Peace Pirate Poetry Feature #10

It’s been a while since I did one of these features! I really enjoy seeing all of the creative perspectives on the prompts I share. If you haven’t seen them before, you can find this months batch here.

The most recent feature is from a piece that I found exquisite and deep from the October prompts. Meredith Grey went into the shadows to share some insight on rebirth. You’ll want to read this one. It’s brief yet powerful. It’s dark with a hue of hope. It’s deep and true.

I enjoyed chatting with Meredith about how poetry has contributed to our growth and healing. We shared stories about how welcoming the community is and how comforting it is to realize you’re not alone in these emotional creations. She’s intensely honest with her writing, which has invited her to be more honest in everything she does. I hope you’re inspired by what she has to say. Maybe you, too, will begin to remove your mask in the name of creative freedom.

Learn more about Meredith below!

What got you interested in writing poetry?

Poetry started as an emotional outlet. It started before I understood what it was. To me, it almost felt more like documenting a train of thought.

Are you currently working on anything you’d like to tell us about?

I do hope to be able to call myself an author in the (somewhat) near. I have everything I need, really. The only things missing are the skeletons in my closet, lol. I’m more honest in my work than I am with my family/friends. Work can not truly get done until I am ready to be as open with them.

How did you come up with this beautiful poem?

I have had my share of near death experiences, & as a result, I have sort of developed a close relationship with death. & that’s not to say that I’m ready to die at any moment now. But I don’t fear the moment when it does come. It’s as natural as anything else. It’s as natural as giving birth (that sort of where that connection starts to come in).

I also believe in energy & the idea that it can not be created, nor destroyed. That also lead me to the idea that death is a rebirth, in a sense.