I just read Rimbaud’s Illuminations for the first time.
Writing Utopia Now: October 2022

I just read Rimbaud’s Illuminations for the first time.
Now feels like the perfect time to share this video. Highlights of the Buddhafield Ritual from the summer of 2019, including the full reading of my poem EarthKeepers.
We saged the space, lit three candles, and transported our audience into another realm for the duration.
It's been a while... I haven't written a poem since Beltaine. And, as the reader will attest, not a blog post either. Litha, or Summer Solstice, the Celtic season just passing is the Solar Energetic peak of the year, the time of greatest energy for accomplishment and productivity - getting things done and bringing things … Continue reading Being a Writer When Not Writing : Litha & Lammas
Sat 6 July ~ CACAO POETRY MANDALA at the Yoga Life Studio, Eastbourne Thurs 11 July ~ EXTRAORDINARY & EVERYDAY UTOPIAS at the University of Brighton Fri 12 July ~ BREATHING & MOVING FOR WELLBEING at the University of Westminster 17-21 July ~ POETRY MANDALA WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCES at Buddhafield Festival, Taunton Sat 27 July ~ PEACE DRUM … Continue reading Summer Offerings from Sally-Shakti Willow: Yogi Poet Witch
Submissions are open until 11pm on 21 June and the anthology will be published in 2020.
The anthology, which began as a moment of triumph and cautious celebration, now also feels like a moment of protest ~ with women's bodies and our rights to choose what we do with them coming under increasing attack.
Sally-Shakti Willow reading Earth Keepers at Into the Wild Beltaine 2019.
Embodying this erotic pulse through my writing practice, I turn again to Gertrude Stein.
Here's one of my newest poems, XR, read live at Into the Wild Beltaine 2019.