Ecopoetry, Earth as Guidance for Practice through the Seasons & Experimenting as an Artist w/ Jacqueline Suskin, Poet, Author & Educator

Jacqueline Suskin is a poet, editor and educator who has been teaching workshops, writing books, and creating spontaneous poetry around the world since 2009. She has composed over forty thousand improvisational poems with her ongoing writing project, Poem Store. Suskin is the author of eight books, including The Edge of The Continent Volume 1-3 (Rare Bird Books, 2018-2020), Help in the Dark Season (Write Bloody, 2019) and Every Day is a Poem (Sounds True, 2020). Her work has been featured in various publications including the New York Times, the Atlantic, and Yes! magazine. From 2019-2020, Suskin was the Artist in Residence at Folklife Farm where she developed a creative retreat program for artists and makers. She lives in Detroit where she works as a teaching artist with InsideOut Literary Arts, bringing nature poetry into classrooms around the city. In this episode Jacqueline and I chat about Ecopoetry, experimenting as an Artist, developing our unique individual practices through the seasons, and Earth as guidance in everyday life. Jacqueline's newest book is A Year In Practice: Seasonal Rituals and Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression. Connect with Jacqueline: Website - ⁠jacquelinesuskin.com Instagram - @jsuskin Substack - https://jsuskin.substack.com/ Purchase Jacqueline's book! A Year in Practice: ⁠http://www.jacquelinesuskin.com/a-year-in-practice⁠⁠ ~~~ Upcoming Online & In-Person Gatherings: ↟ March 14 - 5pm PT / 6pm MT / 8pm ET  FREE Good Vibe Tribe (GVT) Gathering RSVP:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com/gvt⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Earth- & Energy- Conscious Community for Self- & World- Healing: Are you following the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Just Earthly Podcast on Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠? Follow along for new episodes every Tuesday! Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Writing - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mandeenicole.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@innerlightbotanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Inner Light Botanicals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My book recommendations - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bookshop.org/shop/mandeenicole⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About Your Host: ↟ Mandee Nicole, founder of Inner Light Botanicals and Just Earthly Podcast host, gathers earth- and energy- conscious community and hosts online workshops, in-person outdoor adventure retreats and trainings in nature that always have a deep focus on building conscious community, creating a safe space, and a foundation for going deeper in personal practice with hands-on practices to embody the work. Mandee also creates Magic Moon paintings with positive affirmations + reiki as the inner landscape layer on New Moons + a moonscape as a reflection of the outer layer on Full Moons. She shares her writing through gentle mornings☁️, a weekly Sunday morning newsletter with thoughts, feels, reflections & writings for a slow, simple + cozy life. You can sign up on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠innerlightbotanicals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ She is an advocate for self-healing and world-healing through nature and aims to do this through her work.