This past summer I had the opportunity to be coached and to have a three to five minute talk professionally recorded at the Women Speakers Collective. In this talk I explain a part of my story and how God always has a plan for our pain. You can watch it on my YouTube channel here.
Author Archives: Emily Iris Dickinson
Poetry: The Hummingbird That Visits Me
A distant buzz nears coming closer until I look, up into the face of a bird. A beak, oh so long, sucks on the nectar awaiting the taste of syrupy sweets. The eyes declare the truth of its visit. I have long since missed the days we shared. The way you would be on theContinue reading “Poetry: The Hummingbird That Visits Me”
Poetry: Why Can’t We Just Be?
Why can’t we just be? Why must we be something? Why can’t I be enough as I am? I try hard to get ahead in my words and my writing; the world tries harder. Still, I am but a child trying to do something. Anything I achieve can account for nothing. If I am notContinue reading “Poetry: Why Can’t We Just Be?”
Poetry: Breathing
I take in twenty-two thousand breaths a day and breathe out twenty-two thousand puffs. In between the in and out, what happens to us? During this time of pause, which I thought must be a break, I felt the air rush through me before I could even think to intake.
Poetry: Speak, Don’t Write
Words written on a page Serve one purpose, A story told through trees Both ancient and pointless. As words describe the world It destroys it. For a poem leaves but a trace As time erases. Words spoken into existence Are immune To the time warping of paper Strung askew. Spoken thought invades the mind. WhereasContinue reading “Poetry: Speak, Don’t Write”
Poetry: Cranberry Woods
Each night I walk through the Cranberry Woods; the red dripping down like slime through the trees. I become lost, wondering if I should find my way out. So I can escape me. The scent is so sweet, the red inviting. I pretend not to see the corpse of words. Words not spoken and wordsContinue reading “Poetry: Cranberry Woods”
My Life With Anxiety
“The bell rings. I run. “I get to the door of my next class and stand there, arm outstretched. I pause. I try to will my arm to move but I can’t. Thoughts of doubt, fear and anger circle in my head. The longer I wait to open the door, the later I will be.Continue reading “My Life With Anxiety”
Poetry: Overwhelmed
This is the sonnet I wrote for my tenth grade Language Arts class: Cloud of suffocating darkness descends, Her mind clouds with memories of faces. Time standing still trying hard to amend; Network of strings strategically placed. Symphony of chaos makes her head pound. Through the dark there is a flame, shining bright. Sight revealsContinue reading “Poetry: Overwhelmed”
Let’s Talk Anxiety Pt.2
“Coping with anxiety would be the same as coping with stress.” JoAnna Dickinson, MSW, Counselor at Church on the Ridge, is back for week two of “Let’s Talk Anxiety.” On how to cope with anxiety: “You’ve got to find ways to take care of yourself… by practicing self care which might look like focusing onContinue reading “Let’s Talk Anxiety Pt.2”
Let’s Talk Anxiety Pt.1
“Feelings of anxiety are something that everyone has at some point in their life. But, it can be excessive. And when it’s a lot of anxiety that is persistent and impacts our daily life, then that would be potentially diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. We all have feelings of nervousness or anxiousness which is fearContinue reading “Let’s Talk Anxiety Pt.1”
EMILY DICKINSON 