, rearranged a few parts and there it was. Done.

Then I recorded this:

I hope you enjoy it, there is a bit of a pre-ramble at the beginning as I didn’t expect it to be something to go beyond my inner circles, but I really hope you enjoy hearing it as much as I enjoyed writing it. (Or perhaps it wrote itself through me… who knows with witchcraft) 

Don’t forget, my next Spoken Word course begins on Oct 25th and there are still places available if you want to join in and utter your own spells into this world. 
Click here for details. 

Bless
Fleassy

5 Comments

  1. Maria
    Maria on March 9, 2018 at 12:13 am

    Amazing, beautiful, so beautiful. Thank you so much to bring it to me. I live in Portugal I saw your video in a FB post from a friend and it touched me profoundly.

    I have a strong connection to England to the Celts, and your video connected me to that energy, that power, that internal strenghth of the celtic womens and their connection with the Moon and Mother Earth.

    I am very grateful, Thank you

  2. Mirna Espinel
    Mirna Espinel on March 11, 2018 at 2:46 am

    Amazing burning energy in our hearts is the effect of your poem. Congratulations you have created a wonderful epic flame.

  3. Lisa Marie
    Lisa Marie on March 12, 2018 at 1:42 pm

    All of this. The projections of our souls can be seen, heard and felt. Thank you Fleassy. I stand up for this!

  4. Didier
    Didier on March 19, 2018 at 3:08 am

    Building a world based on equity rather than equality; It would be called Humanity.
    That’s weird. There’s so much to say about it, about your performance, so much to criticize and discuss, but, even if I didn’t understand everything, thanks to your acting and the subtitles, the meaning and the sensitivity are there and, for sure, nothing is to change, not a word, not an expression, nothing!
    Congratulations!

    Just if it is possible… English is not my native language. Is there a place where we can find your text (without having to copy it from the video :-))?
    In fact, I’m interested to read the translation in French.
    If not possible, I wonder if you can say ‘no’. 🙂

    Yours sincerely,
    Didier

  5. Johanna
    Johanna on June 25, 2020 at 12:46 am

    I’d loved it. So much more in its original, authentic voice. So much more with your accent!