Kirstie Sivapalan
New poem: Reminding The Forgotten Part One * * Oh do sit down. You are spoiling my view. No-one wants to hear From the Likes of you. * Please take your rants and your large-lettered cards. And stand over there Where the other ones are: * The sad and the mad ones that couldn't quite… Continue reading Reminding The Forgotten
I'll be proud of being British whenBritish people stop being so proud of nationalism, flags, and baying in a crowdabout some ghost of Britannia whoonly ruled the wavesby exploitation, ignorance and creating their wage slaves,who greedy men had convinced all evilcame from overseas,not from profiting from disaster whenthis country was on its knees. I'll be proud of… Continue reading Pride of Britain
No poem or funny story for you. Just some thoughts and a plan... It's been a difficult week Less By Thursday the combination of the confirmation of that individual as leader of the Conservative Party, which supposedly makes him my PM, the way above average or even peak temperature that day and M.E symptoms were… Continue reading Only love
Our Modern life is full of Sabre-tooth tigers Warring of clans and poisonous spiders Dirty dank water and cavernous pits Furious fires and razor sharp cliffs Or so our brain thinks, accustomed to caution Hard wired to react, all out of proportion A disease of our time, a shameful admission Anxiety and stress that we… Continue reading Sabre tooth post-truth
Normally I am Little Miss Hopeful, relentlessly optimistic about humanity and our future. Some days, days like the day I wrote the first "movement" of this poem, drops of despair and confusion trickle through and for a while it becomes that much harder to find the light. I wrote Wake after reading my morning news,… Continue reading Wake
I don't want to be right, I want to be heard I don't want to be good, I want to be helpful I don't want to be left, right or centre, I want to raise everyone up I don't want to be angry, I want people to talk to me I don't want all the… Continue reading Wanting
It's been another lovely day in the shop. After meditating this morning before opening I was drawn to "grid" the shop with rose quartz. Gridding is one of the great ways to work with crystals by placing them in different patterns around a space or around a person. It raises the vibration as well as… Continue reading The Cuddle Grid
I received a visit today from someone else who is following and manifesting her dream. Someone whom I met last week and had that instant "inner knowing" that I'd met her before. Also someone who has an incredible gift of healing and compassion through teaching the practice of Yoga, to children. What an amazing service… Continue reading Showtime
It's another beautiful Spring day in London town. I am completely inspired and motivated after yesterday's talk by Lynne McTaggart and the added delight of Howard Martin of the Heart Math Institute. Both reminded me in very different ways that we are all incredibly powerful beings with the ability to create a new world of… Continue reading Heart space
"I want to work in a way that I love that produces love. I want to support people who need help and help others to find whatever they need to want to help others. I want to have a space where people can come and spend time in a calm, relaxing and safe space to… Continue reading What dreams may come
Writing and M.E. 