Julia Woodman

Julia Woodman Poems

Come and see inside my mind
there's strange things of many kinds
twists & turns and alleys blind
& some that stretch past all the sides.
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My sway is so wrong
I could mountain a fall.
My laugh is so what
its not matter at all
...

If some things arise
that don't seem very sure
it's not often wise
to lie flat on the floor,
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No longer shall I wear
pain, suffering -
these belong to the ego
controller -
...

If I look to the world with hearts in my eyes
Then surely I'll be intrigued and inspired.

If I touch the world with hearts in my hands
...

The world is a wide place where we stumble like children learning to walk. The world is a bright mosaic where we learn like children to see, where our little blurry eyes strive greedily to take in as much light and love and colour and detail as they can.

The world is a coaxing whisper when the wind lips the trees, when the sea licks the shore, when animals burrow into earth and people look up at the sympathetic stars. The world is an admonishing roar when gales chase rainclouds over the plains and whip up ocean waves, when people crowd into cities or intrude into dazzling jungles.
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Rain Is Falling. Winter Approaches. I Drive Towards It. In The Slow Rain. In The Semi-darkness. Cello Music Is Playing In The Car. The Deep Sad Sound Of The Cello. It Almost Swamps Me. Routine Endeavours To Swamp Me. The Everyday Paying Of Bills.

But I Paint Men Walking In A City Of Icebergs And Crystal. Some Of The Icebergs Are Red. I Paint A Woman Swimming In Green Wavy Water. Surrounded By Desert Mesas. Bright Orange In The Sunlight. With Darker Orange For Shadows.
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I am torn apart
by the consequences
of the inevitable -
until all that's left
...

The black dogs
eat people from
the inside out -
Fear, Hate, Depression.
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And the world will be born again
in circles of steaming breath
and beams of light
as each one of us directs
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She went spangling through the meadows
like a serependitious toad -
she thought it was far better than
going via the road -
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Julia Woodman Biography

Under her nickname of " Jay" , Julia published & edited a poetry & art mag called ‘Rustic Rub’, worked as a creative writing tutor, and founded the Yorkshire Rainbow Festival. She has had many collections of her own poetry (and art) published, much of which appeared in magazines around the world, and on radio & TV. She also does readings and workshops in various venues, including schools, bookshops, libraries, festivals. Goodreads profile and quotes here https: //www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6613741.Jay_Woodman Amazon.co.uk profile here http: //www.amazon.co.uk/Jay-Woodman/e/B00AEMSFRY/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Amazon.com profile here http: //www.amazon.com/Jay-Woodman/e/B00AEMSFRY/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Julia grew up mostly in the Drakensberg mountain region of Natal, S Africa, & worked & studied in Cape Town. She then travelled for several years on a yacht which her family built in their back yard before settling in England in 1985. She now also works as a therapist, and writes other books about holistic wellbeing, including philosophy, consciousness, personal development, health, etc. She also writes novels. But she still writes poetry too (it would be impossible to stop) . She also illustrates her own work with her artwork.)

The Best Poem Of Julia Woodman

Inside Our Heads

Come and see inside my mind
there's strange things of many kinds
twists & turns and alleys blind
& some that stretch past all the sides.

There's lumps n bumps & smooth bits too
in & out of both me and you
there's scary things worse than on the news
and there's lovely things both pure & true

but take a look inside your head
just before you go to bed -
endless paths of knotted thread
weirder than any book you've read.

Julia Woodman Comments

Julia Woodman Quotes

'Cherish the fabulous, the fantastic, the beautiful, the graceful, the moments of abandon, laughter, quirkiness. Cherish the tiny incredible details, the gigantic & varied display, and the infinite depths - of life.'

'Words to invoke peace & awareness. Words to create freedom and fairness. Words to plant sacred seeds. and sing us back into balance.'

'There are always exquisite things and times to remind us of the original source of all beauty and love.'

'The soul accepts the mystery within and all around, immersing itself in it, celebrating it.'

'Hungry for beautiful words, the fox comes rooting around in the hedge, almost too close to the fire. He reads my mind with one glance and is gone.'

'Dance your Soulful path / and you shall know the magic / of your mind & heart / and all the beauty laughing / to fill your rising self.'

'Enlightenment is not about cocooning one's self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life.'

'When you truly dance, you dance yourself free. When you walk in the mountains or swim in the sea, again, you set yourself free.'

Count the times. The number of times you have seen the silence of another world seep though a crack. The number of times you have heard the sea trying to escape from the blue painted wall.

'It's love that makes the world go round - otherwise it would be flat.'

'We are the wilderness within, Screaming out for our expression. Even when we're sleeping, There's no escape from this obsession.'

'I believe in the power of love, and planting positive thought seeds into the collective consciousness.'

'Every moment - something beautiful happens.'

'Instead of letting our emotions run amok, we can use our minds as tools to build or create realities that serve us better.'

When We Make Judgements We're Inevitably Acting On Limited Knowledge. Isn't It Best To Ask If We Seek To Understand...

'Have Trembled Beneath The Pressure Of A Light Beam.'

'Our true nature is one of innocence and freedom to choose how we live. We need to be brave enough not to give that away. Don't give up on your right to, and sense of, truth, justice, and grace.'

'You can call love to you, directly from the original stream of consciousness, anytime you feel sad or alone, and you will feel embraced.'

'You have to accept all sides of yourself - there's no point fighting them - just learn how to handle them, and return to the positive, balanced being you know you can be, once the winds have blown through.'

'Green and living jewels drip into my eyes.'

Sometimes it's better to show our vulnerability / pain / regrets so others don't think us impervious / unapproachable - be real / open.

Try to forgive by trying to understand how it would feel to be in the other's shoes. If someone hurts you - ask them - "What hurts you so much that you would do this?

There isn't a good side and a bad side of you or of anybody, so there's no need to be at war with yourself or anyone or anything at all.All we are is a bunch of dozy people in the process of waking up.All we really need to do is try gently to be open to continuing that process.It's no good getting worked up about stuff - it's better to relax and laugh at our mistakes, then figure out how to learn from them and move on.

Words to intrigue, inspire, examine, question, praise; Words to help us appreciate our world, our selves, our games; Words to dance our true soul fires gracefully free.

The world is full of confusion and contradiction. We cannot expect to do anything that is absolutely right. We can only measure rightness by the truth within ourselves. And our own truth will never be quite the same as somebody else's.

We are consciousness examining and expressing itself so that it can become increasingly aware of its infinite capacity for being and evolving.

Love yourself enough to take care of your health of mind, body, and soul as a top priority, then you'lll be fit to face anything.

Find your truth and make your existence real as you choose it. Your creation is your own greatest gift.

What destiny is there, but to sense, observe, merge, re-emerge, Empty, yet filled, spreading everywhere, inside, outside, in. Pulsing, fluctuating, breathing as part of one being, Whispering, feeling, reflecting, flowing between hot and cold, Mineral and plant, dark and light, love and fear, new and old.

Can we be clear about who we are, what we want? Can we be fully present in our truth, and communicate that? Can we understand each other?

Personal truth differs from one person to the next, so how can truth itself be a constant? At least we can listen to each other in truth?

GRACE is a word we can keep in our minds when we walk, dance, swim, talk, sing, do anything at all - to enable us to get in 'the zone' where everything flows more easily - where everything feels lighter, and we are in a peak state. Grace allows us to follow our inner guidance - be true to who we are - and give our gifts lightly to the world. It's one of those magic words!

If you are present, then you can see that you give yourself presents in each moment that you can unwrap and thoroughly enjoy - the amazing world around us that we can explore, each incredible detail, the lives, and the stories we tell ourselves or experience so that we can feel what it's like to be human, the things we can learn from an interaction, about ourselves as well as everything and everyone else. Everyone is here in their own story, writing the script as they go, living the movie picture.... choosing who to meet, what to do, how to react to each new experience. We each find our own tools to help us traverse the terrain of each particular part of our journeys. It cannot be right to judge another, or yourself, for we are all at different stages, or on different stages. We do as we need to according to where and how we find ourselves, but the more you realise that you actually put yourself exactly where you are in each moment, the more your eyes will widen. You are an amazing Being playing the game of life - your attitude makes all the difference.

I constantly yearn to celebrate life & its infinite manifestations, to examine the details of everything including the human heart & mind.

'When you realise you are just as ridiculous & just as ‪#‎special‬ as everyone else, you love them all.'

'I let go of all that I had thought was wounded, for there is no ego to wound, no ego to hold on with; there is only love & freedom to love.'

'To lose a problem, do not oppose, let go of any need to control, perhaps it's all an illusion we project, more like a game we play than real? '

'Allow The Light To Fall Across You. Shadow Or Sunlight. Allow It To Define Your Shape. In Its Way. Another Day It May Be Different. It Surely Will Be. Are We Ever The Same? Is The Light? And The Way A Form Presses Into The Grass? '

'Grappling With Some Small Understanding Of This Place, This Time, We're In'

'Breathe In That Vital Connection To The Life Source And Sensual Beauty Everywhere. Feel Loved And Strong.'

'The Holy Grail Is Within You - Find Your Inner Treasure.'

'When He Is Born, A Baby's Head Is Filled With The Knowledge Of Space. The Circumference Of His Skull Is As Infinite As The Twirlings Of The Universe. His Eyes Look Out With The Blur Of Eyes Which See For All Species. He Has Remembered His Own Nature From Past Patterns. Now His Heart Beats Through Rock, Sky, Oceans. He Feels The Silence And The Sound All Around The World Beneath His Skin.We All Hold Somewhere Deep Within Us The Truth We Accepted In Innocence. The Seas, The Forests, The Soil, The Atmosphere, Are All Vital Parts Of An Ongoing System. By Harming Any Part Of It We Must Ultimately Harm Ourselves. It Is That Simple.'

'My Body Is Filled With Sand. The Heavy Grains Flow From My Eyes And Seek Somewhere To Fall.Speak To Me Friends. Tell Me I Am Free To Go Now, For I Need To Sit Alone In The Sun On The River Bank, Juggling Pebbles.'

'Needing To Express What It's Like Here.... / Trying To Digest The Incoming Stream.... / And Dream It All Over Again.'

'World & People Only Seem Unlovable Due To Toxins & Lies They've Been Fed. Release Distortions Of Mind. Return All To Innocence & Freedom.'

'There Is An Imperative To Be In A Process, The Energy & Consciousness Of Life Means For Us To Be Constantly Observing, Learning & Becoming.'

'Count The Number Of Times You Have Spoken. And Really Meant What You Have Said. Count The Number Of Times You Have Chosen To Keep Quiet Instead.'

'Be Still And Know You Are Loved - Feel The Arms Of The Universe Rocking You To Its Steady Hum.'

'We Are All Vulnerable But Do Not Fear This, Just Revel In The Chance To Experience That & Know & Grow Beyond.'

'... As We Travel Again Between Life And Death, Waking And Dream, Blinking, While Layers Within Layers, None Better, None Worse, Unravel And Knit Up Before Us...'

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