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.
Poetry Circles
Frogs Fell from the Sky: Fiction in Poetry
Saturday, April 17, 2026, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in person
Saturday, April 25, 2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon in person
with Mary Ann Moore
Frogs Fell from the Sky: Fiction in Poetry
a poetry circle with Mary Ann Moore
We will gather in a circle to celebrate and discover the many gifts and surprises of fiction in poetry.
There are all sorts of changed or imagined elements in a poem, as well as aspects that simply arrive
when one lets the poem lead the way. Poems can contain “small fictions,” arrive as gifts and epiphanies,
be prescient at times, as well as become re-envisioned realities. You may ask yourself as you draft new
poems: Is this fiction or my own wise advice? Bring your notebook and pen, your curiosity, and be open
to some new discoveries.
Please get in touch with Mary Ann to let her know of your interest or if you have any questions.
Location for April 17, 2026: North branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library in Nanaimo, B.C.
Fee: No charge
Registration details to come
Location for April 25, 2026: Okanagan Regional Library in Vernon, B.C.
Fee: No charge
Registration details here.
Poetry Circles take place on Zoom and in person in various Canadian locales.
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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