I only know it’s love.

I had a dream during a soundbath, of a family. Babies with ringlets, drenched in golden-hour sunlight, bouncing against perfect, pink skin. We’re sitting at a picnic table, under a willow tree, at my Uncle’s dam, backlit as the sun goes down. Me, sitting under lacy green weeping branches that are dancing in the wind […]

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17/6/19

Okay, Future Self, how do I get there? How do I break this constant cycling of wanting to be ‘better’ that I haven’t mastered for years on end? To be someone that does yoga, and flosses, and can cope with work without burning out, and who has actually lost weight?  Future Zo, how do I […]

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and... all the things i never said spoken word and poetry podcast by zoe winther

And… Podcast #5

Ahh, is there anything like a little retrograde to shine a mirror up to all the places you’ve been kidding yourself into believing you’ve been working really hard but maybe actually you’ve been letting some bad habits slide for a little too long? I feel like I’m being tested in every area of my life, […]

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and... all the things i never said spoken word and poetry podcast by zoe winther

And… Podcast #4

Gut Soup + That Thing I Wrote When I Was Very Sad As many of you know, this year I’ve been wrapping myself in personal development and the healing of old wounds like a caterpillar in a chrysalis about to start dissolving into gut soup in order to rebuild.  I always thought caterpillars kind of just […]

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and... all the things i never said spoken word and poetry podcast by zoe winther

And… Podcast #3

Everything I’ve learnt in life (with 2019 annotations) I’m learning how writing can turn my scorched earth into disco-dancing wildflowers.  I’m learning how to build nests for imminent phoenixes circling like storms, or symphonies.  I’m learning how to die, everyday, and dance with my devils around every fresh tombstone like an ancestor appearing in the […]

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and... all the things i never said spoken word and poetry podcast by zoe winther

And… Podcast #2

A life more resilient than cockroaches + Angel + A workshop in frustration The last ten days have expertly sliced me in half, scooped out my insides, sloshed them around in a blender, poured them back in and then sewn me up again. I feel so different, but so calm. Home. […]

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